South Africa Physical Agents Regulations 2024 9: Cold stress: eliminated at source where practicable; otherwise alternative methods, plant designed to reduce cold stress, maintenance, review of layout and rest facilities, review of the assessment, monitoring, screening, surveillance and controls, exposure durations within Table 8 and dry insulated whole-body protective clothing; monitoring over at least four hours in the coldest part of the shift and year using chill temperature

What does 9 require?

The employer or self-employed person eliminates cold stress at source where reasonably practicable. Where that is not practicable and exposure does not exceed the Table 1 OEL, the minimum measures are alternative working methods that reduce exposure, plant and machinery designed to reduce cold stress where applicable, maintenance programmes for plant, the workplace and its systems, review of how workplaces, workstations and rest facilities are designed and laid out, review of the risk assessment, monitoring programme, screening, surveillance and controls, limiting the duration and magnitude of exposure so the Table 8 periods are not exceeded, and dry, adequately insulated whole-body protective clothing and equipment. Monitoring takes account of dry-bulb temperature and air velocity to determine the time-weighted average equivalent chill temperature, runs over at least four hours, during the coldest period of the shift and in the year's coldest quarter as the risk assessment determines.