Guideline for the compilation of a mandatory COP for an Occupational

Health Programme on Personal Exposure to Airborne

Pollutants – Amendments

NANOGANG MOKHONOANA

OVERVIEW

❑TOPICAL ISSUES

❑CONTEXT

❑CONTENTS OF THE GUIDELINE

❑AMENDMENTS

✓OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE

✓OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

❑WAYFORWARD

❑CONCLUSION

TOPICAL ISSUE(S)

MHSC Summit Breakaway sessions:Topic(s) Challenges Recommendations

Occupational Lung Diseases • Lack of commitment from Employers

• Production pressure and victimization

• Alignment with International standard (OELs)

• Reliability of data reported by DMR, Minerals Council & MHSC

o Focus be on prevention measures

o Milestones be enforced and regulated by DMR

o Need for in depth training for employees

o Source independent data verification

TOPICAL ISSUE(S)

MHSI 2017/18ANNUAL REPORT

INDICATORS (NATIONAL) 2016 2017

Compliance reporting on exposure 863 893 ( 3% improvement)

Employees at risk exposure airborne

pollutants

345 465 323 365

Exposures above OEL 3.66% 3.52% ( 0.14% reduction)

AMR reports 902 975 (8% improvement)

Occupational Lung Diseases 3328 3029[7% reduction in Silicosis cases,17% reduction in PTB cases, &43% reduction in (Sil+TB) cases]

TPOCAL ISSUE(S)

GUIDELINES FOR PROMULGATIONS

❑ Guideline on the management of SCSRS

❑ Guideline on the prevention of coal dust

explosion in collieries.

All above guidelines are due for

promulgation on the 31 March 2019.

CONTEXT

❑ The revision was initiated in 2006, first draft finalised in 2010 and with therequest of an operational manual;

❑ The operational manual was developed through MHSC by a service provider;

❑ MOHAC task team was established to ensure that the guideline incorporates theinformation in the SAMOHP code book;

❑ The reporting forms were also reviewed; and gazetted together with theGuideline in April 2018;

❑ The guideline has been disseminated in 9 regions, with WC planned for 21February 2019.

CONTEXT

OBJECTIVE

This guideline is aimed at assisting employers to draft a COP for anoccupational health programme which measures occupationalexposures to airborne pollutants aimed at ensuring compliance withOELs, protecting workers health and linking these exposure resultsto employee medical records.

SCOPE

Regulation 9.2(2) requires the employer to establish & implement aof system of occupational hygiene measurements on personalexposure to airborne pollutants.

CONTEXT

The Occupational Hygiene Programme to be addressedin the COP must cover the following:

❖Risk Assessment

❖Determination of HEG

❖Sampling and analysis methodology and quality control

❖Personal exposure monitoring

❖Linking of occupational exposure

❖Hierarchy of control

❖Reporting and recording.

OH AMENDMENTS

OH AMENDMENTS

A minimum of 5% or five samples (whichever is the greater) per HEG should be taken as perclassification bands in Annexure C as per the following:✓ Category A - samples per quarter; Category B - six-monthly to be evenly -spread bi-annually; and

Category C - samples per annum to be evenly- spread annually;

OH AMENDMENTS

All samples taken should be sent for analysis

OH AMENDMENTS

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WAYFORWARD

➢The implementation date of the Guideline is

November 2018.

➢The mines are requested to review their COP’s and

systems in line with the reviewed guideline.

➢ The new reporting forms to be implemented on

the 31 March 2019.

CONCLUSION