OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 85 OF 1993

 

INCORPORATION OF SAFETY STANDARDS INTO THE DRIVEN MACHINERY REGULATIONS

 

Published under Government Notice R541 in Government Gazette 38905 of 24 June 2015 and amended by:

 

GN R483              GG 41622                   2018/05/11

 

I, Nelisiwe Mildred Oliphant, Minister of Labour, after consultation with the Advisory Council for Occupational Health and Safety, hereby, under section 44(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993), incorporate into the Driven Machinery Regulations, 2015, the safety specifications specified in the Schedule hereto.

 

Nelisiwe Mildred Oliphant, MP

Minister of Labour

16/04/2015

 

SCHEDULE

 

Safety standards of South Africa:

 

“EN 14502-1”, Cranes: equipment for lifting of persons, Part 1: Suspended baskets.

 

“1S09927-1”, Crane inspections - Part 1: General.

 

“National Code of Practice for Training Providers of Lifting Machine Operators” published under Government Notice No. 38904, Government Notice R. 539 of 24 June 2015.

 

“SANS 19”, Inspection, testing and examination of mobile cranes.

 

“SANS 71”, Inspection, testing and examination of vehicle hoists in use.

 

“SANS 500”, Inspection, testing and examination of hand-operated chain blocks and lever hoists in use.

 

“SANS 522”, Inspection, testing and examination of tower cranes in use.

 

“SANS 2972”..........

[SANS 2972 deleted by GN R483/2018]

 

“SANS 10147”, Code of Practice: Refrigeration systems, including plants associated with air-conditioning systems.

 

“SANS 10148”, Code of Practice: The installation and operation of cable cranes and aerial ropeways.

 

“SANS 10295”, Parts 1 and 2: Inspection, test and examination of lifting platforms in use.

 

“SANS 10375”, Inspection, testing and examination of overhead cranes (including gantries, electric wire rope hoists & chain hoists).

 

“SANS 10388”, Inspection, testing and examination of lift trucks.

 

“SANS 18893”, Mobile elevated work-platform safety principles, inspection, maintenance and operation.