BOSH for SO1: Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health

Vocabulary flashcards covering core OSH concepts, global and local statistics, accident causation theories, and unsafe behaviors and conditions.

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

A field devoted to the recognition and control of factors (hazards) in the workplace which may cause death, disability, injury, sickness, or great discomfort and inefficiency among workers.

Focus of OSH

The four main factors evaluated in safety management: Environment, Materials, Equipment, and People.

Accident

An unexpected, unplanned, and unwanted occurrence or event that leads to loss, damage, injury, or death.

Accident Causation

The primary factors across workforce/management behavior, machinery/tools, materials used, and physical or natural environment that cause accidents.

H. W. Heinrich Domino Theory

A study of accidents concluding that 98% of accidents are preventable (88% from unsafe/unhealthy acts and 10% from unsafe/unhealthy conditions) and 2% are non-preventable.

Unsafe / Unhealthy Act

A human action that departs from a standard or written job procedure, safety rule, or accepted practice, representing a violation of safe processes.

Unsafe / Unhealthy Condition

A physical or chemical property of a material, machine, or environment that may cause injury or property damage and could have been guarded or prevented.

International Labour Organization (ILO)

A global organization providing labor statistics, reporting that 340 million work-related accidents and 160 million work-related illnesses occur globally each year.

ILO Global Mortality Data

Global statistics establishing that 2.02 million people die each year from work-related diseases and 321,000 die from occupational accidents.

Global OSH Economic Impact

The economic loss resulting from occupational diseases and accidents, accounting for 4% or over 1.25 trillion USD of the world's annual GDP.

Primary High-Risk Sectors for Occupational Accidents

The four industries identified by the ILO where occupational accidents occur most frequently: agriculture, mining, construction, and commercial fishing.

ISLE

Integrated Survey on Labor and Employment, a Philippine Statistics Authority survey monitoring workplace injuries, accidents, and diseases.

Accident Pyramid (Iceberg Ratio)

A ratio model demonstrating that 1 death rests on 10 serious accidents, 100 minor injuries, 1,000 hazardous occurrences, and 10,000 unsafe or unhealthy acts and conditions.