Without derogating from any specific duty imposed on
employers by this Act, every employer shall -
(a) as far as is reasonably practicable, cause every
employee to be made conversant with the hazards to his health and safety
attached to any work he has to perform, any article or substance which he has to
produce, process, use, handle, store or transport and any plant or machinery he
is required or permitted to use, as well as with the precautionary measures
which should be taken and observed with respect to those hazards;
(b) inform health and safety representatives concerned
beforehand of inspections, investigations or formal inquiries of which he has
been notified by an inspector, and of any application for exemption made by him
in terms of section 40 ; and
(c) inform a health and safety representative as soon
as reasonably practicable of the occurrence of an incident in the workplace or
section of the workplace for which such representative has been designated.
