• Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)
  • Notice No. 1158 of 1993
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. Establishment of Advisory Council for Occupational Health and Safety
  • 3. Functions of Council
  • 4. Constitution of Council
  • 5. Period of Office and remuneration of members of Council
  • 6. Establishment of Technical Committees of Council
  • 7. Health and Safety Policy
  • 8. General duties of employers to their employees
  • 9. General duties of employers and self-employed persons to persons other than their employ
  • 10. General duties of manufacturers and others regarding articles and substances for use at
  • 11. Listed work
  • 12. General duties of employers regarding listed work
  • 13. Duty to inform
  • 14. General duties of employees at work
  • 15. Duty not to interfere with, damage or misuse things
  • 16. Chief Executive Officer charged with certain duties
  • 17. Health and Safety Representatives
  • 18. Functions of Health and Safety Representatives
  • 19. Health and Safety Committees
  • 20. Functions of Health and Safety Committees
  • 21. General Prohibitions
  • 22. Sale of certain articles prohibited
  • 23. Certain deductions prohibited
  • 24. Report to inspectors regarding certain incidents
  • 25. Report to Chief Inspector regarding occupational disease
  • 26. Victimization forbidden
  • 27. Designation and functions of Chief Inspector
  • 28. Designation of Inspectors by Minister
  • 29. Functions of Inspectors
  • 30. Special powers of Inspectors
  • 31. Investigations
  • 32. Formal enquiries
  • 33. Joint enquiries
  • 34. Obstruction of investigation or inquiry or presiding Inspector or failure to render ass
  • 35. Appeal against decision of Inspector
  • 36. Disclosure of information
  • 37. Acts or omissions by employees or mandataries
  • 38. Offences, penalties and special orders of court
  • 39. Proof of certain facts
  • 40. Exemptions
  • 41. This Act not affected by agreements
  • 42. Delegation and assignment of functions
  • 43. Regulations
  • 44. Incorporation of health and safety standards in regulations
  • 45. Serving of notices
  • 46. Jurisdiction of Magistrate's Courts
  • 47. State bound
  • 48. Conflict of Provisions
  • 49. Repeal of Laws
  • 50. Short title & commencement
• Regulations
  • General Safety Regulations, 1986
    • Notice No. R. 1031 of 1986
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Personal safety equipment and facilities
    • 2A. Intoxication
    • 2B. Display of substituted notices and signs
    • 2C. Admittance of persons
    • 3. First aid, emergency equipment and procedures
    • 4. Use and storage of flammable liquids
    • 5. Work in confined spaces
    • 6. Work in elevated positions
    • 7. Working in danger of engulfment
    • 8. Stacking of articles
    • 9. Welding, flame cutting, soldering and similar operations
    • 10. Operating trains
    • 11. Supervision of building work
    • 12. Roof work
    • 13. Demolition and Excavation
    • 13A. Ladders
    • 13B. Ramps
    • 13C. Boatswain's Chairs
    • 13D. Scaffold framework
    • 13E. Scaffold platforms
    • 13F. Suspended scaffolds
    • 13G. Trestle scaffolds
    • 14. Offences and Penalties
    • 15. Withdrawal of Regulations
    • Annexure - Minimum contents of a First Aid Box
    • Schedule
    • Incorporation of Safety Standards
      • Notice No. R. 283 of 1991
    • Notice of Exemption in terms of Section 40(1) 
      • Notice No. R. 570 of 2012 
  • Environmental Regulations for Workplaces, 1987
    • Notice No. R. 2281 of 1987
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Thermal requirements
    • 3. Lighting
    • 4. Windows
    • 5. Ventilation
    • 6. Housekeeping
    • 7. [Repealed] Noise and hearing conservation
    • 8. Precautions against flooding
    • 9. Fire precautions and means of egress
    • 10. Offences and Penalties
    • 11. Withdrawal of Regulations
    • 12. Short title
    • Schedule - Minimum Average Values Of Maintained Illuminance (Measured On The Working P
    • Incorporation of Safety Standards
    • Designation of Inspectors by Local Authorities
  • General Machinery Regulations, 1988 
    • 2. Supervision of machinery
    • 3. Safeguarding of machinery
    • 4. Operation of machinery
    • 5. Working on moving or electrically alive machinery
    • 6. Devices to start and stop machinery
    • 7. Reporting of incidents in connection with machinery
    • 8. Notifiable substances
    • 9. Information regarding regulations
    • 10. Offences and Penalties
    • 11. Repeal of Regulations
    • Schedules
      • Schedule A - Notifiable Substances
      • Schedule B - Notice regarding notifiable substances
      • Schedule C - Notice in respect of boilers
      • Schedule D - Notice in respect of machinery other than a boiler
  • Certificate of Competency Regulations, 1990
    • Notice No. R. 533 of 1990
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Issue of Certificates
    • 3. Suspension or cancellation of Certificates
    • 4. Substitution of lost, damaged or destroyed Certificates
    • 5. Commission of Examiners
    • 6. Qualifying examination
    • 7. Acceptance as candidate
    • 8. Withdrawal of regulations
    • Annexures
      • Annexure 1 : Mechanical Engineer's Certificate of Competency
      • Annexure 2 : Electrical Engineer's Certificate of Competency
  • [Repealed] Hazardous Chemical Substances Regulations, 1995
    • Notice No. 1179 of 1995
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of Application
    • 3. Information and training
    • 4. Duties of persons who may be exposed to hazardous chemical substances
    • 5. Assessment of potential exposure
    • 6. Air monitoring
    • 7. Medical surveillance
    • 8. Respirator zone
    • 9. Records
    • 9A. Handling of hazardous chemical substances
    • 10. Control of exposure to HCS
    • 11. Personal protective equipment and facilities
    • 12. Maintenance of control measures
    • 13. Prohibitions
    • 14. Labelling, packaging, transportation and storage
    • 15. Disposal of hazardous chemical substances
    • 16. Offences and Penalties
    • Acknowledgement to HMSO
      • Annexures
        • Annexure 1
          • HCS Guide Lines
            • Prevention and Control of Exposure
            • Medical Surveillance
            • Legal Background to Exposure Limits
            • Setting Occupational Exposure Limits
