Occupational

Safety and
Health (OSH)
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
LEGISLATIONS

• COURSE CONTENTS:
DEPARTMENT • Introduction to OSH Standards
• Department Order No. 13, series of 1998
ORDER NO. • INTRODUCTION TO OSH STANDARDS:
13, SERIES OF • The OSH Standards are mandatory rules on
Occupational Safety and Health promulgated
1998 pursuant to Article 162, Book IV of the Labor
Code of the Philippines, P.D. 442.
OBJECTIVE OF THE OSH STANDARDS

To protect every working man against the dangers of injury, sickness or

death through safe and healthful working conditions.

SCOPE OF THE STANDARDS

• OSH Standards apply to all places of employment except land, sea and air transportation.
• Their garage, dry docks, port hangars, and repair shops however are covered by the
Standards.
• Safety in mines is also not covered by the Standards.
• Safety in transportation and mines are under other agencies of the government.
• DUTIES OF THE EMPLOYERS UNDER THE
STANDARDS
• Furnish his workers a place of
employment free from hazardous conditions
that are causing or are likely to cause death,
illness or physical harm to his workers.
• Give complete Job Safety Instructions to all
his workers, especially to those entering
the job for the first time including those
relating to the familiarization with their work
environment hazards to which the workers are
exposed and steps to take in case of emergency.
• Comply with the requirements of the Standards.
• Use only approved devices and equipment in
his workplace.
DUTIES OF WORKERS

