Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)

Regulations

General Safety Regulations, 1986

13I Precaution against flooding

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(1) Where a substantial risk exists that a workplace may be flooded, the employer shall take measures to be informed forthwith of any imminent flooding.

 

(2) Every employer shall take measures to be informed forthwith of any imminent flooding from constructions for conserving water, or which may cause water to converge or accumulate on his premises, and shall, prior to the erection of such a construction, give notice in writing to all persons situated in the danger zone below such construction of the possibility of flooding owing to such construction.

 

[Regulation 13I inserted by Notice No. 5954, GG52226, dated 6 March 2025]