Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
R 385
Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)RegulationsGuideline for a Mandatory Code of PracticeOccupational Health Programme (Occupational Hygiene and Medical Surveillance) on Personal Exposure to Airborne PollutantsPart A : The Guideline3. Objectives of the Guideline |
| 3.1 | The objective of this guideline is to enable the employer at every mine to compile a COP, which, if properly implemented and complied with, would protect and improve the health of employees at the mine, by monitoring and reducing their exposure to airborne pollutants. |
| 3.2 | This guideline provides guidance of a general nature on the required format and content for the COP and details sufficient technical background to enable the drafting committee at the mine to prepare a comprehensive and practical COP for the mine. It sets out the two components of an occupational health programme namely: |
| 3.2.1 | Occupational hygiene; and |
| 3.2.2 | Medical surveillance. |
| 3.3. | Where an employer is required, in terms of Regulation 9.2(2) or in terms of its risk assessment, to establish and maintain a system of occupational hygiene measurements in respect of airborne pollutants, this guideline should assist the employer in doing so. |