01 02 03
Cooperate with the Report to his WHO ENFORCES THE
employer in carrying Supervisor any work OSH STANDARDS?
out the provisions of hazard that maybe • The Standards are enforced
the Standards. discovered in his by the DOLE Regional Labor
workplace. Offices and their District
Offices in different parts of
the country.
 • Hazardous workplaces are the following:
• Where the nature of work exposes the workers
to dangerous environmental elements,
contaminants or work conditions including
ionizing radiation, chemicals, fire, flammable
substances, noxious components and the like;
• Where the workers are engaged in construction
HAZARDOUS work, logging, fire fighting, mining, quarrying,
WORKPLACES blasting, stevedoring, dock work, deep sea fishing
and mechanized farming;
• Where the workers are engaged in the manufacture
or handling of the explosives and other pyrotechnic
products; and
• Where the workers use or are exposed to biological
agents such as bacteria, fungi, viruses,
protozoa’s, nematodes and other parasites.
 • RULE 1120 - HAZARDOUS WORK PROCESSES
• RULE 1140 - EXPLOSIVES
• RULE 1000 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
• RULE 1150 - MATERIALS HANDLING AND
• RULE 1010 - OTHER SAFETY RULES
STORAGE
• RULE 1020 - REGISTRATION
• RULE 1160 - BOILER
• RULE 1030 - TRAINING OF PERSONNEL IN
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH • RULE 1170 - UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSELS
• RULE 1040 - HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE • RULE 1200 - MACHINE GUARDING
• RULE 1050 - NOTIFICATION AND KEEPING OF • RULE 1210 - ELECTRICAL SAFETY
RECORDS OF ACCIDENTS AND/OR • RULE 1220 - ELEVATORS AND RELATED
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
• RULE 1060 - PREMISES OF ESTABLISHMENTS EQUIPMENT
• RULE 1070 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND • RULE 1230 - IDENTIFICATION OF PIPING
SYSTEM
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
• RULE 1410 - CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
• RULE 1080 - PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
• RULE 1420 - LOGGING
EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES
• RULE 1940 - FIRE PROTECTION AND CONTROL
• RULE 1090 - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
OVERVIEW OF • RULE 1100 - GAS AND ELECTRIC WELDING AND
• RULE 1950 - PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS
• RULE 1960 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
OSHS (As CUTTING OPERATIONS
• RULE 1970 - FEES
• RULE 1980 - AUTHORITY OF LOCAL
Amended) GOVERNMENT
• RULE 1990 - FINAL PROVISION
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 13 series of 1998 - Guidelines
Governing OSH in the Construction Industry
• MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 02, SERIES OF 1998 -
Technical Guidelines for Classifying Hazardous and Non-
Hazardous Establishments, Workplaces and Work Processes.
• MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 01, SERIES OF 2000 -
Implementing
• Guidelines for the Conduct of Workplace Environment
Assessment (WEA) in Hazardous Establishments and Work
Processes.
• MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 02, SERIES OF 2000 –
Guidelines in the
• Application of the Workplace Component of Republic
Act No. 8504 otherwise known as the “Philippines AIDS
Prevention and Control Act of 1998” and its Implementing
Rules and Regulations.
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 16-01 - SERIES OF 2001- Rule
1030 Training and
• Accreditation of Personnel on Occupational Safety and Health.
• DEPARTMENTORDER NO. 57-04 - SERIES OF
2004 - Guidelines on the
• Effective Implementation of Labor Standards Enforcement.
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 38-03 - SERIES
OF 2002 - Creating an Inter-
• Agency Committee on STD / HIV and AIDS in the Workplace.
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 44-03 - SERIES
OF 2003 - Commemoration of
• April 28 as World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 53-03 - SERIES
OF 2003 - Guidelines for the
• Implementation of Drug-Free Workplace Policies and
Programs for the Private Sector
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 37-03 - SERIES OF 2002 - Creating a Task Force
• for a Drug-Free Workplace.
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 73-05 - SERIES
OF 2005 - Guidelines for the
• Implementation of Policy and Program on
Tuberculosis (TB) Prevention and Control in the
Workplace.
• DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR NO. 2 - SERIES OF 2008 - Amending
Certain
• Provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards.
• JOINT DTI-DENR-DA-DOF-DOH-DILG-DOLE-DOTC
ADMINISTRATIVE
• ORDER NO. 01 SERIES OF 2008-The Adoption and Implementation
of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and
Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 102-10 - SERIES OF 2010 - Guidelines for
the
• Implementation of HIV and AIDS
Prevention and Control in
the Workplace Program.
• DEPARTMENT ADVISORY NO. 05 - SERIES OF 2010 - Guidelines for
the
• Implementation of a Workplace Policy and Program on Hepatitis B.
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 128 - 13 SERIES OF 2013 - Amending
Rule
• 1414 on Scaffoldings of the 1989
Occupational Health and Safety
Standards, As Amended.
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 136 - SERIES OF 2014 - Guidelines for
the Implementation of Globally Harmonized System (GHS) in
Chemical Safety Program in the Workplace.
• DEPARTMENT ADVISORY NO. 03- SERIES OF 2016 - Safety and
Health
• Measures to Prevent and Control Heat Stress in the Workplace.
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 154 - SERIES
OF 2016 - Safety
and Health
• Standards on the Use and Management of Asbestos in the Workplace.
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 160 - SERIES
OF 2016 - Guidelines
on the
• Accreditation of Consulting Organizations
to Provide Work
Environment Measurement (WEM) Services
• DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 183 - SERIES OF 2017 – Revised Rules on
the Administration and Enforcement of Labor Laws Pursuant to Article
128 of the Labor Code as Renumbered.
DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 183 - SERIES OF 2017 – Revised Rules on the
Administration and Enforcement of Labor Laws Pursuant to Article 128 of
the Labor Code as Renumbered.

Rule I
Objective and Applicability

Section 1. Objective. – This Revised Rules is aimed to further

strengthen the implementation of the visitorial and enforcement
powers under the Labor Code, as renumbered, towards securing a
higher level of compliance with labor laws and standards, and ensuring
continuity and sustainability of compliance at workplaces.
 DOLE D.O. #13, Series of 1998
Guidelines Governing Occupational Safety & Health in the Construction Industry

• SECTION 1: DEFINITION OF TERMS • SECTION 7: SAFETY PERSONNEL

• SECTION 2: JURISDICTION • SECTION 8: EMERGENCY
• SECTION 3: DELEGATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PERSONNEL
AUTHORITY & ACCREDITATION AND FACILITIES
• SECTION 4: COVERAGE • SECTION 9: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
SIGNAGE’S
• SECTION 5: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
AND HEALTH PROGRAM • SECTION 10: SAFETY ON
CONSTRUCTION HEAVY EQUIPMENT
• SECTION 6: PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT
• SECTION 11: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY • SECTION 16: WORKERS WELFARE
AND HEALTH COMMITTEE FACILITIES
• SECTION 12: SAFETY AND HEALTH • SECTION 17: COST OF
INFORMATION CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH
• SECTION 13: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PROGRAM
AND HEALTH TRAINING • SECTION 18: MISCELLANEOUS
• SECTION 14: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY • SECTION 19: VIOLATIONS AND
AND HEALTH REPORTS PENALTIES
• SECTION 15: CONSTRUCTION • SECTION 20: EFFECTIVITY
WORKERS SKILLS CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1: DEFINITION OF TERMS