            • Applying Occupational Exposure Limits
            • Mixed Exposures
            • Monitoring exposure
          • Biological Exposure Indices
          • Carcinogenic Compounds
          • Occupational Exposure Limits - Control Limits
          • Occupational Exposure Limits - Recommended Limits
        • Annexure 2 : Calculation of exposure with regard to the specified reference periods
        • Annexure 3 : Methods of measurement and calculation for determining fibre concconcentrations of manmade mineral fibre
        • Annexure 4 : Cotton Dust
        • Annexure 5 : Asphyxiants
        • Annexure 6 : Rubber fume and rubber process dust
        • Annexure 7 : The definition of Grain Dust
        • Annexure 8 : Material safety data sheet
    • Amendment of the Occupational Exposure Control Limit for Silica in Table 1 of the Hazardous Chemical Substances Regulations, 2008
      • Notice No. R. 683 of 2008
  • [Repealed] Major Hazard Installation Regulations, 1993
    • Notice No. R. 692 of 2001
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of Application
    • 3. Notification of Installation
    • 4. Temporary Installations
    • 5. Risk Assessment
    • 6. On Site Emergency Plan
    • 7. Reporting of Risk and Emergency Occurrences
    • 8. General duties of suppliers
    • 9. General duties of local government
    • 10. Closure
    • 11. Offences and penalties
  • [Withdrawn] Hazardous Biological Agents Regulations, 2001
    • Notice No. R. 1390 of 2001
    • 1.  Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Classification of biological agents
    • 4. Information and training
    • 5. Duties of persons who might be exposed to HBA
    • 6. Risk assessment by employer or self-employed person
    • 7. Monitoring exposure at workplace
    • 8. Medical surveillance
    • 9. Records
    • 10. Control of exposure to HBA
    • 11. Personal protective equipment and facilities
    • 12. Maintenance of control measures, equipment and facilities
    • 13. Prohibitions
    • 14. Labelling, packaging, transporting and storage
    • 15. Special measures for health and veterinary isolation facilities
    • 16. Special measures for laboratories, animal rooms and industrial processes
    • 17. Disposal of HBA
    • 18. Offences and penalties
    • 19. Short title
    • Annexures
      • A : Indicative List Of Incidents
      • B : Hazardous Biological Agents Giudelines
      • C : Precautions For Workplaces
      • D : Bio Hazard Sign
      • E : Hazardous Biological Agents Regulations
      • F : Containment for Industrial Processes
  • [Repealed] Asbestos Regulations, 2001
    • Notice No. R. 155 of 2002
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Notification of asbestos work
    • 4. Exposure to asbestos
    • 5. Information and training
    • 6. Duties of persons who may be exposed
    • 7. Assessment of potential exposure
    • 8. Air monitoring
    • 9. Medical surveillance
    • 10. Respirator zone
    • 11. Control of exposure to asbestos
    • 12. Cleanliness of premises and plant
    • 13. Control of exposure to asbestos of persons other than employees
    • 14. Asbestos that forms part of structure of workplace, building, plant or premises
    • 15. Asbestos cement sheeting and related products
    • 16. Records
    • 17. Personal protective equipment and facilities
    • 18. Maintenance of control measures
    • 19. Labelling, packaging, transportation and storage
    • 20. Disposal of asbestos
    • 21. Demolition
    • 22. Prohibition
    • 23. Offences and penalties
    • 24. Repeal of regulations
    • 25. Short title
  • Lead Regulations, 2001
    • Notice No. R. 236 of 2002
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Exposure to airborne lead
    • 4. Information and training
    • 5. Duties of persons who may be exposed
    • 6. Assessment of potential exposure
    • 7. Air monitoring
    • 8. Medical surveillance
    • 9. Respirator zone
    • 10. Records
    • 11. Control of exposure to lead
    • 12. Personal protective equipment and facilities
    • 13. Cleanliness of premises and plant
    • 14. Maintenance of control measures
    • 15. Prohibitions
    • 16. Labelling, packaging, transportation and storage
    • 17. Disposal of lead waste
    • 18. Offences and penalties
    • 19. Repeal of regulations
    • 20. Short title
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A
      • Annexure B
      • Annexure C
      • Annexure D
  • [Repealed] Explosives Regulations, 2002
    • Notice No. R.109 of 2003
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Classification of explosives for manufacturing
    • 4. Licensing of explosives workplaces
    • 5. Non-detonatable and non-sensitised explosives
    • 6. Danger area
    • 7. Danger buildings
    • 8. Safeguarding of explosives workplace
    • 9. Design, construction and manufacture
    • 10. Importation of explosives
    • 11. Safety distances
    • 12. Supervision of explosives workplace
    • 13. Safe handling of explosives
    • 14. Emergencies
    • 15. Incidents
    • 16. Closure of explosives workplaces
    • 17. National Explosives Council
    • 18. Approved inspection authorities
    • 19. Standards of training
    • 20. Offences and penalties
    • 21. Short title
    • Annexure 1
  • Noise-induced Hearing Loss Regulations, 2003
    • Notice No. R. 307 of 2003
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Exposure to noise
    • 4. Information and training
    • 5. Duties of persons who may be exposed to noise
    • 6. Assessment of potential noise exposure
    • 7. Noise monitoring
    • 8. Medical surveillance
    • 9. Noise zone
    • 10. Control of noise exposure
    • 11. Record
    • 12. Hearing protective equipment
    • 13. Maintenance of control measures
    • 14. Offences and penalties
    • 15. Withdrawal of regulations
  • General Administrative Regulations, 2003
    • Notice No. R.929 of 2003
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Access to premises
    • 3. Exemption
    • 4. Copy of the Act
    • 5. Health and safety committee
    • 6. Negotiations and consultations before designation of health and safety representatives
    • 7. Designation of health and safety representatives
    • 8. Reporting of incidents and occupational diseases
    • 9. Recording and investigation of incidents
    • 10. Witness at inquiry
    • 11. Returns
    • 12. Offences and penalties
