Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) - South Africa (Ratification: 2003)

The Committee notes the submission by the Government on 10 November 2009 of a copy of the 2002 Occupational Safety and Health Accord, the revised Pressure Equipment Regulations of 15 July 2009 and the revised Electrical Installations Regulations of 6 March 2009. It also notes that the ongoing revision of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (No. 85 of 1993) apparently has not yet been completed. Hoping that the ongoing revision of the OSH Act will be completed soon, the Committee requests the Government submit copies of this and any other relevant new or revised legislation as soon as it has been adopted, in order for the Committee to be able to examine the effect given to this Convention at a future session.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. In the meantime, the Committee requests the Government to provide a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in the country and attach extracts from inspection reports, and where such statistics exist, information on the number of workers covered by the legislation, the number and nature of the contraventions reported, the number, nature and cause of accidents reported, etc.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2011.]