Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)

Regulations

Guideline for a Mandatory Code of Practice

Occupational Health Programme (Occupational Hygiene and Medical Surveillance) on Personal Exposure to Airborne Pollutants

Annexures

Annexure C : Mandatory classification bands
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(Annexure C forms part of this guideline and must be complied with)

 

CLASSIFICATION BANDS

CATEGORY

PERSONAL EXPOSURE LEVEL

A

Exposures  ≥  the OEL

B

Exposures  ≥  50% of the OEL and <  of the OEL

C

Exposures  ≥  10% of the OEL and < 50% of the OEL

D

Exposures  <  10% of the OEL

 

Pollutants (excluding toxic gasses and vapours)

Toxic gasses and vapours

 

 

CLASSIFICATION BANDS

CATEGORY

PERSONAL EXPOSURE LEVEL

A

Exposures   ≥  the OEL

B

Exposures   ≥  50% of the OEL and < of the OEL

C

Exposures   ≥  10% of the OEL and < 50% of the OEL

D

Exposures   <  10% of the OEL

 

 

NOTE:   An activity area e.g. stoping is not a HEG, this activity area e.g. stoping, must be sub-divided into the classification bands as shown above. These classification bands are the HEGs within that particular activity area.

 

 

 

ANNEX C: Mandatory forms: Personal exposure reporting form 21.9(2)(a): Reporting single pollutant for category A, C and D.

 

MINE

QUARTERLY AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS EXPOSURE REPORT FORM 21.9(2)(a) IN TERMS OF REGULATION 9.2.7

 

 

MAIN COMMODITY CODE:

DMR MINE CODE:

SAMPLE AREA

SUB MINE CODE:

ACTIVITY AREA CODE:

REPORTING PERIOD:

HEG RECLASSIFICATION BAND:

(based on previous annual 90th percentile results

 

NUMBER OF SAMPLES PLANNED FOR THE CURRENT SAMPLING CYCLE:

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

ANNUAL RESULTS

Number of samples taken

Quarterly HEG classification

(based on 90th percentile measurement results)

 

HEG

 

Pollutant

code

Sample

concen-

tration

per

occupa-

tion

(TWA - 8hr)

mg/m3

Analysis

%

Mean pollutants concentration dose  allocated to medical records

(Tick  appropriate block)

90th

per-

centile

HEG

classifica-

tion

OEL

(Tick appro-

priate block)

Occupa-

tions

codes in HEG

Occupa-

tions

in HEG

Number

of

persons

per

occupa-

tion

mg/m3

f/ml

ppm

mg/m3

f/ml

ppm

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

TOTAL

COMMENTS ON:

 

Reasons for over-exposures

 

Corrective measures that will be implemented to prevent/mitigate over-exposures

 

 

 

ANNEX C: Mandatory forms: Personal exposure reporting form 21.9(2)(a): Reporting single pollutant for category B.

 

MINE

QUARTERLY AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS EXPOSURE REPORT FORM 21.9(2)(a) IN TERMS OF REGULATION 9.2.7

 

 

MAIN COMMODITY CODE:

DMR MINE CODE:

SAMPLE AREA

SUB MINE CODE:

ACTIVITY AREA CODE:

REPORTING PERIOD:

HEG RECLASSIFICATION BAND:

(based on previous annual 9O percentile results

 

NUMBER OF SAMPLES

PLANNED FOR THE CURRENT SAMPLYING CYCLE:

Number of samples taken

Qaurterly HEG classification

(based on 90th percentile measurement results)

 

Q1

 

Q2

 

BI-ANNUAL RESULTS

 

Q3

 

Q4

 

ANNUAL RESULTS

 

HEG

 

Pollutant

code

Sample

concen-

tration

per

occupat-

ion

(TWA - 8hr)

mg/m3

 

Analysis

%

Mean

pollutants

concentra-

tion dose

allocated to

medical

records

(Tick

appropriate

block)

90th

percen-

tile

HEG

classifi-

cation

OEL

(Tick appropriate block)

Occupa-

tions

codes in

HEG

Occupa-

tions

in HEG

Number

of

persons

per

occupa-

tion

mg/m3

f/ml

ppm

mg/m3

f/ml

ppm

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

TOTAL

COMMENTS ON:

 

Reasons for over-exposures

 

Corrective measures that will be implemented to prevent/mitigate over-exposures

 

ANNEX C: Mandatory forms: Personal exposure reporting form 21.9(2)(a): Reporting additive effects

 

MINE

QUARTERLY AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS EXPOSURE REPORT FORM 21.9(2)(a) IN TERMS OF REGULATION 9.2.7

 

 

MAIN COMMODITY CODE:

DMR MINE CODE:

SAMPLE AREA

SUB MINE CODE:

ACTIVITY AREA CODE:

REPORTING PERIOD:

HEG RECLASSIFICATION BAND:

(based on previous annual 90th percentile results

 

NUMBER OF SAMPLES

PLANNED FOR THE CURRENT SAMPLYING CYCLE:

Number of samples taken

Qaurterly HEG classification

(based on 90th percentile measurement results)

 

Q1

 

Q2

 

BI-ANNUAL RESULTS

 

Q3

 

Q4

 

ANNUAL RESULTS

AQI

 

HEG

 

Pollutant

code

Sample

concen-

tration

per

occupa-

tion

(TWA - 8hr)

mg/m3

Analysis

%

Mean

pollutants

concentra-

tion dose

allocated to

medical  records

(Tick

appropriate

block)

 

90th

percen-

tile

HEG

classifi-

cation

OEL

 

 

 

(Tick

appro-

priate block)

 

Polllut-

ant

Index

 

Occupa-

tions

codes in

HEG

Occupa-

tions

in HEG

Number

of

persons

per

occupa-

tion

mg/m3

f/ml

ppm

mg/m3

f/ml

ppm

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

TOTAL

COMMENTS ON:

 

 

Reasons for over-exposures

 

 

Corrective measures that will be implemented to prevent/mitigate over-exposures