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 Introducing the learners to the main

concepts of occupational health and safety.
 Introducing the learners to the
consequences of an inappropriate
occupational safety and health at work.
 Introducing the OSH Legislation and
importance
 Being aware of the main risks and more
common hazards that can be present at
work
 SAFETY – the condition of being
protected from or unlikely to cause
danger, risk, or injury
 HEALTH - the state of being free from
illness or injury
 ACCIDENT – An event that results in
injury.
 INCIDENT – a near miss or an
undesirable circumstances
 DANGER - is a situation that poses a level
of threat to life, health, property, or
environment.
 HAZARD – Anything that can cause harm
 RISK – how great the chance that
someone will be harmed by the hazard.
 Accidents don’t “just happen”
 Accidentsalways
have causes
 Accidentsalways
can be prevented
 For
every accident
reported, there are
600 near-misses
 Thereare two primary causes of
accidents: unsafe conditions and unsafe
acts
 Unsafe conditions include defective tools
or equipment, lack of
machine guards, and
poor lighting
 Unsafeacts include
disabling safety devices
and being under the
influence on the job
 80% of all accidents are caused by
unsafe acts
 Unsafeconditions cause only about 20%
of workplace accidents
• Engineering can eliminate most unsafe
conditions
 Examples of unsafe conditions include:
• Defective tools or equipment
• Lack of guards

 Examples of unsafe
acts include:
• Using the wrong tool
• Disabling safety devices
Unsafe conditions and unsafe acts usually
result from two factors
• Personal Factors, such as lack of knowledge or
skills, can lead to unsafe acts
• Job Factors, such as substandard equipment,
contribute to unsafe conditions
 Employees are the most important factor
in eliminating unsafe acts in the
workplace
 Some of the most
common unsafe
acts include:
• Horseplay
• Not using Personal
Protective Equipment
• Disabling or
bypassing safety procedures
 Thereare two ways to help keep people
from committing unsafe acts: Through safety
education and training, and enforcement
 With
proper instruction, training and
education, we can reduce accidents
 When workers fail to follow the rules,
enforcement of the rules becomes
necessary
 It’s
important that Accident Prevention is
part of reacting to an accident
 To prevent future occurrences, accidents
are usually handled in
three stages:
• Accident Response
• Accident Investigation
• Corrective Actions
 The first priority when responding to an
accident is to make sure other workers are
safe from harm and tending to anyone who
might have been injured
 It’s important to secure the scene after an
accident, to make sure no one else gets hurt
 It’s also important not to disturb anything
that could help in the Accident Investigation
 An Accident Investigation is a standard part
of following up such workplace incidents
 If you were involved in the accident, you’ll
be part of the Accident Investigation
 Even if you weren’t involved, you might
be part of the Accident Investigation
 Honesty is essential – lives could depend on
it
 The final step would be to follow an
Accident Investigation with suggestions
for Corrective Actions
 Your feedback and
participation are important
 If you ever have
any questions, please ask
 You are observed informally every day
 A Job Safety Analysis is a formal
observation
 There are three elements to a Job
Safety Analysis:
• Sequence of job steps
• Potential hazards
• Actions to prevent hazards
 It’s
essential that each employee take an active
role in staying safe on the job
 This means always being aware of the
consequences of choosing to take unsafe actions
 No matter how many times you’ve done
something, it’s critical to observe each and every
safety step
 You are the most important element in
working safely
 Accidentsare caused by unsafe conditions and
by people committing unsafe acts
 Knowledge and training help keep people from
committing unsafe acts
 When an accident occurs, there will be:
• Accident Response
• Accident Investigation, and
• Corrective Actions
 You are the key to accident prevention
Brief OSH Foreign History
OSH Progress in the
Philippines
Global and Local Situation of
OSH
Philippine OSH Legislation
Philippine OSH Standards
Summary
o 1837: Industrial Revolution – England
o 1897: Compensation Act – England
o 1907: British Act (served as model)
o 1908: 1st Compensation Law – U.S.
o 1911: Compensation Law of Wisconsin, U.S.
o 1913: Dept. of Labor was created – U.S.
o 1915: Workmen’s Compensation Act – Ontario,
Canada
o 1948: All states had workmen’s comp. laws – U.S.
o 1970: Congress Passed the Occupational Safety
and Health Act (OSHA) – U.S.
o 1908: Institution of the Employer’s Liability Act
o 1927: Workmen’s Compensation Act No. 3428
was passed
o 1936: Commonwealth Act No. 104 was passed
called the First Industrial Safety Law - ensure
the safety of workers in the mines, quarries and
metallurgical operations, and other enterprises.
o 1945: Commonwealth Act No. 696 redefined CA
No. 104 to include safety in the installation and
operation of boilers and pressure vessels.
o 1946: Republic Act 184, or the Electrical
Engineering Laws, (Section 38, Article III of the
law, empowered the DOLE safety inspectors to
check plans, designs and/or specifications for
any electrical construction or installation, and
enforce the requirements of the Act pertaining
to operation, installation tending and
maintenance of electric generating plants.
o Republic Act No. 226, or the Mechanical
Engineering Laws, like the electrical
Engineering Law, it conferred enforcement of its
Article III to other enforcing agencies like the
DOLE.
o 1954: Enactment of Republic Act. No. 1054 – Free
Emergency Medical and Dental Treatment Act.
o 1967: Proclamation NO. 115-A was issued declaring
the year and every year thereafter as SAFETY
ACCIDENT PREVENTION YEAR.
o 1974: P.D.442 promulgated (Labor Code of the
Philippines)
o 1975 - The then Ministry of Labor started the program
on accreditation recognizing/accrediting safety
training organizations
o 1978: Philippine Occupational Safety and Health
Standards
o 1988: The OSH Center was inaugurated (the first in
Southeast Asia), created per Executive Order No. 307
as funded by Japan (Jaika)
 Progress of OSH Legislations in the Philippines

