Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 1973 (Act No. 78 of 1973)

Regulations

Regulations - 1973

6. Keeping of registers and records
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6.1An owner of a controlled mine or a controlled works or a contractor who keeps a register in accordance with the provisions of section 16 of the Act, shall in addition to the information required by the said section, enter into such register in respect of every White person and Coloured person in his service who performs or has performed risk work, the following information:
(a)date of birth;
(b)in the case of a register kept by a contractor, the name of the controlled mine or controlled works at which the person concerned performs or has performed risk work; and
(c)the number of shifts and the periods according to dates, during which such person performed risk work.

 

6.2The records kept in accordance with regulation 3.1, shall contain the following information in respect of every Black person:
(a)full names (in accordance with pass book, passport or other identification document, if any);
(b)identity number (in accordance with identity book or other identity document, if any):
(c)service number;
(d)date of employment:
(e)date of every medical examination;
(f)the name of the medical practitioner who performed every examination;
(g)the number of shifts and the periods according to dates during which the Black person concerned performed risk work; and
(h)in the case of a record kept by a contractor, the name of the controlled mine or the controlled works at which the Black person concerned performs or performed risk work.

 

6.3The information kept in respect of a Black person under regulation 6.2 shall be kept by the owner or contractor concerned for a period of not less than five years from the date on which the said person has left the service of the said owner or contractor, and the information so kept shall at all times during the said period be made available to the director upon the request of the director.