    • 13. Repeal of regulations
    • Annexures
  • Facilities Regulations, 2004
    • Notice No. R. 924 of 2004
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Sanitation
    • 3. Facilities for Safekeeping
    • 4. Changing rooms
    • 5. Dining-rooms
    • 6. Prohibition
    • 7. Drinking water
    • 8. Seats
    • 9. Condition of rooms and facilities
    • 10. Offences and penalties
    • 11. Repeal of regulations
    • 12. Short title
  • [Repealed] Diving Regulations, 2009
    • Notice No. R. 41 of 2009
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Client
    • 4. Diving contractor
    • 5. Diving project plan
    • 6. Instructors
    • 7. Life-support technicians
    • 8. Systems' technicians
    • 9. Diving supervisors
    • 10. Divers
    • 11. ROV supervisors
    • 12. ROV pilots
    • 13. Airlock operators for compressed air work
    • 14 . Hyperbaric operations supervisors for compressed air work
    • 15. Chamber operators and operation of chambers
    • 16. Compressed air workers
    • 17. Approved qualifications
    • 18. Diving schools
    • 19. Designated Medical Practitioners
    • 20. Medical examinations and medical fitness
    • 21. Operations manual
    • 22. Control of diving operations
    • 23. Diving Advisory Board
    • 24. Training standards, assessments and Codes of Practice
    • 25. Application for registration
    • 26. Records
    • 27. Withdrawal of certificate of registration
    • 28. Fees payable
    • 29. Notification of diving operations
    • 30. Offences and penalties
    • 31. Repeal
    • 32. Short title
    • Annexures
  • Electrical Installation Regulations, 2009
    • Notice No. R. 242 of 2009
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Responsibility for electrical installations
    • 3. Approved inspection authorities for electrical installations
    • 4. Functions of approved inspection authorities for electrical installations
    • 5. Design and construction
    • 6. Electrical contractor
    • 7. Certificate of compliance
    • 8. Commencement and permission to connect installation work
    • 9. Issuing of certificate of compliance
    • 10. Disputes
    • 11. Application for registration as a registered person
    • 12. Withdrawal of registration and approval
    • 13. Substitution of lost, damaged or destroyed certificate
    • 14. Fees payable
    • 15. Offences and penalties
    • 16. Repeal of regulations
    • 17. Short title and commencement
    • Annexures
      • Annexure 1 : Certificate of Compliance
      • Annexure 2 : Application for Approval as Approved Inspection Authority for Electrical Installations
      • Annexure 3 : Application for Registration as Electrical Contractor
      • Annexure 4 : Notice of Commencement of Installation Work
      • Annexure 5 : Application for Registration as Registered Person
      • Annexure 6 : Application for Duplicate Certificate 
    • Incorporation of Safety Standards into Electrical Installation Regulations, 2009
      • Notice No. R. 243 of 2009
      • Notice No. 1225 of 2015
  • Pressure Equipment Regulations, 2009
    • Notice No. R. 734 of 2009
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. General requirements
    • 4. Duties of manufacturers
    • 5. Duties of importers and suppliers
    • 6. Duties of users
    • 7. Approval and duties of approved inspection authority
    • 8. Registration of a steam generator
    • 9. Pressure equipment marking
    • 10. Pressure and safety accessories
    • 11. Inspection and test
    • 12. Risk-based inspection
    • 13. Repairs and modifications
    • 14. Records
    • 15. Access
    • 16. Door interlocks
    • 17. Gas reticulation equipment and systems
    • 18. Transportable gas containers
    • 19. Fire extinguishers
    • 20. Offences and penalties
    • 21. Repeal of regulations and annexures
    • 22. Short Title
    • Annexure 1 : Certificate of Conformity for Gas Installations
    • Annexure 2 - Registration of a Steam Generator
    • Incorporation of Health and Safety Standards into the Pressure Equipment Regulations, 2009
      • Notice No. R. 735 of 2009 [Replaced by Notice No. R. 262 of 2017]
      • Notice No. R. 79 of 2012
      • Notice No. R. 262 of 2017
    • Notices
      • Inclusion of Noise Monitoring by means of Personal Dosimetry in Regulation 7 of the Noise Induced Hearing Loss Regulations
        • Notice No. R. 889 of 2017
  • Health and Safety of Children at Work Regulations, 2010
    • Notice No. R. 7 of 2010
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Purpose and interpretation
    • 3. Risk assessment
    • 4. Respiratory hazards
    • 5. Work in elevated position
    • 6. Lifting of heavy weights
    • 7. Work in a cold environment
    • 8. Work in a hot environment
    • 9. Work in noisy environment
    • 10. Power tools and cutting or grinding equipment
    • 11. Report to department of social development
    • 12. Offences and penalties
    • 13. Summary
    • 14. Short title and commencement
    • Schedules
      • Schedule 1: Guidelines on risk assessments and plans of safe work procedures regarding
        • 1. Definitions
        • 2. Risk assessment required
        • 3. Application regarding child workers
        • 4. Children's characteristics and recommendations for safety
        • 5. Increased risks of children at work
        • 6. Preparation for employment of child workers, and for risk assessment
        • 7. Plan of safe work procedures
        • 8. Checklist on safety orientation of child workers
        • 9. Checklist on basic training principles
        • 10. Health and safety topics to cover in orientation and training
        • 11. Supervision of child workers
        • 12. Examples of steps that may be included in a plan of safe work procedures
      • Schedule 2: Summary of regulations on the health and safety of children at work and o
  • Lift, Escalator and Passenger Conveyor Regulations, 2010
    • Notice No. R. 828 of 2010
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Permission to install and use
    • 4. Design and construction
    • 5. Particulars of lifts, escalators and passenger conveyors
    • 6. Inspections and tests
    • 7. Maintenance
    • 8. Record keeping
    • 9. Approved inspection authority
    • 10. Offences and penalties
    • 11. Repeal of regulations and savings
    • 12. Short title and commencement
    • Annexure 1 : Notification of installation of a lift/escalator/passenger conveyor
