Safety and Health Training

for Small-Scale Miners

Presentation of:

Engr. Kier Q. Castillanes

April 22, 2022

Safety Briefing
• In Case of Fire
• Fire is the
combustion or
burning, in which
substances
combine
chemically with Grab the Extinguisher
oxygen from the air
and typically give
Pull the lever
out bright light,
heat, and smoke.
Aim the nozzle
Squeeze the lever
Sweep the nozzle
Safety Briefing
• In Case of Earthquake
• An earthquake (pagyanig)
is the result of a sudden
release of stored energy in
the Earth's crust that
creates seismic waves.
Safety Briefing
• COVID-19 Measures
• Coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) is an infectious
disease caused by a newly
discovered coronavirus.
• The COVID-19 virus spreads
primarily through droplets of
saliva or discharge from the
nose when an infected
person coughs or sneezes,
so it’s important that you also
practice respiratory etiquette
(for example, by coughing
into a flexed elbow).
Small-Scale Mine
Safety Rules and
Regulations
DENR Administrative
Order No. 1997-30
Engr. Kier Q. Castillanes
Senior SRS
LEGAL BASIS
• The 1987 Philippine Constitution
SECTION 15. The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health
consciousness among them.

• People’s Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7076)

Section 13. Terms and Conditions of the Contract. (b) Abide by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau and the
Small-scale Mining Safety Rules and regulations;

• Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA No. 7076 (DAO No. 2022-03)
Section 29. To ensure the safety and health of small-scale miners and mineral processing plant workers, the
SSM Contractor and MPL holder shall submit an Annual Safety and Health Program (ASHP) covering its area of
operations… The SSM Contractor and MPL holder shall abide by the provisions of DAO No. 1997-30.

• Small-Scale Mine Safety Rules and Regulations (DAO No. 1997-30)

This Order ... to effect a safe and accident-free operation in small-scale mining areas.
Objective of SSM Safety Rules and
Regulations

“ZERO ACCIDENT”
 Terms of Accident:
1. "Accident" — an undesired event in which the contact, the exposure or the
movement of a person to objects, equipment, machineries, substances,
conditions or other persons may or may not cause personal injury, damage to
property and delay in the operation.
2. "Non-Lost Time Accident" — those that will not prevent the injured person
from reporting to his designated work on the working day following the day
of injury and thereafter.
3. "Lost-Time Accident, Non-Fatal" — lost-time accident that will prevent the
injured person from reporting to work on the working day following the day
of injury, fails to continue his normal work due to complications and accidents
resulting to permanent injuries or disabilities.
4. "Lost-Time Accident, Fatal" — lost time accident that results in the death of the
injured person.
Safety Inspector

Is the one who inspects organizations, factories, machines,

equipment, work places, working and health conditions and common
utilities to ensure government rules and regulations as well as industry
standards regarding occupational health and safety are being
complied with.
Qualification of Safety Inspector

Rule 12 - A Safety Inspector must be a Filipino citizen, of legal age, good

moral character, mentally and physically healthy and possess the
following minimum qualifications/requirements:
1. Safety training conducted by the Regional Office or other Bureau
accredited safety organizations.
2. Involvement in small-scale mining operation for at least six (6)
months.
Duties and
Responsibilities of
Safety Inspector
Duties and Responsibilities of Safety Inspector

1. Conduct a daily routinary inspection of the mine and its premises.

2. Make a daily report of inspection and inform the permittee, contractor and
operator (Safety Engineer) concerned the places inspected as to ventilation,
sanitation, unsafe acts/conditions and working procedures.
3. Receive oral or written reports of workers/miners about unsafe and unhealthy
conditions in the mine area and recommend remedial/mitigating measures to
the permittee/operator/contractor/association, and supervise its
implementation.
4. Instruct/train workers/miners on accident prevention, first aid and sanitation
and emergency disaster evacuation procedures.
Duties and Responsibilities of Safety Inspector

