MHSA coverage that closes findings before they escalate
Every duty, code of practice and inspection finding tracked with a named owner, the evidence held against it, and one view of where you stand across shafts and operations.
Compliance at a glance
What the MHSA requires
Risk assessments per working place
Baseline, issue-based and continuous assessments held by working place and activity, with controls linked to the hazards they address and reassessment triggered by change.
Codes of practice kept current
Mandatory codes tracked with version, approval and review dates against the guidelines they implement, so a change prompts a review rather than passing unnoticed.
Findings with automatic escalation
Inspection findings carry owners, due dates and escalation that reaches management before the inspectorate does. Dimeri surfaces the pattern across instructions.
Incidents investigated to root cause
Accidents and dangerous occurrences captured, reportability assessed, notification evidenced and investigation findings recorded with corrective actions tracked to closure.
MHSA compliance, covered by default
The foundational parts of mine health and safety compliance are built in, including risk assessments, codes of practice, finding escalation and incident management, so stoppage risks are caught before the inspectorate catches them.
Mine risk assessment structure
Baseline, issue-based and continuous risk assessments per working place, pre-structured to match what the DMRE inspectorate expects.
Finding escalation engine
Inspection findings carry owners, due dates and automatic escalation to management before the inspectorate escalates them into a stoppage.
Mandatory code tracker
Codes of practice held with version, approval and review dates, tracked against the Chief Inspector's guidelines so a change prompts a review.
Reportable incident workflow
Accidents and dangerous occurrences captured, reportability assessed, notification evidenced and investigation findings recorded with root cause.
Group-wide operations view
Instructions, findings and incident trends across shafts and operations on one dashboard, so systemic causes are visible at group level.
The duties Dimeri tracks
Dimeri holds the statutory duties, the mandatory codes and the inspection and finding trail in one place, so escalation happens before the inspectorate escalates it.
Employer duties
A mine designed, equipped, operated and maintained so that employees can work without endangering health and safety, as far as reasonably practicable.
- Duties held per mine and per working place
- Resources and systems evidenced against the duty
- Reasonably practicable assessments recorded
- Responsible persons appointed in writing
Hazard identification and risk assessment
Hazards identified, risks assessed and recorded, and measures implemented to eliminate, control and minimise them.
- Baseline, issue-based and continuous assessments held
- Risk register per working place and activity
- Controls linked to the hazards they address
- Reassessment triggered by change and by incidents
Mandatory codes of practice
Codes prepared on the guidelines issued by the Chief Inspector, which become enforceable against the employer once adopted.
- Codes held with version, approval and review dates
- Guideline changes tracked against each code
- Compliance with each code evidenced
- Training on codes recorded to the individual
Representatives and committees
Health and safety representatives, committees and the tripartite structures through which employees participate.
- Representative appointments with constituencies
- Committee calendar, attendance and minutes
- Matters raised tracked as actions to closure
- Right to leave dangerous working places evidenced
Inspector instructions and stoppages
Instructions, suspensions and stoppages issued by an inspector, with the remedial steps and the lifting of the instruction.
- Instruction logged with its terms and date
- Remedial actions with owners and deadlines
- Evidence of compliance assembled for the lifting
- Repeat causes trended across instructions
Reporting and investigation
Reportable accidents and dangerous occurrences notified, and incidents investigated with findings recorded.
- Incident register with reportability assessed
- Notification evidenced with its date
- Investigation outcomes and root cause recorded
- Actions carried until closed with evidence
Getting MHSA coverage in place
4 steps from where you are today to a MHSA position your auditor can rely on.
Book a demoStatutory duties, responsible person appointments and the representative and committee structure are recorded per mine, with dates and scope.
How Dimeri covers MHSA
Findings that escalate on their own
Inspection findings carry owners, due dates and escalation that reaches management before the inspectorate does. The stoppage instruction that surprises an operation is almost always about something already written down somewhere.
Codes of practice kept current
Mandatory codes become enforceable once adopted, so a code that no longer matches the guideline or the operation is a liability rather than a protection. Each carries a review cycle against the Chief Inspector's guidelines.
Risk assessment per working place
Risk assessments are held at the level the MHSA contemplates, by working place and activity, rather than as one mine-wide document that satisfies nobody at inspection.
MHSA questions
What is a stoppage instruction and how serious is it?
An inspector who has reason to believe a condition at a mine endangers health or safety can instruct the mine to halt or suspend operations in whole or in part. Production stops until the instruction is complied with and lifted. It is the most consequential enforcement power in South African mining health and safety.
Are mandatory codes of practice compulsory?
The Chief Inspector issues guidelines, and where a guideline requires it the employer must prepare a code of practice on that topic. Once the employer has a code in place it is enforceable against the employer, so a code that is out of date or does not reflect the actual operation creates exposure rather than protection.
Does the OHS Act apply to mines as well?
No. The Mine Health and Safety Act displaces the Occupational Health and Safety Act for mining operations. Groups with both mining and non-mining sites run both statutes, and Dimeri holds them as separate obligation sets over a shared control library so evidence is not duplicated.
How does this relate to ISO 45001?
The MHSA is law and applies regardless. ISO 45001 is a voluntary management system standard that asks you to determine and maintain your legal requirements, which for a mine means the MHSA and its codes. Dimeri holds one hazard register serving both.
Is this a substitute for legal advice?
No. MHSA breaches carry criminal liability and stoppage exposure is operationally severe. Your mining health and safety and legal advisers should confirm what applies to your operation.
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