    • [Withdrawn] Incorporation of Safety Standards
      • Notice No. R. 829 of 2010
    • Code of Practice
      • Existing Goods Hoists Installations
        • Notice No. R. 94 of 2017
        • Foreword
  • Electrical Machinery Regulations, 2011
    • Notice No. R. 250 of 2011
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Personal protective equipment
    • 4. Work on disconnected electrical machinery
    • 5. Notice
    • 6. Switchgear and transformer premises
    • 7. Electrical control gear
    • 8. Switchboards
    • 9. Electrical machinery in hazardous locations
    • 10. Portable electric tools
    • 11. Portable electric lights
    • 12. Electric fences
    • 13. Issuing of electric fence system certificate
    • 14. Application for registration as registered person
    • 15. Withdrawal of registration and approval
    • 16. Substitution of lost, damaged or destroyed certificate of registration
    • 17. Inspection authorities
    • 18. Earthing
    • 19. Overhead power lines
    • 20. Service connections
    • 21. Overhead line crossings
    • 22. Bare conductors on premises
    • 23. Fees payable
    • 24. Offences and penalties
    • 25. Repeal of regulations
    • 26. Short title
    • Annexures
      • Annexure 1
      • Annexure 2
      • Annexure 3
    • Incorporation of Health and Safety Standards into ...  
      • Notice No. R. 251 of 2011
  • Construction Regulations, 2014
    • Notice No. R. 84 of 2014
    • 1. Defintions
    • 2. Scope of Application
    • 3. Application for construction work permit
    • 4. Notification of construction work
    • 5. Duties of client
    • 6. Duties of designer
    • 7. Duties of principal contractor and contractor
    • 8. Management and supervision of construction work
    • 9. Risk assessment for construction work
    • 10. Fall protection
    • 11. Structures
    • 12. Temporary works
    • 13. Excavation
    • 14. Demolition work
    • 15. Tunneling
    • 16. Scaffolding
    • 17. Suspended platforms
    • 18. Rope access work
    • 19. Material hoists
    • 20. Bulk mixing plant
    • 21. Explosive actuated fastening device
    • 22. Cranes
    • 23. Construction vehicles and mobile plant
    • 24. Electrical installations and machinery on construction sites
    • 25. Use and temporary storage of flammable liquids on construction sites
    • 26. Water environments
    • 27. Housekeeping and general safeguarding on construction sites
    • 28. Stacking and storage on construction sites
    • 29. Fire precautions on construction sites
    • 30. Construction employees' facilities
    • 31. Construction health and safety technical committee
    • 32. Approved Inspection Authority
    • 33. Offences and penalties
    • 34. Repeal of regulations and commencement
    • 35. Short title
    • Annexures
      • Annexure 1 : Application for a Permit to do Construction Work
      • Annexure 2 : Notification of Construction Work
      • Annexure 3 : Medical Certificate of Fitness
    • Notices
      • Notice of Approval of Statutory Body as Contemplated in Regulation 5(8)
        • Notice No. R. 85 of 2014
      • Notice Regarding Application of the Construction Regulations 2014
        • Notice No. R. 647 of 2014
      • Notice regarding Application for Construction Work Permit of Construction Work in terms of the Construction Regulations, 2014
        • Notice No. 850 of 2018
  • Driven Machinery Regulations, 2015
    • Notice No. R. 527 of 2015 [Withdrawn by Government Notice No. R. 573]
    • Withdrawal of Government Notice No. R. 527 of 2015 Government Gazette No. 38887
      • Notice No. R. 573 of 2015
    • Driven Machinery Regulations, 2015 : Notice No. R. 540 of 2015
      • Notice No. R. 540 of 2015
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Scope of application
      • 3. Revolving machinery
      • 4. Circular saws
      • 5. Band saws and band knives
      • 6. Wood-planing machines
      • 7. Wood-moulding and mortising machines
      • 8. Sanding machines
      • 9. Grinding machines
      • 10. Shears, guillotines and presses
      • 11. Slitting machines
      • 12. Mixing, agitating and similar machines
      • 13. Rolls and calender rolls
      • 14. Washing machines, centrifugal extractors, etc
      • 15. Air compressors
      • 16. Refrigeration and air-conditioning installations
      • 17. Transportation plants
      • 18. Lifting machines, hand-powered lifting devices and lifing tackle
      • 19. Approval and registration of lifting machinery entity
      • 20. Approval and registration of training providers
      • 21. Withdrawal of approval and registration of lifting machinery entity or training provider
      • 22. Offences and penalties
      • 23. Repeal of regulations and transititional provisions
      • 24. Short title and commencement
      • Annexure A : Application form for registration as a lifting machinery entity
    • Incorporation of Safety Standards
      • Notice No. R. 542 of 2015
    • Notices
      • Notice of Withdrawal of Certificates (without expiry date) Issued to Training Providers
        • Notice No. R. 12 of 2019
  • Ergonomics Regulations, 2018
    • Notice No. R. 1589 of 2019
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Information, instruction and training
    • 4. Duties of persons who may be at risk of exposure to ergonomic risks
    • 5. Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers
    • 6. Ergonomic risk assessment
    • 7. Risk control
    • 8. Medical surveillance
    • 9. Maintenance of controls
    • 10. Records
    • 11. Ergonomics health and safety technical committee
    • 12. Offences and penalties
    • 13. Short title and commencement
    • Annexure 1 : Explanatory Notes to Ergonomics Regulations 2019
      • Foreword
      • Introduction
      • Regulation 2: Scope of Application
      • Regulation 3: Information, Instruction and Training
      • Regulation 4: Duties of those who may be at risk of exposure to ergonomic risks
      • Regulation 5: Duties of Designers, Manufacturers, Importers and Suppliers
      • Regulation 6: Ergonomics Risk Assessment
      • Regulation 7: Risk Control
      • Regulation 8: Medical Surveillance
      • Regulation 9: Maintenance of Controls
      • Regulation 10: Records
      • Regulation 11: Ergonomics Health and Safety Technical Committee
  • Asbestos Abatement Regulations, 2020
    • Notice No. R. 1196 of 2020
