Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)RegulationsAsbestos Abatement Regulations, 20201. Definitions |
In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act has the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates—
means a written site-specific methodology as contemplated in regulation 15 that is at least co-signed by the asbestos client, registered asbestos contractor and approved inspection authority;
means the following fibrous silicates:
| (a) | Asbestos actinolite, CAS No. 77536-66-4; |
| (b) | asbestos grunerite (amosite), CAS No. 12172-73-5 ; |
| (c) | asbestos anthophyllite, CAS No. 77536-67-5; |
| (d) | chrysotile, CAS No. 12001-29-5 or CAS No. 132207-32-0; |
| (e) | crocidolite, CAS No. 12001-28-4; |
| (f) | asbestos tremolite, CAS No. 77536-68-6; and |
| (g) | any mixture containing these fibrous silicates; |
means a range of building materials that were manufactured using moulding and compress ion techniques, consisting of a hardened mixture of asbestos fibres, cement and water;
means a written document verifying that the regulated asbestos fibre concentration in the air meets the clearance indicator;
means any person for whom asbestos work is performed;
means a surface coating which contains asbestos for fire protection , heat insulation or sound insulation, but does not include textured decorative coatings;
means asbestos as well as any material that contains asbestos and includes asbestos cement products, asbestos coating, asbestos insulation board, asbestos insulation, asbestos textured decorative coatings, asbestos contaminated soil and other asbestos-containing materials;
means a site specifically designated for the purpose of asbestos disposal in terms of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008);
means airborne or settled dust, which contains or is likely to contain regulated asbestos fibres ;
includes any asbestos, asbestos cement products, asbestos coatings, asbestos-containing material, asbestos dust, asbestos insulation, asbestos insulation board and asbestos waste at the workplace;
means any asbestos-containing material, which is used for thermal, acoustic or other insulation purposes, including fire protection, except—
| (a) | asbestos cement, asbestos coating or asbestos insulating board; or |
| (b) | any article of bitumen, plastic, resin or rubber, which contains asbestos and which thermal and acoustic properties are incidental to its main purpose; |
means any flat sheet, tile or building board consisting of a mixture of asbestos and cement or any other material, but which is not—
| (a) | asbestos coating; or |
| (b) | an article of bitumen, plastic, resin or rubber, which contains asbestos and which thermal and acoustic properties are incidental to its main purpose; |
means a workplace where asbestos removal work is performed;
means a competent person responsible for supervision of physical asbestos work processes and coordination of asbestos removal on an asbestos removal site;
means a risk assessment and risk categorisation of potential exposure to asbestos dust;
means an undesirable or superfluous asbestos or asbestos-containing product or by-product or the undesirable or superfluous asbestos or asbestos-containing emission or residue of any process or activity, which has been—
| (a) | discarded by any person; or |
| (b) | accumulated and stored temporarily with the purpose of discarding it, with or without prior treatment connected with the discarding thereof; |
means work that exposes or is likely to expose an employee to asbestos dust, including transporting, storing, removing, handling, treating, repairing and disposing of asbestos;
means the Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number;
means the provincial director as defined in regulation 1 of the General Administrative Regulations, 2003, published as Government Notice R.929 in Gazette No. 25129 of 25 June 2003;
means the measured airborne concentration of regulated asbestos fibres is less than 0,01 fibres per millilitre (f/ml), as measured in accordance with HSG 248 or an equivalent method;
means a person who—
| (a) | has, in respect of the work or task to be performed, the required knowledge, training and experience and, where applicable, qualifications specific to asbestos work or related tasks: Provided that, where appropriate qualifications and training are registered in terms of the National Qualification s Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008), those qualifications and that training must be regarded as the required qualifications and training; and |
| (b) | is familiar with the Act and the applicable regulations made under the Act; |
means a method to dismantle, wreck, break, pull down or knock down a structure or part thereof by way of manual labour, machinery or the use of explosives;
includes static air monitoring for regulated fibres conducted downwind from outdoor type 2 asbestos work or outside asbestos enclosures where type 3 asbestos work is performed or in any area where there is the potential for asbestos contamination;
means exposed or likely to be exposed to asbestos dust while at the workplace, and "exposure" has a corresponding meaning;
means Health and Safety Guidance 248: Asbestos - The Analysts' Guide for Sampling, Analysis and Clearance Procedures, published in 2005 , or latest update;
means unintentional exposure to airborne asbestos at a workplace where asbestos is present;
includes work performed in the vicinity of asbestos-containing materials or asbestos cement products, but excludes work performed on or with asbestos-containing materials or asbestos cement products;
means the occupational exposure limit, the value of which is set by the Minister, for a stress factor in the workplace;
means an occupational exposure limit of 0, 1 regulated asbestos fibres per millilitre of air over a continuous period of four hours measured in accordance with HSG 248;
[Definition substituted by Notice No. R.2092, GG46380, dated 20 May 2022]
means either a contractor , a mandatory or an employer who conducts type 2 asbestos work or type 3 asbestos work or asbestos removal work, who is registered with the chief inspector;
means an area demarcated and controlled as contemplated in regulation 18;
means a particle of asbestos with a length-to-diameter ratio greater than 3 to 1, a length greater than 5 micrometres and a diameter less than 3 micrometres;
means all tasks included in the process of removing asbestos from the location specified in the inventory of asbestos in place to the final disposal site;
means restoring asbestos-containing materials to a safe condition, after damage, using non-destructive methods in a manner that does not cause the release of asbestos fibres;
means a device which is worn over at least the mouth and nose to control the inhalation of air that is not safe;
means the grouping and ordering of potential asbestos exposure risks as contemplated in regulation 5(3);
means a short-term exposure limit of 0,6 regulated asbestos fibres per millilitre of air, measured over a continuous 10-minute period;
means the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993);
means—
| (a) | painting of asbestos cement products in a manner that does not require surface preparation and does not cause the release of asbestos fibres; or |
| (b) | the removal of less than 10 square metres of asbestos cement products or equivalent gutters and piping or asbestos insulating board, where removal work may not be repeated on the same site within a period of six months; and, |
does not require registration as a registered asbestos contractor with the chief inspector;
means—
| (a) | the repair or encapsulation of asbestos cement products in a manner that does not require surface preparation; or |
| (b) | the removal of asbestos cement products or asbestos insulating board; and, |
requires registration as a type 2 registered asbestos contractor with the chief inspector;
means—
| (a) | the removal, repair or encapsulation of any asbestos and asbestos-containing material; and, |
requires registration as a type 3 registered asbestos contractor with the chief inspector;
means the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods - Model Regulations, Volumes 1 and 2, which are guidance documents developed by the United Nations to harmonise dangerous goods transport regulations, may be updated from time to time, and are commonly known as the UN Orange Book.