1903- development of OSH in the Philippines

1908- Employer’s Liability Act was instituted
requiring employers to compensate workers
who were injured while performing their job
1908 – Bureau of Labor was created.
1927 - Workmen’s Compensation Act No. 3428
was passed providing payment of damages
by the employer for illnesses, in addition to
injury or death due to employment
1933 - Bureau of Labor was named Department of
Labor on Dec. 8, 1933.
1936- Commonwealth Act No. 104 was passed. First
legislation directly enjoining management to
ensure the promotion of OSH in the
workplace. Known as the First Industrial
Safety Law
1945- Commonwealth Act No. 696 was approved to
include safety in the installation and operation
of boilers and pressure vessels.
1948- Philippines became a member of ILO
1954- Enactment of RA No. 1054 (Free Emergency
Medical & Dental Treatment Act)
1957 – Bureau of Labor Standards was created.
1959- SOPI was organized
1967-Proclamation No. 115-A was issued declaring the year &
every year thereafter as SAFETY & ACCIDENT
PREVENTION YEAR
January - General Orientation
February - Air Transportation
March - Fire Prevention
April - Vacation Hazards
May - Land Transportation
June - Sea Transportation
July - Schools
August - Farms
September -Health and Sanitation
October - Industry & Commerce
November -Mines
December -Holiday Hazards & Homes
1974- PD 442 (LCP) was passed
1975- BLS started the program on accreditation of
STOs to conduct OSH training.
1977- Tripartite body was created to study the
proposed OSHS
1978- OSHS was approved. Nat’l Tripartite
Committee was created to continue study the
improvement of the OSHS
1982 – BLS renamed as BWC
1984- Tripartite consultation was held to amend
OSHS Rule 1410 (Construction Safety).
1988- OSHC was created pursuant to EO 307. First in
Southeast Asia
1989- First major revision of OSHS
1996- Tripartite consultation workshop held to
discuss the amendments of Rule 1030
1998- DO 13 was issued. Tripartite Council on
OSH in Construction Industry was created.
1998- Passed MC No. 02 series of 1998 -Guidelines
for Classifying Hazardous and Non-
Hazardous Workplaces
1999 -ASPPI was organized.1st Gen. Assembly &
Convention of DOLE Accredited Safety
Professionals was held
2000- MC No. 01 s2000- Guidelines for the Conduct of WEA
- MC No. 02 s2000-Guidelines in the Application of
Workplace Component of RA 8504 known as
“Phil. AIDS Prevention & Control Act of 1998”
2001- Approved Amendments to Rules 1030, 1160, 1170,
1180 of the OSHS
2002 – 1st meeting/gathering of DOLE-BWC Accredited
Safety Training & Testing Organizations
-Department Order (DO) 53-03, s 2003
Implementation of a Drug-Free Workplace
Policies and Procedures for the Private Sector.
2003- Organization of ATOP Inc. for OSH. Renamed as
ASHTOP Inc. in 2004.
2004 – Department Order (DO) 57-04, s 2004 (New Labor
Standards Enforcement Framework) was issued.
 GLOBAL OSH
SITUATIONER
ILO Report (April 2015)
270 Million Accidents Reported
355,000 of which are fatal
160 Million work-related illnesses
reported
2,000,000 workers DIE every year
More than 100,000 work fatalities
occur every month
More than 5,000 everyday
4 every minute.
 PHILIPPINE OSH
SITUATIONER
5-year Industrial Distribution of Work Accident Cases by
Industry (2010-2015)

