Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)RegulationsRegulations for Hazardous Chemical Agents, 202014B. Labelling of hazardous chemical agents |
| (1) | With regard to the labelling of an HCA— |
| (a) | a manufacturer or importer of an HCA must ensure that the HCA is correctly labelled as soon as practicable after the HCA is manufactured or imported; |
| (b) | a supplier of an HCA may not supply an HCA if it is not correctly labelled; |
| (c) | a retailer of an HCA may not supply any consumer product containing an HCA to be used in a workplace if it is not correctly labelled; and |
| (d) | an employer must— |
| (i) | ensure that an HCA that is used, handled or stored at the workplace is correctly labelled; |
| (ii) | ensure that a container labelled for an HCA is used for only the use, handling or storage of that HCA; |
| (iii) | as far as is reasonably practicable, ensure that when an HCA is transferred or decanted at the workplace, from its original container into a destination container, the destination container is correctly labelled for that HCA; and |
| (iv) | ensure that an HCA within pipework is identified by a label or sign or in any other suitable manner, on or near the pipework, subject to the following: |
| (aa) | Where the product is a mixture of two or more HCAs, the intermediate or finished product name may be used for identification; |
| (bb) | sampling, loading points or any other termination point of a pipe, where during normal operations an employee may be exposed to an HCA, must be identified; and |
| (cc) | pipework, including the splitting of flanges, where an employee may be exposed during routine maintenance activities, should be identified as far as is reasonably practicable. |
| (2) | Subject to the provisions of subregulation (1), an HCA is correctly labelled if the selection and use of label elements are in accordance with the GHS and if the HCA is packed in a container that has a label— |
| (a) | that includes— |
| (i) | the product identifier and, where applicable, the United Nations proper shipping name; |
| (ii) | the chemical identity of all the ingredients contributing to the final GHS classification of the HCA; |
| (iii) | the name, address, and business telephone number of the manufacturer or importer; |
| (iv) | an emergency telephone number where support is available; and |
| (v) | a signal word, hazard statement, precautionary statement and hazard pictogram consistent with the HCA's GHS classification, made in accordance with regulation 14; and |
| (b) | that may include— |
| (i) | the quantity of the HCA in the package, unless this quantity is specified elsewhere on the package; |
| (ii) | the quantity of each HCA ingredient; |
| (iii) | any information about the hazards, and first-aid and emergency procedures relevant to the HCA, not otherwise included in the hazard statement or precautionary statement; |
| (iv) | first-aid measures; and |
| (v) | an expiry date, where applicable. |