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Identification of asbestos in place
    • 4. Inventory of asbestos in place
    • 5. Asbestos risk assessment
    • 6. Asbestos management plan
    • 7. Information, instruction and training
    • 8. Duties of persons who may be exposed
    • 9. Control of exposure to asbestos
    • 10. Notification of asbestos work
    • 11. Duties of asbestos client for asbestos work
    • 12. Duties of registered asbestos contractor for asbestos work
    • 13. Duties of approved inspection authorities for asbestos work
    • 14. Disputes
    • 15. Plan of work
    • 16. Air monitoring
    • 17. Medical surveillance
    • 18. Regulated asbestos area
    • 19. Personal protective equipment and facilities
    • 20. Labelling and signage
    • 21. Disposal of asbestos
    • 22. Asbestos clearance certificate
    • 23. Records
    • 24. Prohibition
    • 25. Offences and penalties
    • 26. Repeal of regulations
    • 27. Short title
    • Annexures
      • Annexure 1 : Asbestos warning labels and signs
      • Annexure 2 : Notification of Asbestos Work
  • Regulations for Hazardous Chemical Agents, 2020
    • Notice No. R. 280 of 2021
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Information, instruction and training
    • 4. Duties of persons who may be exposed to hazardous chemical agents
    • 5. Assessment of exposure
    • 6. Air monitoring
    • 7. Medical surveillance
    • 8. Respirator zone
    • 9. Records
    • 10. Control of exposure to hazardous chemical agents
    • 11. Personal protective equipment and facilities
    • 12. Maintenance of control measures
    • 13. Prohibitions
    • 14. Classification of hazardous chemical agents
    • 14A. Safety data sheet
    • 14B. Labelling of hazardous chemical agents
    • 14C. Packaging of hazardous chemical agents
    • 14D. Disclosure of ingredient identity
    • 15. Disposal of hazardous chemical agents
    • 16. Offences and penalties
    • 17. Repeal of regulations
    • 18. Short title and commencement
    • Annexures
      • Annexure 1
        • Table 1: GHS Hazard Classes - Physical Hazards
        • Table 2: GHS Hazard Classes - Health  Hazards
        • Table 3: GHS Hazard Classes - Environmental Hazards*
        • Table 4: Identity of Ingredients to be disclosed
        • Table 5: Generic names used to disclose Identity of Ingredients
      • Annexure 2
        • Table 1: Prohibited Hazardous Chemical Agents
        • Table 2: Occupational Exposure Limits - Maximum Limits for Hazardous Chemical Agents
        • Table 3: Occupational Exposure Limits - Restricted Limits for Hazardous Chemical Agents
        • Table 4: Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) for Hazardous Chemical Agents
      • Annexure 3 : Hazardous Chemical Agent Guidelines
        • Prevention and control of exposure
        • Guidance on medical surveillance and biological monitoring
          • Medical surveillance 
            • Important concepts
            • Medical surveillance and biological monitoring
            • Designing and implementing a programme of medical surveillance
            • Work-related findings
            • Actions by the employer if an occupational disease is identified
            • Legal duties prescribed for a medical practitioner* if an occupational disease is identified
          • Biological monitoring 
            • Distinction between biological monitoring, biological exposure monitoring and biological effect monitoring
            • Objectives and uses of biological exposure monitoring
            • Important considerations in biological exposure monitoring
            • Background to exposure limits
            • Setting occupation exposure limits
          • Applying occupational exposure limits
            • General
            • Units of measurement
            • Occupational exposure limit - control limit: OEL-ML (Table 2 of Annexure 2)
            • Occupational exposure limit - restricted limit: OEL-RL (Table 3)
            • Long-term and short-term exposure limits
            • Limitations to the application of exposure limits
            • Exposure in mines
            • Lead and asbestos
            • Pesticides
            • Dusts
            • Particle size selective criteria for sampling of total airborne particulate and respirable particulate
            • Wood dust
            • Fume
            • Absorption through the skin
            • Sensitisers
            • Other factors
          • Mixed exposures
            • General
            • Effects of mixed exposures
            • Assessment and control
            • Monitoring mixed exposure
            • Complicating factors
            • Monitoring exposure
            • Calculation of exposure with regard to the specified reference periods
            • The 8-hour reference period
            • Examples
            • The short-term reference period
            • Example where the short-term reference period is 15 minutes
          • Methods of measurement and calculation for determining fibre concentrations of man-made mineral fibres
            • Refactory ceramic fibre (RCF)
            • Cotton dust
            • Cotton dust less fly
            • Cotton dust inhalable airborne particulate
            • Asphyxiants
            • Rubber fume and rubber process dust
            • Flour dust
            • Grain dust
            • Halogeno-platinum compounds
            • Globally Harmonised System (GHS)
            • UN number and proper shipping name
  • Commercial Diving Regulations, 2022
    • Notice No. R. 2091 of 2022
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Registration
    • 4. Withdrawal of registration
    • 5. Plant and machinery
    • 6. Risk assessment
    • 7. Medical surveillance
    • 8. Designated medical practitioners
    • 9. Information, instruction and training
    • 10. Control of commercial diving operations
    • 11. Training standards, assessment criteria and codes of practice
    • 12. Duties of client
    • 13. Duties of employer
    • 14. Duties of registered commercial diving schools
    • 15. Duties of persons involved in commercial diving
    • 16. Commercial diving supervisor and instructor
    • 17. Commercial diver
    • 18. Line attendant
    • 19. Life-support technician and life-support supervisor
    • 20. Systems technician
    • 21. Recompression chamber operations
    • 22. Records