12,179
13,000 Agriculture
12,000
11,000 Manufacturing
10,000
9,000 Construction
8,000
7,000 Mining & Quarying
6,000 5562
5,000
Wholesale & Retail
4,000
3,000 2736
2,000 Transport & Comm.
1,000 627 530 512 207
0 Hotels & Restaurant
Industry
 PHILIPPINE OSH
SITUATIONER
280 establishments with 5,298 cases (CY 2015)

Others

Construction
Work-related
accidents
Manufacturing

Agriculture

0 1000 2000 3000

200 191
180 180 176
160
140
122 117
120
100
Cases
80
60
40
20
0
21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45
 OSH
LEGISLATIONS
 INTRODUCTION TO OSHS

OSH LEGISLATIONS

Phil. Const.
 Article XIII Section 3 of Phil.
Constitution
 The state shall afford full
protection to labor, .... .
They shall be entitled to
security of tenure, humane
conditions of work, and a living
wage.

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 Law : P.D. 442, Book IV, Titles I

Phil. Const.
and II
Title : Labor Code of the Phils.
 Year Passed : 1974
 Implementing Agency: DOLE
Labor Code.  Content: Revised and consolidated
labor and social laws to afford full
protection to labor, promote
employment and human resources
development and ensure industrial
peace based on social justice.

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 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.

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Phil. Const.

 Law : Rules and Regulations

Implementing Art. 162,
Book IV, Title I, P.D. 442
Labor Code.
 Title : Occupational Safety and
Health Standards (OSHS)
 Year Passed : 1978
 Relevant Provision/s : Rule 1000 to
OSHS. Rule 1980
 Implementing Agency: DOLE

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OSH LEGISLATIONS
LEGAL BASIS
• Enacted in 1974
• It revised and
consolidated labor and
social laws to afford:
– Protection to labor
– Promote employment and
human resources
development; and
– Ensure industrial peace
OSH LEGISLATIONS

Book IV,
Title I
oChapter I
Medical and
Dental Services

oChapter II
 Occupational
Safety
 OSH LEGISLATIONS
Chapter II - Article 162 of PD. 442
– The Secretary of labor shall by
appropriate order set and enforce
mandatory 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 places of employment
 OSH LEGISLATIONS

