CHE102

Safety Standards
Safety Standards

History of Safety Standards

Government Regulations
Occupational Safety and Health Standards
(OSHS)
Safety
Safety is the state of being
"safe", the condition of being
protected against physical,
social, spiritual, financial,
political, emotional,
occupational, psychological,
educational or other types or
consequences of failure,
damage, error, accidents,
harm or any other event
which could be considered
non-desirable.
Safety

Safety can also be defined to

be the control of recognized
hazards to achieve an
acceptable level of risk. This
can take the form of being
protected from the event or
from exposure to something
that causes health or
economical losses. It can
include protection of people
or of possessions.
Standards Organizations

A number of standards organizations exist that

promulgate safety standards. These may be
voluntary organizations or government
agencies. These agencies first define the safety
standards, which they publish in the form of
codes. They are also Accreditation Bodies and
entitle independent third parties such as testing
and certification agencies to inspect and ensure
compliance to the standards they defined.
Standards Organizations

For instance, the American Society of

Mechanical Engineers (ASME) formulated a
certain number of safety standards in its Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) and
accredited TV Rheinland to provide
certification services to guarantee product
compliance to the defined safety regulations.
Standards Organizations United States

American National Standards Institute

A major American standards organization is the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Usually, members of a particular industry will
voluntarily form a committee to study safety
issues and propose standards. Those standards
are then recommended to ANSI, which reviews
and adopts them. Many government regulations
require that products sold or used must comply
with a particular ANSI standard such as pumps.
Standards Organizations United States

Government Agencies

Many government agencies set safety

standards for matters under their jurisdiction,
such as:

the Food and Drug Administration

the Consumer Product Safety Commission
the United States Environmental Protection
Agency
Standards Organizations United States
Standards Organizations United States

Testing Laboratories

Product safety testing, for the United States, is

largely controlled by the Consumer Product
Safety Commission. In addition, workplace
related products come under the jurisdiction of
the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), which certifies
independent testing companies as Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL).
Standards Organizations European Union

Institutions
European Commission (EC)
European Committee for
Standardization (CEN)
European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA)
European Safety Federation
(ESF)
Testing Laboratories
The European Commission provides the legal
framework, but the different Member States may
authorize test laboratories to carry out safety testing.
Occupational Safety and Health Standards

Occupational safety and health is an area

concerned with protecting the safety, health and
welfare of people engaged in work or
employment. The goals of occupational safety
and health programs include to foster a safe
and healthy work environment. OSH may also
protect co-workers, family members, employers,
customers, and many others who might be
affected by the workplace environment.
OSHS History

The research and regulation of occupational

safety and health are a relatively recent
phenomenon. As labor movements arose in
response to worker concerns in the wake of the
industrial revolution, worker's health entered
consideration as a labor-related issue.
OSHS History
OSHS - Philippines

Article 162 The Secretary of labor shall by

appropriate order set and enforce mandatory
Phil. Const. OSH Standards to eliminate or reduce OSH
hazards in all workplaces and institute new
and update existing programs to ensure safe
and healthful working conditions in all place of
employment
Labor Code.
Article 165 - DOLE shall be solely
responsible for the administration,
enforcement of laws, policies and programs on
OSH.
Chartered cities may be allowed to conduct
industrial safety inspection of establishments
within their respective jurisdictions.
OSHS - Philippines

Book IV, Title I Occupational Safety

Medical, Dental and and Health Standards,
Occupational Safety (OSHS)1978
OSHS - Philippines

A set of mandatory OSH

standards which codifies
all safety orders being
enforced prior to its
promulgation.

It contains administrative requirements,

general safety and health rules,
technical safety regulations, and other
measures to eliminate or reduce OSH
hazards in the workplace.
OSHS - Philippines

PURPOSE
to protect every working man against
the dangers of injury, sickness or death
through safe and healthful working
conditions.

SCOPE
shall apply to all places of employment
except land, sea and air transportation
and safety in mines.
 OSHS - Philippines
Some OSHS Rules
1090 Hazardous Materials 1220 Elevators & Related
1100 Gas & Electric Equipment
Welding & Cutting 1230 Identification of
Operations Piping System
1120 Hazardous Work 1240 Power Piping Lines
Processes 1410 Construction Safety
1140 Explosives 1420 Logging
1150 Materials Handling & 1940 Fire Protection &
Storage Control
1160 Boiler 1950 Pesticides &
1170 Unfired Pressure Fertilizers
Vessels 1970 Fees
1180 Internal Combustion 1980 Authority of LG
Engine*
1990 Final Provisions
1200 Machine Guarding
1960 OH Services
1210 Electrical Safety