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AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF LABOR TO PROMULGATE AND ENFORCE RULES, REGULATIONS, AND ORDERS FOR THE SAFETY OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN MINES, QUARRIES, METALLURGICAL OPERATIONS AND OTHER ENTERPRISES
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 104
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION FOR
THE PRACTICE, LICENSING, AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND
ELECTRICIANS.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7920
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7920
New Electrical Engineering Law
When is Occupational Safety and Health Standards formulated?
1978
General Provision
Rule 1000
- Duties of Employers
- Duties of Workers
- Hazardous Workplaces
- Highly Hazardous Establishment
February 24, 1995
RA No. 7920
Shall register his business with the Regional Labor Office or authorized representative having jurisdiction thereof to form part of a databank of all covered establishments
Rule 1020: Registration
- Training Programs
- Accreditation
- Training and Personnel Complement
-Qualifications of a Safety Consultant - Prohibition in the Practice of Occupational Safety and Health
- Amended by D.O. 16, S. 2001
- Recognizes that OSH personnel have fields of specialization
- Sets requirements, duties of OSH personnel
Rule 1030: Training of personnel in Occupational
Safety and Health
A full-time safety officer must be duly accredited as OSH Practitioner Requirements for Accreditation of OSH Practitioner
Rule 1030/DO 16: Training and Accreditation of Personnel in OSH
In every place of employment, a health and safety committee shall be organized within sixty (60) days after this Standards takes effect and for new
establishments within one (1) month from the date the business starts operating. In both cases the Committee shall reorganize every January of the following year.
Rule 1040: Health and Safety Committee
All work accidents or occupational illnesses in places of employment, resulting in disabling condition or dangerous occurrence as defined in 1053.2 shall be reported by the employer to the Regional Labor Office or duly authorized representative
Rule 1050: Notification and Keeping of records of accidents and/or occupational illnesses
I. General Provisions
a. Safety Signages
b. Housekeeping
c. Personal facilities
d. Provision for handicapped persons
II. Construction and Maintenance
III. Space requirement
IV. Walkway Surface
Rule 1060: Premises of Establishments
This rule establishes Threshold Limit Values (TLV)
for toxic and carcinogenic substances and physical
agents which may be present in the atmosphere of
the work environment
RULE 1070: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Every employer shall at his own expense furnish his
workers with protective equipment for the eyes, face,
hands and feet, protective shields and barriers
whenever necessary by reason of the hazardous
nature of the process or environment, chemical or
radiological or other mechanical irritants or hazards capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact
RULE 1080: PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
AND DEVICES
Apply to all workplaces in which hazardous
substances in solid, liquid or gaseous forms are
manufactured, handled and used or in which flammable, irritating, offensive or toxic dusts, fibers, gases, mists or vapors are generated or released in quantities injurious to health
RULE 1090 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Welding or cutting operations shall not be permitted in
rooms or areas containing combustible materials or in
proximity to explosives or flammable liquids, dusts,
gases or vapors, until all fire and explosion hazards
are eliminated.
RULE 1100: GAS AND ELECTRIC WELDING AND
CUTTING OPERATIONS
Underground Tank and Similar Confined Space Work
RULE 1120: HAZARDOUS WORK PROCESSES
No boiler shall be installed and/or operated in the
Philippines without the required permit.
RULE 1160: BOILER
Any closed vessel other than a boiler constructed to
hold steam, hot water, gas or air, ordinarily supplied
from an external source or from the indirect application
of heat. This definition shall not include portable
cylinders for the storage of compressed gases
RULE 1170: UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSELS
The Philippine Electrical Code is hereby adopted and
the standards contained therein shall be considered
safety standards to the extent that they safeguard any person employed in any workplace and control the
practice of electrical engineering
RULE 1210: ELECTRICAL SAFETY
Hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or platform, which moves in guides in substantially
vertical direction, serving two or more floors of a
building or structure
RULE 1220: ELEVATORS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT
Common code to assist in the proper identification of materials conveyed in piping systems. This Rule shall cover
only the identification of piping systems in industrial and power plants. It does not cover pipes buried in the ground.
RULE 1230: IDENTIFICATION OF PIPING SYSTEM
Specific standards in design and construction, occupancy and use of buildings and facilities shall be those
prescribed by the Building Code of the Philippines and PSME/PEC.
RULE 1940: FIRE PROTECTION AND CONTROL
Specific standards in design and construction, occupancy and use of buildings and facilities shall be those
prescribed by the Building Code of the Philippines and PSME/PEC.
RULE 1940: FIRE PROTECTION AND CONTROL
Agricultural and industrial enterprises in which these chemicals are used or manufactured
RULE 1950: PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS
The Department shall be solely responsible for the
administration and enforcement of occupational safety and health laws in all workplaces. However, local
governments may be authorized by the Secretary to enforce this Standards within their respective
jurisdictions where they have adequate facilities and
personnel for the purpose as determined by and subject
to national standards prescribed by the Department.
RULE 1980 AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
-Self-Assessment checklist
- establishment w/ at least 200 workers
- unionized establishment w/ CBAs Inspection
- workplaces w/ 10-199 workers
-Advisory Services
-those w/ < 10 workers
-registered as BMBEs
Department Order No. 57-04 –Labor Standards
Enforcement Framework
active measurement taken by
management to ensure
compliance with standards
Accountability
right to correct, command,
and determine the courses of
action.
Authority
having to answer to higher
management for activities and results.
Responsibility
sharing the authority and
responsibility with others. Even though we delegate responsibility, we cannot completely relieved
from it.
Delegation
Cases of Occupational Diseases
- Musculo-skeletal disorders
- Hypertension
- Occupational asthma
- Infections, ulcers, dermatitis, TB
Top three work-related Employees Compensation Claims:
- Renal disorders (kidney complications)
- Disorder of the eyes
- Cardio-vascular diseases
science of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating,
and controlling workplace conditions that may cause workers’ injury or
illness.
Industrial hygiene
use environmental monitoring and analytical
methods to detect the extent of worker exposure and employ engineering, work practice controls, and other methods to control potential health hazards.
Industrial hygienists
“father of industrial medicine,”
Bernardo Ramazzini
Bernardo Ramazzini’s published comprehensive book on industrial medicine
De Morbis Artificum
Diatriba (The Diseases of Workmen).
contained accurate
descriptions of the occupational diseases of most of the workers of his
time. Ramazzini greatly affected the future of industrial hygiene because
he asserted that occupational diseases should be studied in the work environment rather than in hospital wards.
De Morbis Artificum
Diatriba
trained to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and
recommend controls for environmental and physical hazards that can affect
the health and well-being of workers.
Industrial hygienists
fundamental
method of protecting workers.
Controlling hazards and exposures to
occupational hazards
removes the hazard.
Elimination
reduces the hazard. replace the hazard with a less hazardous substitute.
Substitution