5. Recommend suspension of mining operation to the

permittee/operator/ contractor/association (Safety Engineer) when
imminent danger so requires.
6. Investigate and report all mine accidents and promulgate ways and
means of preventing their recurrence.
7. Keep a record of all accidents and safety inspection reports. Maintain a
logbook which shall be placed on the collar/portal anytime of the day of
all workers/miners working underground.
Duties and
Responsibilities of
Permittee/ Operator/
Contractor/
Association
Duties and Responsibilities of Permittee/
Operator/ Contractor/ Association
1. Take every reasonable precaution necessary to ensure the safety and
health of the workers/miners while on duty;
2. Adopt all necessary facilities for a safe, sanitary and healthful working
conditions.
3. Make available safety paraphernalia in accordance with the type of
work performed.
4. Comply with the existing labor, SSS health rules and regulations.
5. Maintain a fully equipped first aid station or stations at strategic points
in the mine.
Duties and Responsibilities of Permittee/
Operator/ Contractor/ Association

6. Provide for the training of persons in first aid, fire fighting, mine rescue and
recovery operations and other safety measures.
7. Provide a pool of rescuers to attend to emergency cases in the area.
8. Submit to the duly accredited Association, if any, written reports of unsafe
working conditions.
9. Adopt and enforce a set of safety rules and regulations applicable to each
particular area and possibly with translation in the dialect understandable to
the workers of the mine. A copy shall be distributed to every worker/miner
including the Board or its equivalent or the Association concerned.
Duties and Responsibilities of Permittee/
Operator/ Contractor/ Association

10. Conduct at least one (1) day period for orientation of newly hired
workers/miners which shall be in the form of lecture and/or actual
observation of the safety rules and regulations and working place where
they will be assigned.
11. Plan and arrange all processes of operation with careful attention to
safety.
12. Maintain a system of inspection to detect all hazards of operations and
report or inform all concerned of any safety and health hazards that may
affect or endanger the latter’s job and operation.
Duties and Responsibilities of Permittee/
Operator/ Contractor/ Association

13. Organize a safety and health committee.

14. Maintain a continuous and regular safety and health meetings for all
workers/miners.
15. Submits to the Board or safety organization a monthly report of safety
and health meetings.
16. Provide medical and physical examination of its workers/miners at least
once a year.
17. Ensure that this Order is complied with.
Small-Scale
Mining Rules
Surface/ Portal/
Bunkhouse
Surface/Portal/Bunkhouse:

Rule 1 - A record shall be kept by the

permittee/contractor/ope
rator of all Non-Lost Time
and Lost Time Accidents
occurring at any mining
property in a form
prescribed by the Board
or its Equivalent
Surface/Portal/Bunkhouse:

Rule 15 - Working areas shall

have at least two (2)
interconnected,
properly maintained
openings to the
surface for
ventilation purposes
and escapeway in
case of emergency.
Surface/Portal/Bunkhouse:

Rule 17 - All miners shall be

required to wear
protective safety
gadgets such as hard
hat, rubber boots,
etc.
Surface/Portal/Bunkhouse:

Rule 26 - All underground

openings such as,
main
opening/access/princ
ipal passage ways,
whether horizontal
or inclined, shall at
least have an
effective height of
1.5 meters (4 ft. 6 in.)
and an effective
width of 1.3 meters
(3 ft. 11 in.).
Surface/Portal/Bunkhouse:

Rule 35 — All underground miners

shall be properly
equipped with
adequate lighting
devices such as
flashlight, cap lamp,
carbide lamp and the
like.
Drift/ Haulage
Road/
Manway:
Drift/ Haulage
Road/ Manway:
Rule 18 - When first entering a working
place, the ground shall be
examined for any loose
rocks and tested for
drummy ground. Loose
rocks or drummy ground
shall always be barred
down and/or supported
before any work is started.
Drift/ Haulage
Road/ Manway:
Rule 21 - Shafts, raises (vertical or
inclined sinkings) and
winzes exceeding 20º
inclination shall be
provided with ladder
ways.
 Drift/ Haulage
Road/ Manway:
Rule 24 - All abandoned working areas
shall be barricaded and a "Danger"
sign shall be posted or back-filled
when necessary.
Rule 37 - All excavations found along the
access route shall be properly
indicated and marked. If abandoned,
they must be sealed or backfilled.
Rule 23 — Workers shall not be assigned
to work at a working place that has
been abandoned for a considerable
time unless the safety inspector has
surveyed it and deemed it safe.
Drift/ Haulage Road/ Manway:

