Further Legislative Developments
- Transfer of administration and powers and functions entrusted by legislation to the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (Proc 180 in GG 51142 of 30 August 2024) (p3)
- Regulations relating to:
- rescue, first aid and emergency preparedness and response amended (GN 6052 in GG 52388 of 28 March 2025) (p43)
- occupational hygiene amended (GN 6053 in GG 52388 of 28 March 2025) (p57)
- machinery and equipment amended and Chapter 16 of the Mine Health and Safety Regulations (Minerals Act) repealed (GN 6054 in GG 52388 of 28 March 2025) (p62)
Related Material
- Regulations
- Guidelines for the compilation of a mandatory code of practice:
- for the safe use of conveyor belt installations for the transportation of mineral, material or personnel
- for risk-based fatigue management at mines
- on the provision of personal protective equipment for women in the South African Mining Industry
- trackless mobile machines
- for cyanide management
- underground rail-bound equipment
- for an occupational health programme (occupational hygiene and medical surveillance) on thermal stress
- on the minimum standards of fitness to perform work on a mine
- on the right to refuse dangerous work and leave a dangerous working place
- for the management of medical incapacity due to ill-health and injury
- for risk-based emergency care on a mine
- for prevention of fires at mines
- for an occupational health programme (occupational hygiene and medical surveillance) on personal exposure to airborne pollutants
- on the mitigation and management of the COVID-19 outbreak
- for the prevention of flammable gas explosions in mines other than coal mines
- for the prevention, mitigation and management of a COVID-19 outbreak
- for an occupational health programme on thermal stress
- for an occupational health programme (occupational hygiene and medical surveillance) for noise
- for the management of medical incapacity due to ill-health and injury
- for the selection and provision of personal protective equipment for women in the South African mining industry
- for minimum standards on ground vibrations, noise, air-blast and flyrock near surface structures and communities to be protected
- for a quality assurance programme for a system of occupational hygiene and ventilation engineering measurements
- Guidance Notes
- for the implementation of standard threshold shift in the medical surveillance of noise-induced hearing loss
- for a management and control programme for tuberculosis in the South African mining industry
- on medico-legal investigations of mine deaths
- for the implementation of HIV self-testing in the South African mining industry
- on strengthening the HCT (HIV counselling and testing) uptake in the South African mining industry
- on the management and control of HIV in the South African mining industry
- for the management of GBVF, safety and security challenges for women in the South African mining industry
- for the management of latent tuberculosis infection in the South African mining industry
Proposed Future Developments
- Draft Mine Health and Safety Amendment Bill, 2022 published for comment (GN 1086 in GG 46546 of 15 June 2022) (p3)
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