Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)RegulationsMajor Hazard Installation Regulations, 19937. Reporting of risk and emergency occurrences |
| (1) | Every employer, self employed person and user of a major hazard installation and owner or user of a pipeline shall— |
| (a) | subject to the provisions of regulation 6 of the General Administrative Regulations, within 48 hours by means of telephone, facsimile or similar means of communication inform the chief inspector, the provincial director and relevant local government of the occurrence of a major incident or an incident that brought the emergency plan into operation or any near miss; |
| (b) | submit a report in writing to the chief inspector, provincial director and local government within seven days; and |
| (c) | investigate and record all near misses in a register kept on the premises, which shall at all times be available for inspection by an inspector and the local government. |
| (2) | Every employer, self employed person and user shall in the case of a major incident or an incident contemplated in subregulation (1) that was or may have been caused by a substance, inform the supplier of that substance of the incident. |
| (3) | An employer, self employed person and user shall— |
| (a) | record all near misses in a register kept on the premises, which shall at all times be available for inspection by an inspector; and |
| (b) | that the contents of the register contemplated in paragraph (a) shall also be available in the event of an inspection contemplated in regulation 5(4). |