Section 142: Every holder of a mineral right shall-

(a) provide and promote conditions for safe operation and a healthy working environment; (b) institute measures necessary to secure, maintain and enhance health and safety; (c) ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that the mine is commissioned, operated, maintained and decommissioned in such a way that workers can perform their work without endangering the health and safety, of themselves or of any other person; (d) ensure that persons who are not employees, but who may be directly affected by the activities at the mine are not exposed to any hazards to their health and safety; (e) ensure that all persons working at the mine have the necessary skills, competence and resources to undertake their work safely and to ensure the safety of others; (f) if the mine is not being worked, take all reasonable steps to continuously prevent injury, ill-health, loss of life and damage of any kind from occurring at or because of the mine; and (g) establish a policy for the compensation of injured workers.