• 25 terms as used in the guidelines were defined to clarify their meaning

and to distinguish them from similar terms as defined in other issuances.
• SECTION 2: JURISDICTION
• DOLE has the exclusive jurisdiction in the preparation & its
implementation of Occupational Safety & Health Standards for the Construction
Industry, as per:
• Article 162, Chapter 2, Title 1 of Book Four of the Labor Code of the
Philippines
• Article 165, Chapter 2, Title Four of The Labor Code of the Philippines
SECTION 3: DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY AND ACCREDITATION
• Chartered cities and municipalities…conduct technical safety
inspections & general safety audit of construction project sites within
their respective jurisdiction.
• Private safety organization…conducts technical safety inspections &
general safety audit of construction project sites for and in behalf of
the company or establishment.
• Accreditation of safety organizations & practitioners…by BWC
SECTION 4: COVERAGE
• Based on the classification code of the Philippine Construction
Accreditation Board (PCAB) of the Construction Industry Authority of
the Philippines (CIAP):
✓ General Building Construction
✓ General Engineering Construction
✓ Specialty Trade Construction
SECTION 5: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM
• Responsible for compliance…the Construction Project Manager, or in
his absence, the Manager.
• Construction Safety and Health Program (CSHP) shall state the
following:
✓ Construction Safety and Health Committee.
✓ Specific Safety Policies
✓ Conducting Tool Box and Gang Meetings
✓ Meetings…responsible and frequency.
✓ Penalties and sanctions for violations
✓ Orienting, instructing & training all workers…responsible person,
✓ Frequency and content
✓ Waste Disposal Procedure.
 SECTION 6: PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