Rule 36 - All accesses to working areas shall be cleared and properly

maintained.
Rule 42 — Old defective timber support shall be replaced and/or reinforced
immediately.
 Main Drift/
Haulage Road/
Manway:
Rule 39 — Safety ropes or lifelines of
appropriate length and size shall be used in
areas where there is danger of persons
falling.
Rule 54 — Vertical and Inclined openings shall
have a dimension of at least 1.5 meters
(4.92 ft.) by 1.3 meters (4.27 ft.).
Rule 58 — In breakthroughs, winzes and
openings where there is danger of falling
and slipping, adequate covers shall be
provided. Where such openings are used
as waste or ore passages it shall be
provided with grizzlies, guard rails or the
like.
Drift/ Haulage Road/ Manway:

Rule 83 — Portals, collars and other mine entrances shall be provided with
drainage canals to prevent entry of surface run-off in
underground workings.
Rule 84 — Horizontal openings shall be provided with ditches to direct water
to the sump or to the surface.
Rule 85 — Drain pipes shall be installed in a manner that will not cause
obstruction to passageways and mainlines.
 Rule 19 - All underground workings shall be adequately and effectively
supported.
Working Rule 46 — In running ground, booms, stulls and spilings shall be erected to
Face/Destino project ahead from the last set of support.
Rule 47 — Mining in loose or heavy ground shall be closely supervised and
shall follow the accepted standard methods of support.
Working
Face/Destino
Rule 16 - Underground workings shall
be provided with adequate
supply of fresh air. In case where
natural ventilation is inadequate,
an artificial ventilation system
should be installed.
Rule 25 — Underground workings shall
not be allowed to encroach or
cross each other.
 Working
Face/Destino
Rule 22 — A miner shall not be allowed to
work alone underground where he could
not be seen or heard in case of
emergency.
Rule 32 — When men are working one
above the other or in any position where
they might be injured by falling rocks or
debris of any kind, they shall notify each
other and take the necessary precaution
before work is started.
Working
Face/Destino
Rule 38 — Sleeping underground is
strictly prohibited.
Rule 44 & 55— At any given time
during the shift, the
maximum number of
miners in one working
face and sinking/
raising shall be three
(3).
Supports Installation and Replacement:

Rule 48 — In areas where ground support is necessary, adequate supply of support

materials shall be maintained and made available. Loose ground shall be barred
down, stulled before regular support is installed.
Rule 49 — If for any cause, the necessary support material is not available and the working
place presents a hazard, the work at such place shall be suspended.
Rule 50 — It shall be prohibited to remove or modify supports which are in place except
under instructions and supervision.
Rule 51 — It shall be prohibited to remove or modify floorings, roofings, mattings, laggings
or support of any kind if it will create a dangerous opening, except when under
proper supervision.
Rule 52 — Fractured and broken roof or walls of mine workings shall be provided with
closely installed laggings of at least five (5) centimeters thick or minimum of eight
(8) centimeters diameter round hard wood timber and shall be tightly blocked.
Mine Timbering:
Supports Installation and Replacement:

Rule 53 — Distance between timber sets shall be not more than 1.7 meters (5 ft. 6 in.).
Rule 56 — In running ground or weak ground (gougy formation), support shall be installed as
early as possible and shall project ahead of the last set of support.
Rule 57 — In sinking or raising in running or weak grounds, all openings shall be adequately
supported.
Rule 67 — In broken grounds, the maximum dimension of stopes shall be as follows:
Width - 1.50 meters (4 ft. 11 in.)
Height - 2.00 meters (6 ft. 6 in.)
Length - 2.00 meters (6 ft. 6 in.)
Pillars between stopes shall have a maximum dimension of 1.5 meters (4 ft. 11
in.) width, 2 meters (6 ft. 6 in.) height and 2 meters (6 ft. 6 in.) length. If stope is
timbered, the dimension may be increased as safety permits.
Supports Installation and Replacement:

