BOSH

RULE 1000

General Provisions

RULE 1010

Other Safety Rules

RULE 1020

Registration

RULE 1030

Training of Personnel in Occupational Safety and Health

RULE 1040

Health and Safety Committee

RULE 1050

Notification and keeping of records of accidents and/or occupational illnesses

RULE 1060

Premises of Establishments

RULE 1070

Occupational Health and Environmental Control

RULE 1080

Personal Protective Equipment and Devices

RULE 1090

Hazardous Materials

RULE 1100

Gas and Electric Welding Cutting Operations

RULE 1120

Hazardous work Processes

RULE 1140

Explosives

RULE 1150

Materials Handling and Storage

RULE 1160

Boiler

RULE 1170

Unfired Pressure Vessels

RULE 1180

Internal Combustion Engine

RULE 1200

Machine Guarding

RULE 1210

Electrical Safety

RULE 1220

Elevators and Related Equipment

RULE 1230

Identification of Piping System

RULE 1240

Power Piping Lines

RULE 1410

Construction Safety

RULE 1420

Logging

RULE 1940

FIRE PROTECTION AND CONTROL

RULE 1950

PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS

RULE 1960

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES

RULE 1970

FEES

RULE 1980

AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

RULE 1990

FINAL PROVISION

Employer

includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer

Employee

any person hired

Industrial Enterprise

any workplace

Agricultural Enterprise

forestry and logging operations

Dry Dock

premises where work is performed on shore or on board ships in which ships or vessels are constructed

Health

shall connote a sound state of the body and mind of the worker

Safe or Safety

refer to the physical or environmental conditions of work or employment

Work Accident

an unplanned or unexpected occurrence that may or may not result in personal injury

Work Injury

any injury or occupational illness suffered by a person

Occupational Illness

any illness caused by environmental factors

Recognized Hazards

do not require technical or testing devices to detect.

Workplace

the office

Approved

acceptable to the Secretary in writing after proper examination showing compliance with prescribed Standards.

60 Days

Existing establishments shall be registered within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of this Standards (RULE 1020)

30 Days

New establishments shall register within thirty (30) days before operation.

Medical Treatment Injury

an injury which does not result in a disabling injury but which requires first aid and medical treatment of any kind.

Disabling Injury

a work injury which results in death

Death

any fatality resulting from a work injury regardless of the time intervening between injury and death.

Permanent Total Disability

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 the complete loss

Threshold limit values

to time weighted concentrations for an 8-hour workday and a total of forty eight (48) hours work of exposure per week.

Hazardous materials or substances

substances in solid

Corrosive

action on inanimate surface such as metal

Hot

A material or substance possesses or is characterized by a relatively high temperature

Gases

normally aeroform fluid

Fumes

suspended solid particles

Vapor

gaseous form of substances which are normally in the liquid or solid state

Mists

suspended liquid droplets generated by condensation from the gaseous to the liquid state or by breaking up of a liquid into a dispersed state.

Fibers

any tough solid substance composed of thread-like tissue

Dust

solid particles capable of being blown about or suspended in the air generated by handling

Toxic

acting or likely to act as a poison

Irritating

causing undue sensitiveness of an organ or part of the body.

Lead Compounds

any organic or inorganic derivatives of lead.

Elevator

shall mean a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or platform

Hoistway

shall mean a shaftway for the travel of one or more elevators.

Buffer

shall mean a device designed to stop a descending car or counterweight beyond its normal limit of travel

Safety Counterweight

shall mean a mechanical device attached to the counterweight frame to stop and hold the counterweight in case of predetermined over speed

Elevator Pit

shall mean that portion of a hoist extending from the level of the lowest landing door to the floor at the bottom of the hoistway.

Elevator

Landing shall mean that portion of floor

Hoistway Enclosure

shall mean the fixed structure

Elevator Car

shall mean the load carrying unit including the platform

Car door or gate

shall mean the movable portion of the car entrance which closes the opening access to the car.

Control

shall mean the system governing the starting

Controller

shall mean a device or group of devices which serves to control in a predetermined manner the apparatus to which it is connected.

Trunsom

shall mean a panel or panels used to close a hoistway enclosure opening above a hoistway entrance.

Travel

shall mean the vertical distance between the bottom terminal landing and the top terminal landing of an elevator.

Scaffold

a temporary structure of timber or metal work with a platform used in the construction.

Standard or Upright

the vertical member of the scaffold transmitting the load to the ground or to a base plate.

Ledger or Stringer

scaffold bracing

Putlogs or Bearer

scaffold member spanning between a ledger and a building wall or between two ledgers upon which the platform rests.

Brace

scaffold member that holds standards or uprights in a fixed position to prevent any lateral movement.

Single Scaffold

a platform supported by a single row of uprights

Double Scaffold

a platform supported on two rows of uprights or standards

Suspended Scaffold

a scaffold suspended by means of ropes or chains capable of being lowered or raised by winch

Trestle Scaffold

scaffolds in which the supports for the platform are step ladders

Hoist

a lifting machine with a carriage

Lifting Appliance

a crab

Lifting Gear

a chain sling

Mobile Crane

a crane capable of traveling under its own power.

Plant or Equipment

shall include any plant equipment gear

Fire-Rating

the time duration that a material shall withstand a standard fire exposure test.

Flash Point

the minimum temperature in degrees at which material will give off flammable vapor.

Wood-frame Construction

a construction in which wooden frame-work forms the structural support for enclosure walls

Slow burning Construction

construction consisting of substantial masonry walls and heavy timber interior.

Occupational Health Services

are services entrusted with essentially preventive functions and responsible for advising the employers

Occupational Health Personnel

refers to the qualified first-aider

First Aid Treatment

means adequate

First Aider

means any person trained and duly certified or qualified to administer first-aid by the Philippine National Red Cross or by any organization accredited by the same.

Occupational Health Practitioner

refers to a physician

CLASS A

Physically fit for any work

CLASS B

Physically under-developed or with correctible defects