| Document ID (ISN) | 76917 |
| CIS number |
01-1103 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-9584376-4-5 |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Title |
Extracts from the Mine Health and Safety Act (Act 29 of 1996) - Rights and duties of employees |
| Original title |
Diqotso ho tswa ho Molao wa Bophelo bo Botle le Polokeho Merafong [in Sesotho] |
| Bibliographic information |
Mine Health and Safety Council, Private Bag X59, Pretoria 0001, South Africa, 1996. 1 vol. (14+14p.). |
| Abstract |
Guidance document to the parts of the South African Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (see CIS 96-1928) dealing with the rights and responsibilities of workers in mines. The workers have a right to: a healthy and safe workplace and equipment; health and safety staffing; health and safety training; medical surveillance; leave a dangerous workplace; health and safety representatives; health and safety committees and representatives in relation to codes of practice; not to be discriminated against when exercising rights under the Act. The workers have a duty to: act in accordance with health and safety requirements; not to interfere with safety equipment. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
South Africa; legislation; responsibilities of employees; mining and quarrying; employee rights |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
safety guides |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | South Africa |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
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