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

Guideline for a Mandatory Code of Practice

Quality Assurance Programme for a System of Occupational Hygiene and Ventilation Engineering Measurements

Part A: The Guideline

4. Definitions and Acronyms
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4.1. In this guideline for a COP or any amendment thereof, unless the context otherwise indicates, the acronyms are:

 

4.1.1. Analysis methodology means analysis techniques used to quantify a pollutant collected on or in sampling media (e.g. gas chromatography or mass spectrometry).

 

4.1.2. CIOM means Chief Inspector of Mines.

 

4.1.3. COP means a Code of Practice.

 

4.1.4. DMRE means Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.

 

4.1.5. Exposure means the subjection of a person to a workplace health hazard (e.g. physical, chemical or biological) during employment.

 

4.1.6. MHSA means the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act 29 of 1996) as amended.

 

4.1.7. Measurement (or sampling) means the act of measuring while sampling and is the process or technique of obtaining a representative sample. However, in the context of this COP, these terms may be used interchangeably when referring to both occupational hygiene and ventilation engineering measurement techniques and are not mutually exclusive.

 

4.1.8. Monitoring equipment means any equipment or instrument that is used to conduct an occupational hygiene and ventilation engineering measurement(s).

 

4.1.9. PI means Principal Inspector of Mines.

 

4.1.10. Quality assurance means a planned and systematic means for assuring management that the defined standards, practices, procedures and methods of the process are applied.