Book IV, Title I – Occupational Safety and

Medical, Dental and Health Standards,
Occupational Safety (OSHS)1978
 OSH
STANDARDS
 OSH STANDARDS
• Occupational Safety and
Health Standards – is an
established minimum
requirements or criterion on
working conditions reasonably
necessary or appropriate to
protect every working man
against the danger of injury,
sickness or death.
 Body of rules & regulations formulated pursuant to Article
162, Book IV of the Labor Code of the Philippines
 Formulated in 1978 in compliance w/ the constitutional
mandate to safeguard the workers’ social & economic well-
being
 Objective: to protect every worker against the danger of
injury, sickness or death through safe & healthful working
conditions
 It applies to all places of employment except land, sea & air
transportation, safety in mines is also not covered
 It is composed of 28 Rules starting from Rule 1000 to 1990
 Categories of Rules are 1) Administrative Rules, 2) General
OSH Rules 3) Technical Rules, and 3) Health Rules
1000: General Provisions
1010: Other Safety Rules
1020: Registration
1030: Training of Personnel in OSH
1040: Health & Safety Committee
1050: Notification & Keeping of Records of Accidents
and/ or Occupational Illnesses
1060: Premises of Establishments *
1070: OH and Environmental Control *
1080: Personal Protective Equipment & Devices *
1090: Hazardous Materials *
1100: Gas and Electric Welding & Cutting Operations
*
1120: Hazardous Work Processes *
1140: Explosives *
1150: Materials Handling & Storage *
1160: Boiler
1170: Unfired pressure Vessels
1200: Machine Guarding *
1210: Electrical Safety *
1220: Elevators & Related Equipment
1230: Identification of Piping System
1410: Construction Safety *
1420: Logging
1940: Fire Protection & Control *
1950: Pesticides & Fertilizers
1960: OH Services *
1970: Fees
1980: Authority of Local Government
1990: Final Provisions
 OSH STANDARDS
General Provisions (Rule 1000)
Rule 1005: DUTIES OF EMPLOYER
Furnish his workers a place of
employment free from hazardous
conditions.
Give complete job safety instruction to all
his workers.
Comply with the requirements of the
 Standards.
Use only approved devices and
equipment in his workplace.
 OSH STANDARDS
General Provisions (Rule 1000)
Rule 1005: DUTIES OF WORKERS:
Cooperate with the employer in carrying out
the provisions of the Standards.
Report any work hazard in the workplace
Make proper use of all safeguards and safety
devices furnished in accordance with the
provisions of OSHS for his protection and the
protection of others.
Follow all instructions by the employer in
 compliance with the OSHS provisions
 OSH STANDARDS
General Provisions (Rule 1000)
Rule 1005: DUTIES OF OTHER PERSONS:
 Any person including builders or
contractors, who visits, builds, innovates or
installs devices in establishments or
workplaces shall comply with the provision
of OSHS rules and all regulations issued by
the employer in compliance with the
Standards and other issuances of the
Secretary.
 OSH STANDARDS
Rule 1020 - Registration
 Every employer shall register his/her business
with the Regional Labor Office or authorized
representative to provide the DOLE with
information as guide in its enforcement
activities.

– Free of charge,
– valid for the lifetime of the establishment except
when there is Change in name, location, ownership;
Opening after previous closing
Requirements: Lay-out Plan, IP-Form 3
 OSH STANDARDS
Rule 1030 - Training and Accreditation of
Personnel in OSH
– The BWC either directly or through accredited
organizations, shall conduct continuing
training programs to increase the supply and
competence of personnel qualified to carry out
the provision of this Standards.
– To appoint a safety officer on a full-time or
part-time basis depending on the type of
workplace (whether hazardous or non-
hazardous) and number of worker in the
workplace.
– A full-time safety officer must be duly
accredited by the BWC.
* Based on Department Order No. 16, series of 2001
 OSH STANDARDS
Rule 1030 - Training and Accreditation of Personnel in OSH
Required Number of Safety Personnel in the Workplace:

Number of Hazardous Highly hazardous

Workers

1 - 50 1 part-time safety officer 1 full-time safety officer

51 - 200 1 full-time safety officer 1 FT & 1 PT safety officers
201 - 250
1 FT & 1 PT safety officers 2 full-time safety officers
251 - 500 2 full-time safety officers 2 FT & 1 PT safety officers
Every add’l. 500
or fraction thereof 1 add’l. FT safety officer
Every add’l. 250
or fraction thereof 1 add’l. FT safety officer
 OSH STANDARDS
Rule 1030 - Training and Accreditation of Personnel in OSH

For Less-Hazardous Workplaces

Number of Workers Less Hazardous Workplace

1 – 250
One(1) part-time safety officer
251 – 500
Two(2) part-time safety officers
501 – 750
One(1) full-time safety officer
751 - 1000
Two(2) full-time safety officers
Every add’l. 500 or fraction
thereof One(1) add’l. full-time safety officer
 OSH STANDARDS
Rule 1030 - Training and Accreditation of Personnel in OSH

• Duties of Safety Officer

 Advice the employer, supervisors and workers on
OSH
 Investigate accident
 Coordinate safety training program
 Conduct safety and health inspection
 Maintain accident records system
 Provide assistance to government agencies in the
conduct of health and safety inspection, accident
investigation or any other related programs.
 OSH STANDARDS
RULE 1040 - Health and Safety Committee (HSC)

