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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Claiming Compensation for Occupational Injuries or Diseases (Service)
Workers who are injured or contract a disease through their work are able to claim money from the Compensation Fund. Families can also claim if their breadwinner died through work related disease or injury.  > 
Reporting a Hazardous Workplace (Service)
The Occupational Health and Safety Act gives workers the right to a healthy and safe work environment. It tells management to set up safety representatives and safety committees in the workplace. It also regulates things like toilets, change rooms, first aid, drinking water, ...  > 
Occupational Health Services (Service)
Occupational health is concerned with the health and safety of employees at work. The aim of the occupational health services is to promote a healthy, safe and satisfactory work environment, and a healthy, active and productive worker. However, there are workplaces that are unsafe and ...  > 
Occupational Health - Leaflet (Public Information)
Easily accessible information for employees on what happens when there is a workplace injury or disease.  > 
Basic Conditions of Employment Act - Popular Summary (Public Information)
This is a popular summary of the most important sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997. Workers must be able to see a summary at their workplaces in the official languages that are spoken there.  > 
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Act)
(File type: pdf; size: 507 KB)
1993
Department of Labour (The Government of South Africa)
The Act covers the health and safety of employees. It also covers the health and safety of people involved in the use of machinery. It also aims to protect ordinary people, other than employees, against health and safety hazards as a result of people at work.  > 
Asbestos Regulations (Regulation)
(File type: pdf; size: 189 KB)
1 January 2001
The Regulations make provision for controls on the exposure of workers to asbestos fibres, which can cause severe forms of lung cancer and ultimately death.  > 
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