    • 23. Notification of commercial diving project
    • 24. Diving Technical Committee
    • 25. Prohibitions
    • 26. Fees payable
    • 27. Offences and penalties
    • 28. Repeal
    • 29. Short title and commencement
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A: Minimum details required for personal logbooks (Parts 1 to 6)
        • Part 1 - Offshore Divers
        • Part 2 - Commercial Divers
        • Part 3 - Offshore Diving Supervisors
        • Part 4 - Diving Supervisors
        • Part 5 - Chamber Operator Logbook
        • Part 6 - Life-Support Technician's Logbook
      • Annexure B: Minimum details required for diving operations records (Parts 1 to 5)
        • Part 1 - Offshore Diving Operations
        • Part 2 - Commercial Diving Operations
        • Part 3 - Saturation Chamber Record
        • Part 4 - Saturation Bell Operations
        • Part 5 - Air Chamber Record
      • Annexure C: Minimum details for training records (Parts 1 and 2)
        • Part 1 - Training Programme Master Record
        • Part 2 - Training Programme Personal File
      • Annexure D: Diving operations: Minimum Personnel Required (Parts 1 and 2)
        • Part 1 - Commercial diving operations
        • Part 2 - Class VI and Class V diving operations
      • Annexure E: Notification of diving project
      • Annexure F: Registration Form
    • Inshore Code of Practice for Commercial Diving
      • Introduction
      • Legal Status of this Code
      • Objectives of this Code
      • Definitions
      • 1. Scope of application
      • 2. Deviation from the code
      • 3. Exclusions
      • 4. Alternatives
      • 5. Operations Manual
      • 6. Employer - employee relationships
      • 7. Relationship between employer and Diving Medical Practitioner
      • 8. The Diving Supervisor (see also regulation 16)
      • 9. Operations
      • 10. Diving Equipment
      • 11. Task related equipment
      • 12. Control of diving operations
      • 13. Personnel
      • 14. Special operational conditions
      • 15. Training facilities
      • 16. Student to Instructor Ratio
  • Regulations for Hazardous Biological Agents, 2022
    • Notice No. R. 1887 of 2022
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Classification of biological agents
    • 4. Information, instruction and training
    • 5. Duties of persons who might be exposed to HBAs
    • 6. Risk assessment for HBAs
    • 7. Exposure monitoring of HBAs
    • 8. Medical surveillance
    • 9. Records
    • 10. Prevention and control of exposure to HBAs
    • 11. Personal protective equipment and facilities
    • 12. Maintenance and verification of control measures, plant machinery and facilities
    • 13. Prohibitions
    • 14. Labelling, packaging, transporting and storage
    • 15. Disposal of HBAs
    • 16. HBAs health and safety technical committee
    • 17. Offenses and penalties
    • 18. Withdrawal of regulations
    • 19. Short title
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A: Categorisation of Biological Agents according to Risk Group
      • Annexure B: Biohazard Sign
  • Major Hazard Installation Regulations, 2022
    • Notice No. R. 2989 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Management of establishment
    • 4. Notification of establishment
    • 5. Registration of establishment
    • 6. Duration of registration and renewal
    • 7. Alteration to particulars of registered establishment
    • 8. Revocation or suspension of registration
    • 9. Sharing of information with adjacent establishments
    • 10. Risk assessment
    • 11. Major incident prevention policy
    • 12. Safety report
    • 13. Licence to operate
    • 14. General duties of local government
    • 15. Emergency plan
    • 16. Reporting of risk and emergency occurrences
    • 17. Information and training
    • 18. General duties of suppliers
    • 19. Payable fees
    • 20. MHI Advisory Committee
    • 21. Approved inspection authorities
    • 22. Duties of approved inspection authority
    • 23. Closure
    • 24. Offences and penalties
    • 25. Repeal of regulations
    • 26. Short title and commencement
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A : Dangerous substances to which these Regulations apply
        • Chapter 1 : Named Dangerous Substances
        • Chapter 2 : Categories of Dangerous Substances
        • Chapter 3 : Classification of pipelines as major hazard establishment
      • Annexure B : Fees for registration and renewal of a certificate 
      • Annexure C : Major Incident Prevention Policy
      • Annexure D : Safety Reports
      • Annexure E : AIA Reports
    • Forms 
      • Form A - Notification of an Establishment
      • Form B - Application for Registration as approved Installation Inspection Authority
  • Explosives Regulations, 2024
    • Notice No. R. 5048 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Authorised and classified explosives
    • 4. Licensing of explosives workplaces
    • 5. Non-detonatable and non-sensitised explosives
    • 6. Danger area
    • 7. Danger buildings
    • 8. Safeguarding of explosives workplace
    • 9. Design, construction and manufacture
    • 10. Importation of explosives
    • 11. Safety distances
    • 12. Supervision of explosives workplace
    • 13. Safe handling of explosives
    • 14. Emergencies
    • 15. Incidents
    • 16. Closure of explosives workplaces
    • 17. National Explosives Council
    • 18. Approved inspection authorities
    • 19. Competencies and standards of training
    • 20. Offences and penalties
    • 21. Repeal and savings
    • 22. Short title
    • Radio Frequency Device Guidelines
      • 1. Acronyms and Abbreviations
      • 2. Referenced and Applicable Documents
      • 3. Definitions
      • 4. Scope of Application
      • 5. Assessment of RF Devices
      • 6. Procedure determining Exclusion Distances
      • 7. Examples determining Exclusion Distances
      • 8. Risk Assessment
      • 9. Training of Personnel
      • 10. Explosive Manager Authorisation
      • 11. Notifications to the Department of Employment and Labour
      • 12. Appendix 1 : Radio frequency sources to be evaluated
      • 13. Appendix 2 : Calculation Spreadsheet
• Notices
  • Occupational Exposure Limit for Silica in Table I of the Hazardous Chemical Substances Regulations
    • Notice No. 66 of 2010
  • Notice of Inclusion in terms of Section 43(1)(b)(xii)
