OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY: HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL AGENTS REGULATIONS TO BE REPLACED

The Department of Employment & Labour has called for input by 3 July 2024 on draft regulations under the Occupational Health & Safety Act, 1993, dealing with hazardous chemical agents. The intention is that they should repeal and replace those in force since March 2021.

Among other things, the draft regulations cover:

  • labelling and packaging (including the disclosure of ingredient identity)
  • disposal
  • risk assessment
  • exposure control (including monitoring, medical screening and medical surveillance)
  • the responsibilities of anyone exposed to hazardous chemicals in the workplace, and
  • personal protective clothing and facilities.

It is also proposed that the occupational health and safety advisory council should establish a hazardous chemical agents technical committee.

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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