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

Regulations

Purchase

5.1	Abandoned area means an area defined in the latest:

5.1.1

Guideline for the Compilation of a Mandatory Code of Practice for the Prevention of Flammable Gas and Coal Dust Explosions in Collieries.

5.1.2

Guideline for the Compilation of a Mandatory Code of Practice for the Prevention of Flammable Gas Explosions in Mines Other Than Coal Mines.

5.2	Confined space means a space defined in the latest Guideline for the Compilation of a Mandatory Code of Practice for the Management of Working in Confined Spaces at Mines.

5.3	COP(s) means Code(s) of Practice.

5.4	Controls means the actions or interventions whose integrity will ensure that the hazard will not cause harm and should be recognised as such in the controls register.

5.5	Critical control means a control that is essential in preventing a fire which, if absent or fails, will result in a significant increase in the risk despite the existence of the other controls.

5.6	DMPR means the Department of Mineral Petroleum and Resources.

5.7	Fire means a rapid oxidation process in which a chemical reaction results in the evolution of light, gases and heat energy varying in intensity.

5.8	Fire alarm system means a system or portion of a combination system that consists of components and circuits arranged to monitor and announce the status of a fire condition or of supervisory signal-initiating devices to initiate the appropriate response to those signals.

5.9	Fire detection system means the combination of fire alarm systems and fire detectors which are designed to detect the presence of a fire and initiate action.

5.10	Fire hazard means a condition that presents the potential for harm to people and damage to property, or the environment, because of a fire.

5.11	Fire prevention measures means actions deemed necessary and suitable to inhibit the initiation of a fire or stop the evolution of a developing fire.

5.12	Fire protection means actions deemed necessary and suitable to safeguard the life and health of individuals and/or the integrity of equipment, machinery and infrastructure that may be exposed to a fire.

5.13	Fire risk means a measure of the probability and severity of adverse effects on persons, equipment, machinery, infrastructure and the environment that may result from a fire on a mine.

5.14	Fire suppression system means a system designed to extinguish, control and prevent fire from spreading by the localised application of extinguishing agents.

5.15	Fire zoning means a system that is used to prevent or limit the spread of a fire to or from one part of the mine to another as informed by the fire hazard register.

5.16	Flame retardant means a substance or material that inhibit or delay the spread of a fire by suppressing the chemical reactions in the flame or by the formation of a protective layer on the surface of a material.

5.17	Hot work means work involving burning, heating, welding, grinding or a similar operation that is capable of initiating fires or explosions.

5.18	MHSA means the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No 29 of 1996) as amended.

5.19	Mine as defined in the MHSA.

5.20	OEM(s) means original equipment manufacturer(s).

5.21	SABS means the South African Bureau of Standards.

5.22	SANS means the South African National Standard.

5.23	SDS(s) means [material] safety data sheet(s) [solids, liquids and gases].

5.24	Smoke detector means an automatic device designed to detect the presence of smoke and initiate action.

5.25	Spontaneous combustion means an oxidation reaction occurring without an external heat source that results in an increase of temperature leading to the propagation of an open flame.