    • Notice No. 758 of 2015
  • Amended Notice of Direction in terms of Section 27(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, read with Regulation 3(4) of the General Safety Regulations
    • Notice No. 682 of 2020
  • Implementation of Ergonomics Risk Assessment and Medical Surveillance in terms of Regulations 6 and 8 of the Ergonomics Regulations of 2019, respectively
    • Notice No. 683 of 2020
  • Notice of Direction in terms of Section 27(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, read with Regulation 3(4) of the General Safety Regulations
    • Notice No. R. 328 of 2021
  • Notice regarding implementation of Regulations 14, 14A, 14B, 14C and 14D of the Regulations for Hazardous Chemical Agents, 2021, as amended
    • Notice No. 2056 of 2022
  • Notice regarding Implementation of Regulation 8 of the Commercial Diving Regulations, 2022
    • Notice No. R. 2241 of 2022
  • Notice of Direction in terms of Section 27(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, read with Regulation 3(11) of the Commercial Diving Regulations - Renewal of Diving entities previously issued by the Department of Employment and Labour
    • Notice No. R. 2242 of 2022
  • Schedule of Fees to register entities with Department of Employment and Labour as from 1 July 2022
    • Notice No. R. 2317 of 2022
    • Schedule
• Code of Practice
  • Diving Regulations, 2009
    • Code of Practice for Inshore Diving
      • Notice No. 1235 of 2017
      • 1. Introduction
        • 1.1 Purpose
        • 1.2 Target community
        • 1.3 Status of this Code
        • 1.4 Deviation from the code
        • 1.5 Work covered by the code
        • 1.6 Implementation
        • 1.7 Updating
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Organisation 
        • 3.1 The Client
        • 3.2 The Diving Contractor
        • 3.3 Manuals and procedures
        • 3.4 The Diving Supervisor
        • 3.5 The Divers
        • 3.6 Level 2 Designated Medical Practitioners
      • 4. Operations
        • 4.1 Work planning
        • 4.2 Emergency and contingency plans
        • 4.3 Working periods
        • 4.4 Documentation
      • 5. Diving Equipment
        • 5.1 Equipment location and integrity
        • 5.2 Diving equipment
        • 5.3 Divers' breathing gas supply
        • 5.4 Safety equipment
      • 6. Task related equipment
      • 7. Control of diving operations 
      • 8. Personnel
        • 8.1 Training and competence - General
        • 8.2 Training and competence - Rescue and first aid
        • 8.3 Training and competence - Safety and technical
        • 8.4 Number of personnel and team size
        • 8.5 Readiness and availability of personnel
        • 8.6 In-date personnel
      • 9. Medical
        • 9.1 Designated Medical Practitioners
        • 9.2 Occupational Health Personnel
        • 9.3 Medical certification
        • 9.4 Medical records
        • 9.5 Fitness on the day of diving
        • 9.6 Fitness screening
        • 9.7 Medical alert tag
        • 9.8 Medical equipment on site
        • 9.9 Other medical and physiological considerations
      • 10. Special operational conditions
        • 10.1 Night diving
        • 10.2 Water intakes, discharges and differential pressure environments
        • 10.3 Restricted surface visibility
        • 10.4 Underwater currents
        • 10.5 Diving near ROV operations
        • 10.6 Underwater obstructions
        • 10.7 Risks from the environment
        • 10.8 Transportation through the air-water interface
        • 10.9 Transportation through the air-water interface
        • 10.10 Hazardous mechanisms
        • 10.11 Use of explosives
        • 10.12 Liveboating
        • 10.13 Deep diving
        • 10.14 Diving in contaminated waters
        • 10.15 Diving in confined spaces
      • 11. Records
        • 11.1 General
        • 11.2 Planned maintenance records
  • Driven Machinery Regulations, 2015 : Commercial Zip line and Aerial Adventure Parks
    • Notice No. R. 1399 of 2020
    • Introduction
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope
    • 3. Permission to operate
    • 4. Design and construction
    • 5. Erection
    • 6. Requirements for Steel wire rope
    • 7. Design Factors
    • 8. Trees as Anchors on Zippers and aerial adventure parks
    • 9. Safety Equipment
    • 10. Operation
    • 11. Performance Testing
    • 12. Training and Maintenance
    • 13. Records
    • 14. Safety Briefing
    • Annexure A : Permit to use a Zipline/Aerial Adventure Park
  • National Code of Practice for Electrical Machinery in Hazardous Locations
    • Regulatory requirements for explosion-protected apparatus
      • Notice No. 2398 of 2022
      • Foreword
      • Introduction
      • 1. Scope
      • 2. Normative references
      • 3. Definitions and abbreviations
      • 4. Regulatory requirements for explosion-protected equipment
      • 5. Approved standards, test laboratories and certification bodies
      • 6. Other certification schemes - Operation and acceptability of certificates
      • 7. Apparatus marking
      • Annexes
        • Annex A (normative) : Upgrading and maintenance of EPA certificates for factories
        • Annex B (normative) : Approved standards, test laboratories and certification for EPA
        • Annex C (informative) : Marking of electrical apparatus for use in explosive atmospheres
        • Annex D (normative) : Minimum requirements for certification of second-hand Ex equipment without an IA certificate
        • Annex E (informative) : Frequently asked questions regarding certification requirements for equipment forming part of intrinsically safe loops
        • Annex F (normative) : Minimum requirements for an Accredited Test Laboratory to be approved
        • Annex G (normative) : Validity of IA certificates
      • Bibliography
• Guidance Notes
  • Driven Machinery Regulations, 2015
    • Notice No. R. 288 of 2017
    • Foreword
    • Introduction
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of application
    • 3. Revolving machinery
    • 4. Circular saws
    • 5. Band saws and band knives
    • 6. Wood-planing machines
    • 7. Wood-moulding and mortising machines
    • 8. Sanding machines
    • 9. Grinding machines
    • 10. Shears, guillotines and presses
    • 11. Slitting machines
    • 12. Mixing, agitating and similar machines
    • 13. Rolls and calender rolls
    • 14. Washing machines, centrifugal extractors, etc.
