NOTES

COMPANY VALUES

1. Ensure Safety

2. Focus on Customers

3. Pursue Excellence

4. Work as One

5. Act with Integrity

➔ Imperatives for adopting a safety management control - ethical,

legal, and financial

Safety management control is not rocket science and magic.

SAFETY CULTURE LADDER STEPS

1. Pathological

2. Reactive

3. Calculating

4. Proactive

5. Progressive

WHAT IS SAFETY? - part of passion, #1 priority

Safety is a core value.

Priority - the fact or condition being regarded ir treated as more

important
If we practice and apply our safety value, then we can cultivate our

safety passion

OSH SYSTEM AND LEGISLATIONS

DOLE - regulate health and safety standards, laws, and ethics

Leading Causes of Accidents (OSHC Study 1998)

1. Fall from different Level (23)

2. Falling objects (9)

3. Scaffold shoring collapse (9)

4. Lift appliance (9)

5. Cave-in (8)

6. Machinery (5)

7. Electricity (4)

8. Hand Tools (2)

9. Explosion (1)
 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH in the Philippines

Progress of OSH Legislation

1903 - development of OSH

1908 - Employers Liability Act

!908 - Bureau of Labor

!927 - Workmen’s Compensation Act No. 3428

1933 - Department of Labor

1936 - Commonwealth Act No. 104 (First Industrial Safety Law)

1945 - Commonwealth Act. No. 696

1948 - Philippines became a member of ILO

1954 - Enactment of RA No. 1054 (Free emergency & dental Treatment Act

1957 - Bureau Labor Standards

1959 - SOPI

1967 - Proclamation No. 115-A (year and every year after Safety &

Accident Prevention Year

1974 - Labor Code of the Philippines (PD 442)

1975 - BLS started the program on accreditation of STOs to conduct OSH

training

1977 - Tripartite body was created to study proposed OSHS

1978 - OSHS was approved

1982 - BLS renamed As BWC

1984 - Tripartite consultation for OSHS Rule 1410 (Construction Safety)

1988 - OSHC was created (EO 307)

1989 - major revision of OSHS

1996 - amendments of Rule 1030

1998 - DO 13 was issued

1998 - Passed MC no. 02 series of 1998

1999 - ASPPI was organized

2000 - MC no, 01 s2000 (Guidelines for the Conduct of WEA); MC No. 02

s2000

2001 - Approved amendments to Rules 1030, 1160, 1170, 1180

2002 - 1st meeting of DOLE_BWC Accredited Training & Testing

Organizations; DO 53-03 s2003

2003 - organization of ATOP Inc. for OSH renamed as ASHTOP Inc.

OSH STANDARDS
OSH STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK

2 TYPES OF OSH INSPECTION

1. Technical Safety Inspection - safety determination of:

- boilers,

- pressure vessels,

- elevators

- internal combustion engines,

- other mechanical equipment

2. General Safety and Health Inspection - inspection of work

environment

- ventilation, lighting, handling, etc.

CATEGORIES OF WORK ENVIRONMENT

Low risk establishment - low level of danger or exposure to safety and

health hazards

Medium risk establishment - moderate exposure

High risk establishment - presence of hazard or potential within the

company may affect the safety and/or health of workers not only

within but also persons outside the premises of the workplace, with a

high level of exposure to safety and health hazards, and probability of a

major accident
DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 13 SERIES OF 1998
OTHER CODES OR LAWS USED
HEAVY EQUIPMENT - any machine with engine or electric motor as prime

mover used for lifting, excavating, leveling, drilling, compacting,

transporting, and breaking works in construction sites, with minimum

operating weight and horsepower rating of 1,000kg and 10 HP

respectively.

SCAFFOLD COMPETENT PERSON - undergone standard scaffold training

- 2 certificates (COSH Training Certificate and TESDA Scaffold

erection certificate)

SCAFFOLD ERECTOR - one day Safety orientation from DOLE

- holder of TESDA prescribed Scaffold Erection NC II

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11058 - an act strengthening compliance with

occupational safety and health standards and providing penalties for

violations thereof
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

FIRST AIDER - any person trained and duly certified to administer first

aid by Philippines Red Cross or any org authorized by DOLE secretary

COVERED WORKPLACES - as establishments, projects, sites and all other

places where work is being undertaken wherein the number of

employees, nature of operations, and risk or hazard involved in the

business, as determined by the Secretary of Labor and Employment,

require compliance with the provisions of the law

IMMINENT DANGER - situation caused by a condition or practice in any

place of employment that could reasonably be expected to lead to

death or serious physical harm.

MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES (MSEs) - establishments employing less

than 10 employees and less than 100 employees, respectively.

DOLE ACCREDITED TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS - have been granted

accreditation by DOLE pursuant to Department Order No. 16, s. 2001.