HSC is a group of
employees and
management that plans and
develops polices in all
matters pertaining to safety
and health in the workplace.
 OSH STANDARDS
RULE 1040 - Health and Safety Committee (HSC)
Type No. of Composition
workers Chairman Member Secretary
A 401 up - Manager or - 2 dept. heads Safety officer
authorized - 4 workers (union
representative member)
must be COO - company physician
B 201-400 - Manager or - 1 supervisor Safety officer
authorized - physician or nurse
representative - 3 workers
must be COO
C 100 – 200 - Manager or - 1 foreman Safety officer
authorized - 3 workers
representative - Nurse
D <100 - Manager - 1 foreman Safety Officer
- 3 workers
- Nurse or first airder
 OSH STANDARDS
RULE 1040 - Health and Safety Committee
Duties:
– Plans and develops accident prevention program
– Directs the accident prevention efforts.
– Provides necessary assistance to government inspecting
authorities
– Initiates and supervises safety trainings for employees
– Develops and maintains a disaster contingency plan
– Review reports of safety and health inspection, accident
investigations
– Initiate and supervise the conduct of brief safety meetings
or toolbox meetings everyday.
 OSH STANDARDS
RULE 1040 - Health and Safety Committee

 Duties of employer
– Establishes and adopts in writing administrative
policies on safety and health
– Report to the enforcing authority the policies adopted
and required report requirements.
– Act on recommended measures of health and safety
committee and in case of non-adoption, to inform the
committee of the reason
A company policy which shall serve as a guiding principles in the
implementation of safety and health on site duly signed by the
highest company official or his representative.
 OSH STANDARDS
RULE 1040 - Health and Safety Committee

OSH RULE REPORT/FORM WHERE TO FILE WHEN TO

FILE
Rule 1040 Report of Safety 2 copies, to - Within one
Health and Organization - submitted to (1) month
Safety DOLE/BWC/IP-5) concerned RO after the
Committee copy furnished the organization
Bureau
Minutes of the - At least on
Meeting – No form quarterly
needed basis
 OSH STANDARDS
RULE 1050 - Notification & Keeping of Accident and/or
Occupational Illnesses
Section 14 of D.O. 13 s. 1998 – Construction Safety
and Health Reports
 1053.01: Notification - All work accidents or
occupational illnesses, resulting in disabling
conditions or dangerous occurrences shall be
reported by the employer to the Regional Labor
Office
 If Major work accidents results in death or
permanent total disability, employer shall
initially notify the Regional Labor Office within
24 hours.
 1054: Keeping of Records - The employer shall
maintain and keep an accident or illness record
which shall be open at all times for inspection
to authorized personnel.
 OSH STANDARDS
RULE 1050 - Notification & Keeping of
Accident and/or Occupational Illnesses

OSH RULE REPORT/FORM WHEN TO REPORT WHERE TO

REPORT
Rule 1050 Work Accident Illness -On or before the 2 copies, to
Notification and Report (WAIR) - 20th day of the be submitted
Keeping of DOLE/BWC/IP-6) month following the to concerned
Accidents WAIR date of occurrence of RO copy
and/or the accident furnished the
Occupational Bureau
Illnesses Annual Exposure -On or before Jan. 20
Data Report (AEDR) - of the following year
(DOLE/BWC/IP-6b)
Fatal/major accident Shall initially notify
the DOLE ROs within
24 h ours
 OSH STANDARDS
RULE 1050 - RULE 1050 - Notification &
Keeping of Accident and/or Occupational
Illnesses
OSH RULE REPORT/FORM WHEN TO REPORT WHERE TO
REPORT
Rule 1050 Work Accident Illness -On or before the 2 copies, to
Notification and Report (WAIR) - 20th day of the be submitted
Keeping of DOLE/BWC/IP-6) month following the to concerned
Accidents WAIR date of occurrence of RO copy
and/or the accident furnished the
Occupational Bureau
Illnesses Annual Exposure -On or before Jan. 20
Data Report (AEDR) - of the following year
(DOLE/BWC/IP-6b)
Fatal/major accident Shall initially notify
the DOLE ROs within
24 h ours
1055 : Evaluation of Disability:
1055.01 : Charges:
1 .Death resulting from accident shall be assigned a time
charge of 6,000 days.
2 .Permanent Total Disability (PTD)- shall be assigned a time
charge of 6,000 days and shall mean any injury or sickness
other than death which permanently and totally
incapacitates an employee from engaging in any gainful
occupation or which results in the loss or complete loss of
use of any of the following in one accident.
 Both eyes;
 One eye and one hand, or arm, or leg, or foot;
 Any two of the following not in the same limb, hand, arm, foot, leg;
 Permanent complete paralysis of two limbs;
 Brain injury resulting in incurable imbecility or insanity.

