Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)RegulationsPhysical Agents Regulations, 20247. Physical agent exposure monitoring |
| (1) | An employer or self-employed person must ensure that a physical agent exposure monitoring programme is implemented at a workplace where a physical agent exposure risk assessment or a review of such assessment indicates that any employee may be exposed to a physical agent— |
| (a) | at or above the— |
| (i) | occupational exposure limits in Tables 1 and 2; or |
| (ii) | guideline values in Table 3; |
| (b) | outside the range for the guideline values in Table 3. |
| (2) | An employer or self-employed person must ensure that the physical agent exposure monitoring programme contemplated in subregulation (1) is— |
| (a) | carried out in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations; |
| (b) | conducted by a competent person; |
| (c) | representative of an employee’s exposure to a physical agent; |
| (d) | conducted in accordance with recognised principles and methodology; |
| (e) | conducted by means of instruments calibrated to a national or international traceable standard; and |
| (f) | recording measurements that are traceable to national and international measurements standards. |
| (3) | The physical agent exposure monitoring programme contemplated in subregulation (1) must include the quantification of exposure levels and comparison to values or occupational exposure limits for the particular physical agent. |
| (4) | An employer or self-employed person must conduct the physical agent exposure monitoring contemplated in subregulation (1)— |
| (a) | at a frequency determined by the physical agent exposure risk assessment; or |
| (b) | at least every 24-months: Provided that an inspector may direct an employer or self-employed person, in writing, to re-conduct the exposure monitoring or part thereof. |
| (5) | An employer or self-employed person must, in terms of physical agent exposure monitoring— |
| (a) | consider the recommendations identified by a competent person in the physical agent exposure monitoring report; and |
| (b) | develop a documented action plan for the implementation of the recommendations. |