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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND

HEALTH (OSH)

It is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or

employment.

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Occupational Safety, Occupational Health, Occupational Hygiene

3 MAJOR FIELDS OF OSH

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Occupational Safety

deals with understanding the causes of accidents at work and ways to prevent unsafe act and unsafe

conditions in any workplace.

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Occupational Health

is a broad concept which explains how the different hazards and risks at work may cause an illness and emphasizes that health programs are essential in

controlling work-related and/or occupational diseases.

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Occupational Hygiene

discusses the identification, evaluation, and control of physical, chemical, biological and ergonomic hazards.

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OSH Standards

mandatory rules on occupational safety and health promulgated pursuant to Article 162, Book IV of the Labor Code of the Philippines

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PURPOSE OF OSH STANDARDS

AIM TO PROVIDE AT LEAST THE MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE DEGREE OF PROTECTION THAT MUST BE AFFORDED TO EVERY WORKER IN RELATION TO THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND DANGERS OF INJURY, SICKNESS OR DEATH THAT MAY ARISE BY REASON OF THE WORKER’S OCCUPATION.

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WHO ENFORCES OSH STANDARDS?

The secretary of Labor and Employment, through the Regional Director or his other authorized representative,

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WHAT ARE COVERED BY THE GENERAL OSH STANDARDS

establishments, workplaces, other undertakings, and agricultural enterprises

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MINIMUM STANDARDS ON SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE

  • Appropriate seats, lighting, and ventilation

  • Adequate passageways, exits and fire equipment.

  • Separate facilities for men and women

  • Appropriate safety devices like protective gears, masks, helmets, safety boots, coats or first aid kits

  • Medicines, medical supplies or first aid kits

  • Free medical and dental services and facilities

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Safety

Refers to the physical or environmental conditions of work which comply with prescribed Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Standards

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Health

Means a sound state of the body and mind of the workers that enables the worker or employee to perform the job normally.

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Risk

is the chance or probability that a person will be harmed or experience an adverse health effect if exposed to a hazard

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Hazard

Anything (source,situation,act) with the potential to cause harm. Harm including ill health and injury, damage to property, plant, products or the environment, production losses or increased liabilities.

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337 million

How many workers fall victims of work- related accidents and diseases (causing more than 4 days absence)?

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2.3 million

How many die of work-related accidents (360,000) and diseases (1.95M)?

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50%

How many percent that the deaths attributed to work take place in Asia?

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170, 000 agricultural worker and 320, 000 people

How many worker die from exposures to biological risks (viral, bacterial, insect or animal- related risks)?

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170, 000

How many deaths are in the agricultural sector?

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15secs

How many seconds a worker dies from a work- related accident or disease.

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160 wokers

How many worker dies from a work- related accident or disease in every 15 seconds.

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37.1 million

How many Filipinos are employed?

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12, 097 with 33%

Total employed in Agriculture

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19, 379 with 52%

Total employed in Services

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5, 6321 with 15%

Total employed in Industry

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100, 000 - 700

For every _____ workers, _____ receive injuries that stop them from working for about a day

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2,586

How many accidents reported by 289 establishments?

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1,523 with 59%

total disabling injuries?

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121,624

total days lost?

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66 million

est. economic loss?

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Manufacturing

highest number of reported accidents

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Agriculture

Manufacturing had the highest number of reported accidents followed closely by ________

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MALE

MOST-COMMONLY INJURED WORKER

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26-30 years old

How old are most commonly injured worker?

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Day shift

most commonly injured worker are assigned in what shift?

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BLES Integrated Survey

acronym of BITS

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17,714

How many cases of occupational injuries with lost work days in 2009?

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TYPE OF INJURIES

dislocations, sprains and strains burns, corrosions, scalds foreign body in the eye

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BODY PARTS INJURED

  • wrist and hand lower extremities

  • head

  • arm and shoulder

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CAUSES OF INJURY

  • stepping on, striking against,

  • struck by objects

  • caught in or between objects

  • falls of persons

  • exposure to extreme temperature over-exertion

  • struck by falling objects

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AGENTS OF INJURY

  • machines and equipment

  • materials, objects hand tools

  • transport/conveying, packaging

  • equipment building, structures

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71,894

CASES OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES (2009):

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CASES OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES

  • MUSCULO-SKELETAL

  • DISORDERS

  • HYPERTENSION

  • OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA -

  • INFECTIONS, ULCERS,

  • DERMATITIS, TB

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RENAL DISORDERS, DISORDER OF THE EYES, CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASES

TOP THREE WORK-RELATED EC CLAIMS:

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EMERGING OSH ISSUES

  • child labor

  • lifestyle diseases e.g. HIV and AIDS, smoking, drugs and substance abuse

  • OSH of migrant workers, sea-farers

  • women workers

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OSH IS...

  • A MORAL AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY

  • “DUTY OF CARE”

  • “COMMITMENT FROM THE TOP”

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OSH

A worker should not have to risk injury

or death at work.

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cooperation, participation

Successful occupational safety and health practice requires the _____ and _______ of both employers and workers in safety and health programs.

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