Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)

Code of Practice

National Code of Practice for Electrical Machinery in Hazardous Locations

Regulatory requirements for explosion-protected apparatus

1. Scope
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This recommended practice deals with product conformity requirements for explosion-protected apparatus used in South Africa.

 

NOTE  SANS 10108 covers the classification of hazardous locations in terms of the possibility of fire or explosion owing to the presence of flammable gases, vapours, mists, dusts, fibres or flyings in the air, and also gives the selection criteria for apparatus suitable for safe use in such locations, called explosion-protected apparatus,