Basic Concepts and Principles of Safety and Health in the ● Compliance with OSH training, staff development, and

Workplace information dissemination.

Key Points:
● Recognizing the importance of sustained OSH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
activities and interventions is crucial. Communicating OSH Programs
● Organizations committed to OSH develop programs Methods:
based on written policies reflecting their vision, ● Regular safety meetings, contests, posters, safety
mission, and goals, as per Rule 1045 of the OSH campaigns, and publications.
Standards.
Health and Safety Program Overview
Designing a Safety and Health Program Essential Elements:
Key Steps: ● Individual responsibility, safety committees, health
1. Establish the company's Safety and Health (S&H) policy. and safety rules, correct work procedures, employee
2. Ensure strong leadership and implementation mechanisms. orientation, training, inspections, accident reporting,
emergency procedures, and promotion of safety.
Defining a Policy
Definition: Policy Statement
● A policy is a plan or course of action intended to Key Elements:
influence decisions and actions, providing direction for ● Commitment to employee safety and health.
achieving goals and objectives. ● Program objectives and organizational philosophy.
● Clear responsibilities and accountability.
Safety and Health Policy
Features: Program Elements
● Documents top management’s safety objectives and Key Components:
responsibilities. 1. Individual Responsibility
● Basis for planning and budgeting OSH activities. 2. Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee
3. Health and Safety Rules
Characteristics of an OSH Policy 4. Correct Work Procedures
Effective OSH Policy: 5. Employee Orientation
1. Specific, concise, clearly written, dated, and 6. Training
signed. 7. Workplace Inspections
2. Indicates management commitment and 8. Accident/Incident Reporting
accountability. 9. Emergency Procedures
3. Includes principles and objectives for safety and 10. Medical and First Aid
health. 11. Health and Safety Promotion
4. States compliance with OSH standards and laws. 12. WorkplaceSpecific Items
5. Aims for continuous improvement.
6. Communicated to all employees. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
7. Covers all workers and the community. Foundation of OSH Policy
Purpose:
Components of an OSH Policy ● Promote safety and health consciousness and
Key Areas: minimize workplace accidents and illnesses.
1. Safety Control and Emergency Preparedness
● Includes housekeeping, material handling, electrical Benefits of Effective Safety and Health Programs
safety, fire safety, incident investigation, and 1. Reduction in workrelated injuries and illnesses.
emergency preparedness. 2. Improved employee morale and productivity.
2. Industrial Hygiene Program 3. Reduced workers’ compensation costs.
● Covers chemical inventory, emergency plans, material
handling, and physical hazard abatement. Safety and Health Program Criteria
3. Occupational Health Program Considerations:
● Involves hiring medical staff, providing medical ● Workplace specificity, management commitment,
equipment, submitting medical reports, and offering worker input, clear responsibilities, written
health services. documentation, contractor safety, effective
4. Environmental Protection and Community Relations communication, and regular evaluation.
● Includes waste management, pollution prevention,
and community outreach programs. Safety and Health Committee
5. Social Accountability Programs Composition:
● Policies on gender, child labor, PWDs, and corporate ● Includes CEO/manager, worker representatives,
social responsibility. medical staff, and safety officer.
6. Capability Building on OSH
Functions:
● Plan and develop safety programs, conduct meetings, Module Summary: Philippine Occupational Safety and
review reports, initiate training, and maintain disaster Health (OSH) Regulations and Programs
plans.
Joint Responsibility for Health and Safety Philippine OSH Administrative Framework
Management and Worker Roles: Key agencies involved in OSH administration include:
● Management is accountable for compliance, while ● Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE)
workers must follow safety procedures and report ● Occupational Safety & Health Center (OSHC)
hazards. ● Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC)
● Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC)
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Delegation of Responsibility and Authority Policy Framework
Definitions: 1. Labor Code of the Philippines
● Responsibility: Duty to perform tasks. ● Article 162: Mandates the Secretary of Labor to set
● Authority: Right to make decisions. and enforce OSH standards.
● Delegation: Transfer of duties and authority while ● Article 164: DOLE is responsible for developing
maintaining accountability. training programs for OSH personnel.
● Article 165: DOLE administers and enforces OSH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ laws and may collect fees for inspections and
Rule 1030: Training of Personnel in Occupational Safety and approvals, with funds used exclusively for OSH
Health administration.

Training Programs (1031) 2. Presidential Decree 626: Establishes the Employees'

1. Continuing Programs: Ongoing enhancement of Compensation Commission to provide compensation for
OSH personnel competence. workrelated injuries, illnesses, disabilities, or deaths.
2. Training Requirements: Programs incorporating
latest OSH trends and practices. 3. Presidential Decree 856: Code on Sanitation.

Accreditation (1032) 4. Republic Act 8504: Addresses HIV/AIDS prevention and

● The Secretary can accredit organizations to conduct control, including an information and education program.
OSH training.
5. Republic Act 9165: Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act
Criteria for Training (1032.01) of 2002, replacing the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972.
1. Follow Bureau Prescribed courses.
2. Provide adequate training facilities. 6. Republic Act 6969: Controls toxic substances, hazardous
3. Employ certified training staff. wastes, and nuclear wastes, with penalties for violations.

Audit Systems (1032.02) 7. Local Government Act: Decentralizes certain national

1. Regular audits ensure compliance. government functions, such as building inspections and
2. Accreditation can be canceled for noncompliance. healthcare provisions, to Local Government Units (LGUs).

