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Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)

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Guideline for the Compilation of a Mandatory Code of Practice for the Prevention, Mitigation and Management of COVID-19 outbreak

Part C: Format and Content of the Mandatory COP

7. Risk management

 

7.1. Section 11 of the MHSA requires the employer to identify hazards, assess the health and safety risks to which employees may be exposed while they are at work, record the significant hazards identified and risks assessed. The employer must determine how the significant risks identified in the risk assessment process must be dealt with, having regard to the requirement of section 11(2) and 11(3) that, as far as reasonably practicable, attempts must first be made to eliminate the risk, thereafter to control the risk at source, thereafter to minimise the risk and thereafter, insofar as the risk remains, to provide PPE and to institute a programme to monitor the risk.

 

7.2. To assist the employer with the risk assessment with all reasonable available information such as incidents statistics, research reports, manufacturers specifications, approvals, design and performance criteria for all relevant equipment must be obtained and considered.

 

7.3. In addition to the periodic review required by section 11(4) of the MHSA, the COP must be reviewed and updated within a reasonable period after implementation thereof, taking into account the number of COVID-19 illnesses at the mine and the results of investigations conducted in terms of section 11(5) of the MHSA.