    • 15. Air compressors
    • 16. Refrigeration and air-conditioning installations
    • 17. Transportation plants
    • 18. Lifting machines, hand-powered lifting devices and lifting tackle
    • 19. Approval and registration of lifting machinery entity
    • 20. Approval and registration of training providers
    • 21. Withdrawal of approval and registration of lifting machinery entity or training provider
    • 22. Offences and penalties
    • 23. Repeal of regulations and transitional provisions
    • 24. Short title and commencement
  • Electrical Installations Regulations, 2009
    • Notice 258 of 2012
    • Foreword
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The definitions and the regulations
      • 2.1 Regulation 2 - Responsiblity for electrical installations
      • 2.2 Regulation 3 - Approved inspection authorities for electrical installations
      • 2.3 Regulation 4 - Functions of approved inspection authorities for electrical installations
      • 2.4 Regulation 5 - Design and construction
      • 2.5 Regulation 6 - Electrical contractor
      • 2.6 Regulation 7 - Certificate of compliance
      • 2.7 Regulation 8 - Commencement and permission to connect installation work
      • 2.8 Regulation 9 - Issuing of certificate of compliance
      • 2.9 Regulation 10 - Disputes
      • 2.10 Regulation 11 - Application for registration as a registered person
      • 2.11 Regulation 12 - Withdrawal of registration and approval
      • 2.12 Regulation 13 - Substitution of lost, damaged or destroyed certificate
      • 2.13 Regulation 14 - Fees payable
      • 2.14 Regulation 15 - Offences and penalties
      • 2.15 Regulation 16 - Repeal of regulations
      • 2.16 Regulation 17 - Short title and commencement
    • 3. Annexures
    • 4. Telephone List
  • Lift, Escalator and Passenger Conveyor Regulations, 2010
    • Notice No. 763 of 2015
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of Application
    • 3. Permission to Install and Use
    • 4. Design and Construction
    • 5. Particulars of Lifts, Escalators and Passenger Conveyors
    • 6. Inspection and Tests
    • 7. Maintenance
    • 8. Record Keeping
    • 9. Approved Inspection Authority
    • 10. Offences and Penalties
    • 11. Repeal of Regulations and Savings
    • Template A : Report of a Defective Lift, Escalator, Passenger Conveyor
    • Template B : Appointment of Competent Lift Service Provider
  • Pressure Equipment Regulations, 2009
    • Notice No. 1265 of 2017
    • Foreword
    • Introduction
    • Regulation 1 - Definitions
    • Regulation 2 - Scope of Application
    • Regulation 3 - General Requirements
    • Regulation 4 - Duties of Manufacturers
    • Regulation 5 - Duties of Importers and Suppliers
    • Regulation 6 - Duties of Users
    • Regulation 7 - Approval and Duties of Approved Inspection Authority
    • Regulation 8 - Registration of a Steam Generator
    • Regulation 9 - Pressure Equipment Marking
    • Regulation 10 - Pressure and Safety Accessories
    • Regulation 11 - Inspection and Test
    • Regulation 12 - Risk Based Inspection
    • Regulation 13 - Repairs and Modifications
    • Regulation 14 - Records
    • Regulation 15 - Access
    • Regulation 16 - Door Interlocks
    • Regulation 17 - Gas Reticulation Equipment and Systems
    • Regulation 18 - Transportable Gas Containers
    • Regulation 19 - Fire Extinguisher
    • Regulation 20 - Offences and Penalties
    • Regulation 21 - Repeal of Regulations and Annexure
    • Regulation 22 - Short Title
  • Incorporation of Safety Standards : Lift, Escalator and Passenger Converyor Regulations, 2010
    • Notice No. 2683 of 2022
• Proclamations
  • Integration of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1995 
    • Notice No. R. 45 of 1995
    • Schedule
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Health and safety representatives and committees
    • 3. Inspectors
    • 4. Exemptions
    • 5. Prohibited work
    • 6. Reports to inspectors and chief inspectors
    • 7. Records to be kept by employers
    • 8. Pending investigations
    • 9. Pending prosecutions
    • 10. Electrical installations
    • 11. Registered factories, boilers, lifts, escalators and passenger conveyors
    • 12. Compulsory notification to regional director or divisional inspector