EQUIPMENT - any machine with engine or electric motor as prime mover

EMPLOYER - any person, natural or juridical, who directly or indirectly

benefit from the services of the employee

GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH INSPECTION - examination of the work

environment, including the location and operation of machinery other

than those covered by technical safety audits, ventilation, and other

possible sources of safety and health hazards.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) - specialized clothing or equipment

designed to protect workers against safety and health hazards

SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE - a body created within the workplace

tasked with the authority to plan, develop, and implement OSH policies

and programs, monitor and evaluate the OSH program, and inspect and

investigate all aspects of the work pertaining to safety and health of

workers.

SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM - set of detailed rules to govern company

policies, processes and practices in all economic activities to conform

with OSH standards.

SAFETY SIGNAGE - any emergency, warning or danger signpost using the

standard colors and sizes, including the standard symbols for safety

instructions and warnings in the workplace

WORKER - any member of the labor force

WORKER’S OSH SEMINAR - the mandatory 8-hour module conducted by the

safety officer of the workplace as prescribed by OSH standards

SAFETY OFFICER

BASIC COMPONENTS OF COMPANY OSH PROGRAM AND POLICY (DO 198-18,

CHAPTER IV, SECTION 12)

1. Company Commitment to Comply with OSH Requirements

a. Safety and Health Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and

Control (HIRAC)

b. Medical Surveillance for early detection and management of

occupational and work related diseases

c. First-aid and emergency medical services

 2. General Safety and Health Programs

3. Promotion of Drug free workplace, Mental health Services in the

Workplace, Healthy lifestyle

4. Prevention and Control of HIV-AIDS, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B

5. Composition and Duties of health and safety Committee

6. OSH Personnel and Facilities

7. Safety and Health Promotion, Training and Education

a. Orientation of all worker on OSH

b. Conduct of Risk Assessment, evaluation and control

c. Continuing training on OSH for OSH Personnel

d. Work permit System

TARGET ZERO - aims to create an incident and injury free work

environment.
SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING

ROLE OF SAFETY OFFICER

- prevention of harm to people, property and environment rather

than responsibility for responding to harmful events

DUTIES OF THE SAFETY OFFICER (OSH STANDARD)

SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING

ROLE OF SAFETY OFFICER

- prevention of harm to people, property and environment rather

than responsibility for responding to harmful events

DUTIES OF THE SAFETY OFFICER (OSH STANDARD)

5 WAYS TO LIVE & DEVELOP OUR SAFETY PASSION

1. “If everyone is safe, our business is safe”

2. “We make and keep our environment safe for everyone”

3.
HOW TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY CULTURE

1. Top Management support

2. Frontline supervision

3. Safety officer enforcement

4. Employee participation

CONSTRUCTION SITE PREMISES

ACCIDENT PREVENTION

- real factor in the economic success of any construction job

- methods of prevention

- ample evidence

- profitable

- lower cost and greater efficiency

CONSTRUCTION HAZARDS

- open excavation

- falling objects

- welding operations

- dust and dirt

- temporary wirings

- temporary overhead electrical lines

RED - fire protection

GREEN - safety equipment or information

WHITE, BLACK - for housekeeping marking

YELLOW - caution; physical hazards

ORANGE - warning; electrical hazards

BLUE - notice; movement of equipment which is under repair

PURPLE - radiation

BASIC SAFETY INSPECTION SYSTEM

 CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY SAFETY

- goal is to prevent workplace accidents caused by construction

heavy equipment

- Heavy equipment operation key is: YOU MUST SEE AND BE SEEN

CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY ACCIDENT PREVENTION AVAILABLE SOLUTIONS

1. Management commitment

2. Workers’ involvement

3. Pre-construction JOb Safety Analysis

4. HAzard Prevention and Controls

5. Equipment Maintenance

6. Workers’ Awareness Training

7. Periodical Review Procedures

TYPES OF CRANES

● Mobile cranes

● Tower cranes

● Overhead cranes

● Gantry cranes
● 50ft minimum distance when working near electrical power

sources
ACCIDENTS BY CAUSES (TOTAL = 100%)

WHY IS SAFETY IMPORTANT?

1. Accidents disable and kill

2. Accidents are costly

3. Accident can be avoided

MEASURES TO SECURE SAFETY IN USING CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY

● Full understanding of machine conditions and maintenance

● Safe operations

● Safety management at work sites

 EXCAVATION SAFETY

DEFINITION OF TERMS

EXCAVATION - a man-made cit, cavity, trench, or depression formed by

earth removal

TRENCH - a narrow excavation; depth is greater than the width, but not

wider than 15ft

SHIELD - a structure able to withstand a acae-in and protect employees;

also called box

SHORING - a structure that supports the sides of an excavation and

protects against cave-ins

SLOPING - technique employs a specific angle of incline on the sides of

the excavation

EXCAVATION HAZARDS

● Cave-ins are the greatest risk

● Asphyxiation due to lack of oxygen

● Inhalation of toxic materials

● Moving machinery near the edge of the excavation can cause

collapse

● Accidental severing of underground utility lines

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT SAFETY