Rule 68 — In grounds that are competent, the maximum dimension of stopes shall be as
follows:
Width - 2 meters (6 ft. 6 in.)
Height - 6 meters (19 ft. 8 in.)
Length - 6 meters (19 ft. 8 in.)
Pillars between stopes shall have a minimum dimension of one (1) meter width,
one (1) meter height, one (1) meter length.
Rule 69 — All open spaces and high openings above timbers must be cribbed to the back.
Rule 70 — All stope brows must be stulled especially off raises.
Rule 71 — Loose or drummy slabs that cannot be barred down must be stulled up using a
good stull with a head board and a secure hitch for the base of the stull.
Accident Prevention and Emergency Situation

Rule 31 — During and right after rains, all mining operations may be
suspended by the licensed/registered safety inspector if the
conditions warrant such an action. Before operations could
resume, there shall be a general safety inspection to defect any
ground movement or impending cave in.
Rule 40 — Where there is danger of a sudden inrush of water, additional
safety precautions such as doors, dams, and the like, shall be
constructed.
Accident Prevention and Emergency Situation

Rule 92 — No underground opening shall be driven or caused to be driven under rivers, … any known …
water on the surface with less than ten (10) meters (32 ft. 9 in.) of back or thickness from the
true river bed and the roof of the mine working in massive, unbroken or unfractured igneous
rocks nor be less than fifty (50) meters (164 ft) back or thickness when the roof of the mine
working is broken or fractured rocks. The true depth of the river bed shall be determined at
different points. Deviations from the above requirement shall be subject to the approval of the
Board.
Rule 93 — Daily inspection shall be conducted of the mine workings located under rivers, sea or any
known accumulation of standing or running water on the surface.
Rule 94 — No mine workings shall be allowed to approach nearer than eight (8) meters (26 ft. 3 in.) to any
part of a shaft or any other openings where there is known or suspected accumulation of water.
Rule 95 — All underground workers shall be instructed to recognize signs of impending ground collapse or
subsidence. In such cases, the responsible mine officials/ contractors/ permittees/ associations
shall be notified immediately to determine the course of action to be taken. In cases of
imminent collapse, alarms shall be sounded and all personnel withdrawn.
In Case of Incidents/Accidents

Rule 2 - Whenever an accident occurs at a mine resulting in the death of, or in serious physical
injury to one or more persons, the permittee/contractor/mining operator/association or
his duly authorized representative shall immediately by the quickest possible means
available, give notice thereto in writing, or by telegraph or telephone where practicable,
to the Board or its equivalent association, copy furnished the Regional Office concerned
within five (5) working days. Detailed report shall be submitted to the Board or its
equivalent, copy furnished the Regional Office concerned, within twenty (20) days after
notice of knowledge by the contractor/operator/permittee of the accident.
Rule 3 - For the purpose of any inquiry or inspection related to safety, health and sanitation, the
Board or its equivalent shall:
a. require the operator/contractor/permittee during reasonable business hours to produce
any work, paper, report and document related to the accident.
b. require the operator/contractor/permittee to present any of his workers/miners to be
investigated or examined and be made to sign under oath a declaration from him during
the examination.
Reportorial Requirements

Rule 4 - Monthly report of accident or sickness on Safety form prescribed

shall be submitted to the Board or its equivalent, copy furnished
the Regional Office concerned and the Department of Labor and
Employment, within the first twenty (20) days of the subsequent
month.
Rule 5 - Monthly statistical data on accident shall be accomplished and
submitted to the Board or its equivalent copy furnished the
Regional Office concerned and the Department of Labor and
Employment, within the first twenty (20) days of the subsequent
month in Safety Form.
Thank you!