Training and Personnel Complement (1033) 8. Executive Order 307: Establishes the Occupational Safety
1. Bureau Prescribed training is mandatory. and Health Center under the ECC to serve as the national
2. Number of safety officers varies by workplace type focal point for OSH training, research, information, and
and size. technical services.
3. Duties of safety officers are specified, with
consultants available for compliance support. Code
1. Code on Sanitation of the Philippines - PD 856
Qualifications of a Safety Consultant (1034.01) 2. An act to control toxic substances and hazardous and
1. Five years of experience and Bureau Prescribed nuclear wastes - RA 6969
training. 3. Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 - RA 9165
2. Ten years of experience may exempt from training 4. The Labor Code of the Philippines - PD 442
with certification.
3. Consultants must be accredited and registered. False
1. Union employee members are not allowed to be part of OSH
Prohibition in Practice (1034.02) Committee.
● Only accredited individuals/organizations can practice 2. Under Rule 1045 of OSH Standards, companies are
occupational safety and health. required to have their own Safety and Health Committee.
3. One company's OSH program should exactly be the same
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4. In a mining company with 500 workers, 1 part-time safety and their dependents in the event of work-connected
practitioner is required. contingencies such as sickness, injury, disability or death.
5. The worker has no right of refusal to work without threat or 16. OSH programs should not be limited to workers directly
reprisal from the employer if, as determined by DOLE, an employed by the company but should also extend the same to
imminent danger situation exists. its contractors and service providers.
6. Availability of clinical, dental and medical equipment is part 17. Other activities like safety campaigns, safety courses and
of Industrial Hygiene Program. demonstrations, public address systems, publications,
7. If the company has a safety consultant,. his supervisors or suggestion systems can be a promotional method for OSH.
technical personnel is not required to attend series of trainings. 18. Senior management must be accountable in implementing
8. If an employee has worked for a minimum of one year for his the programs while the supervisors and employees have the
company, he must be offered a yearly service incentive leave responsibility for carrying out specific elements of the program.
of 3 days with regular pay. 19. The Labor Code dictates that all employers must get no
9. The Company Physician can be the Chair of the OSH less than a 60-minutes break to finish their meals.
Committee. 20. Simulation of possible emergency scenarios through drills
and exercise will prepare the employees in the event disasters
True and calamities will happen.
1. For work accident cases which result in serious injuries 21. The employer or safety officer cannot require workers to
and/or deaths, the employer or the worker shall immediately return to work where there is a continuing imminent danger.
notify the nearest DOLE office having jurisdiction over the 22. Safety Contest is one example of promotional methods for
workplace through the fastest means of communication. OSH.
2. Workers performing critical occupations shall undergo the 23. The Labor Code of the Philippines ensures that no worker
mandatory competency assessment and certification by is abused while giving authority to employers to assign
TESDA. overtime work or work on holidays as long as they pay the
3. If there is a Labor Management Council (LMC), the worker wages stated by the law.
representative sits in the OSH committee
4. There are Safety Officers 1, 2, 3 and 4 according to RA Multiple Choice
11058. 1. Effective OSH Programs can: - All of the choices
5. Management commitment is critical in the success of a 2. Examples of programs to mitigate exposures of workers to
program since they reflect the company's resolve to protect its physical hazards: - Housekeeping; Machine Guarding;
worker and to ascertain that programs are carried out with no Safety Inspections
exceptions. 3. Safety Officer _ refers to an employee who has completed
6. The OSH Committee is the one who maintains disaster the mandatory 40-hr OSH training course applicable to the
contingency plans. industry as prescribed in the OSH Standards. - 2
7. Employees Compensation Program (ECP) is used for work 4. This is a document stating the top management's safety
disabilities. objectives, the level of safety that can be performed by the
8. All employers are subject to a weekly rest day of a full organization, and the responsibility of the organization's
24-hours after every 6 consecutive working days. members for executing the policy and ensuring safety. - OSH
9. Imminent danger refers to a situation caused by a condition Policy
or practice in any place of employment that could reasonably 5. OSH Program includes: - Inspections; Employee
be expected to lead to death o serious physical harm. Orientation; Employee Responsibilities; Training; Accident
10. All workers, including new hires, shall be provided training and Incident Reports; Emergency Procedures; Medical
and information on all types of hazards in the workplace in a and First Aid
language and dialect that workers can understand. 6. A part-time safety man is required to render at least _hours
11. Since the maximum work hours allowed in the Philippines of work per week to perform his/her duties as safety man. - 4
are 8-hours, in case an employee works for longer, he must be 7. Safety practitioners with at least— years of experience in all
paid extra. fields of occupational safety and health may not be required to
12. The Secretary of DOLE may, through appropriate undergo the required training provided they secure from the
regulations, collect reasonable fees for the the test and Bureau a certification attesting to their competence to qualify
approval for safe use of materials, equipment and other safety as consultants. - 10
devices and the approval of plans for such materials, 8. The OSH Policy should... - state management
equipment and devices. commitment, support and accountability; highlight the
13. All workers reserve the right of holiday pay. employees and management participation; have dates and
14. Emergency preparedness encompasses all activities that signature of president and/or CEOs; be company-specific
are necessary to prepare people and organizations to respond 9. is a detailed blueprint of standards and procedures reflecting
to emergencies and disasters which include typhoons, floods, workplace-specific accepted industry practices which is
industrial fire, chemical leaks, earthquakes and oil spills, supported by both the management and the workers. - OSH
among others. Program
15. The Employees Compensation Program provides a
package of benefits for public and private sector employees