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Evaluation of Disability:
3. Permanent Partial Disability- shall mean any injury
other than death or permanent Partial disability which
resulting in the loss or loss of use of any member or part of
a member of the body function.
4. Temporary Total Disability- shall mean injury or illness
which does not result in death or permanent total or
permanent partial disability but which result in disability
from work for a day or more. The day or injury or illness
and the day on which the employee was able to return to
full-time employment shall not be counted as days of
disability but all intervening period or calendar days
subsequent to the day of injury or illness shall be counted
as days of disability.

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 Evaluation of Disability:
5. Medical Treatment Injury- shall mean an injury which does
not result in a disability injury but which requires first-aid and medical
treatment of any kind.

Definitions:
 Disability Injury- shall mean a work injury which results in death,
permanent total, permanent partial or temporary total disability.
 Total Days Lost- shall mean the combined total, for all injuries or
illnesses of all days of disabling resulting from temporary total
injuries; and /or all scheduled charges assigned to fatal, permanent
total and permanent partial injuries.
 Scheduled Charge- shall mean the specific charge (in full days )
assigned to a permanent partial, permanent total, or fatal injury or
illness.

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Definitions:
 Exposure- shall mean the total number of employee-hours
worked by all employees of the reporting establishment or unit.
 Disability Injury Frequency Rate- is the number of disability
injuries per 1,000,000 employee hours of exposure rounded to
the nearest two (2) decimal places.
 Disability Injury Severity Rate- is the number of days lost per
1,000,000 employee hours of exposure rounded to the nearest
whole number.

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 OSH STANDARDS
RULE 1960 - Occupational Health Services

Every employer is
required to provide in his
workplace medical and
dental services,
emergency medicines
and dental facilities.
 OSH STANDARDS
REQUIRED REPORT UNDER RULE 1960

OSH RULE REPORT/FORM WHERE TO FILE WHEN TO

REPORT

Rule 1960 Annual Medical 2 copies On or before the

Occupational Report - submitted to last day of
Health DOLE/BW/OH-47A concerned RO March of the year
Services AMR copy furnished the following the
Bureau covered period
ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

Pursuant to Rule 1030

of the
Occupational
Safety and Health Standards
 INTRODUCTION TO OSHS

ACCREDITATION PROGRAM
Rule 1030 - Training and Accreditation of Personnel in OSH

• Mandates the BWC to conduct training program on OSH

directly or through accredited Safety Training Organization.

• Require the employer to appoint a safety officer. The training

course prescribed by the BWC shall be requisite for the
appointment of the safety officer in the place of employment

• All full-time safety officers must meet the requirement of duly-

accredited Safety Practitioner or Safety Consultants by the
Bureau
 INTRODUCTION TO OSHS

Requirements in the
Practice of OSH

Completion of the Bureau

Prescribed Training Course
On OSH conducted by DOLE
Accredited Safety Training
Organization

BWC Accreditation as OSH

practitioner/consultant
 Every employer shall take steps to train a
sufficient number of supervisors or technical
personnel in occupational safety and health

No. of workers Non-hazardous workplace *

1 - 250 One(1) part-time safety officer
251 - 500
Two(2) part-time safety officers
501 - 750 One(1) full-time safety officer
751 - 1000 One(2) full-time safety officers
Every add’l. 500 or fraction
One(1) add’l. full-time safety officer
thereof

* Based on Department Order No. 16, series of 2001

 Every employer shall take steps to train a
sufficient number of supervisors or technical
personnel in occupational safety and health

No. of workers Hazardous * Highly hazardous *

1 - 50 1 part-time safety officer 1 full-time safety officer
51 - 200 1 full-time safety officer 1 FT & 1 PT safety officer
201 - 250 1 FT & 1 PT safety officer 2 full-time safety officer
251 - 500 2 full-time safety officer 2 FT & 1 PT safety officer
Every add’l. 500
or fraction thereof
1 add’l. FT safety officer
Every add’l. 250
or fraction thereof 1 add’l. FT safety officer
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ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

UPDATE
The Bureau has accredited:
• 1800 safety practitioners
• 175 safety consultants
• 20 Active Safety Training Organization
• 4 Testing of Construction Heavy
Equipment organization
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