• Employer shall, at his own expense, provide adequate and approved

PPE.
• Workers must be provided with safety harnesses and lifelines while
working at unguarded surface 6 meters or more above water or
ground.
• Specialty construction workers (i.e., welders & painters) must be
provided with specialized PPE.
• All other person either authorized or allowed at construction site shall
wear appropriate PPE.
SECTION 7: SAFETY PERSONNEL
• To ensure that a CSHP is duly followed and informed at the construction
project site. It is required to have minimum accredited safety and health
personnel:
✓ Provide Full Time Construction Safety and Health Officer (CSHO)… to
oversee on full time the overall management of the CSHP… to monitor
and inspect the safety aspects on site, assist government inspectors in
the conduct of safety and health inspection.
✓ Provide additional CSHO as necessary.
• 1–50 1 part-time Safetyman
• 51–200 1 full-time Safetyman
• 201–250 1 full-time and 1 part-time Safetyman
• Every additional 500 or 1 additional full-time Safetyman
Fraction thereof
• 1 Safetyman for every 10 units of heavy equipment
SECTION 8: EMERGENCY OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PERSONNEL &
FACILITIES
• Provide competent emergency health personnel with adequate medical
supplies, equipment and facilities:
✓ 1-50 F/T CFA
✓ 51-99 F/T CFA & P/T RN
✓ 100-199 P/T RP, P/T RD, F/T RN, F/T CFA
✓ 200-600 F/T CFA, F/T RN, P/T RP+EH, P/T RD+EC
✓ 601-2000 F/T CFA, F/T RN, F/T RP+EH & F/T RD+EC
✓ 2000 Plus F/T CFA, F/T RN, F/T RP+EH & F/T RD+EC, +P/T RP
• Whenever the employer provides only a treatment room:
✓ Access to nearest medical / dental clinic shall be at least within 5Km
radius from site and can be reached in 25 min.
✓ Provide necessary transportation facilities.
✓ Written contract from the accredited hospital.
 SECTION 9: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY SIGNAGE’S
• Must be provided/ installed at strategic location to warn the workers
and the public:
✓ Mandatory usage of PPE.
✓ An area with potential risk of falling objects.
✓ Areas with potential risks of falling.
✓ Area with stored explosives and flammable substances.
✓ Area with tripping or slipping hazards.
✓ Areas with toxic or irritant airborne contaminants/ substances.
✓ Areas with electrical danger.
✓ Areas with dangerous moving parts of machinery or equipment.
SECTION 9: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY SIGNAGE’S
✓ Areas of fire alarms and fire-fighting equipment.
✓ Instruction on the usage of specific Construction Equipment.
✓ Periodic updating of man-hours lost.
• Should be regularly inspected and maintained in good condition.
SECTION 10: SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION HEAVY EQUIPMENT
• Pre-construction:
✓ All heavy equipment operators assigned on site must be tested &
certified by TESDA in coordination with its accredited
organization(s).
✓ All heavy equipment must be tested and certified.
• During construction:
✓ Load restriction of trailers.
✓ Load restriction, height width clearances imposed by DPWH for all
roads and bridges.
✓ Certified operators for loading and unloading.
✓ Secure the equipment to be transported.
SECTION 10: SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION HEAVY EQUIPMENT
• Erection set-up of heavy equipment:
✓ Existing hazards must be avoided.
✓ Standard checklist of steps and procedure must be observed.
✓ List of necessary equipment, tools and materials must be available
and properly utilized.
• Routine inspection:
• Certified mechanics and operators shall conduct daily routine inspection for
accident prevention…in accordance with standards set by TESDA/ACEL.
• DOLE accredited professionals shall perform routine inspection in accordance
to standards set by DOLE recognized equipment suppliers.
• Remove equipment that does not comply with standards for equipment
certification until completion of repair.
• Logbook for data on maintenance, repairs, tests & inspection should be
maintained.
SECTION 10: SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION HEAVY EQUIPMENT
• Certified operators:
✓ Only certified operators should operate their designated
equipment.
✓ Operators and Riggers must wear appropriate PPE.
• Post- operation and post- construction:
✓ Like mobilization or transport of heavy equipment and erection/
set-up of heavy equipment.
SECTION 11: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY & HEALTH COMMITTEE (CSHC)
• Composition
✓ As required, CSHC should be formed headed by the Project
Manager.
Chairman : Project Manager
Secretary : General CSHO
Members : CSHO
✓ Sub-con CSHO
✓ Doctors
✓ Nurses
✓ Workers’ Rep…3
❖CSHC should be available on site
SECTION 11: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY & HEALTH COMMITTEE (CSHC)
• Authority and duties of CSHC
✓ Plan, develop and oversee the implementation of accident
prevention programs for the construction project.
✓ Direct the accident prevention efforts for the construction project
in accordance with these rules and the CSHP.
✓ Initiate and supervise the conduct of brief safety meeting or
toolbox meeting everyday.
✓ Review reports of safety and health inspections, accident
investigations.
✓ Prepare and submit to DOLE reports on CSHC MEETINGS.
✓ Provide necessary assistance to government, inspecting authorities
in the proper conduct of their enforcement and other activities.
SECTION 11: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY & HEALTH COMMITTEE (CSHC)
• Authority and duties of CSHC
✓ Initiate and supervise safety and health training for employees.
✓ Develop and maintain a disaster contingency plan & organize such
emergency service units as may be necessary to handle disaster
situations.
✓ Perform all duties provided in the CSHP or those that is necessary
and incidental to the fulfillment of their duties.
SECTION 12: SAFETY & HEALTH INFORMATION
• Workers should be adequately and suitably:
✓ Informed of potential safety and health hazards to which they
maybe exposed at their workplace.
✓ Instructed and trained on the measures available for the
prevention, control and protection against those hazards.
• No person shall be deployed in a construction site unless he has
undergone a safety and health awareness seminar conducted by the:
✓ OSHC
✓ BWC
✓ Accredited organizations and professionals.
SECTION 12: SAFETY & HEALTH INFORMATION
• Every worker shall receive instruction and training regarding the
general safety and health measures common to construction sites
which shall include:
✓ Basic rights and duties of workers at the construction site.
✓ Means of access and egress both during normal work and in emergency
situations.
✓ Measures for good housekeeping.
✓ Location and proper use of welfare amenities and first-aid facilities.
✓ Proper care and use of the items or personal protective equipment and
protective clothing provided.
✓ General measures for personal hygiene and health protection.
✓ Fire precautions to be undertaken.
✓ Action to be taken in case of emergency.
✓ Requirements of relevant health and safety rules and regulations.
SECTION 12: SAFETY & HEALTH INFORMATION
• The instruction, training and information materials shall be given in a
language or dialect understood by the worker. Written, oral, visual
and participative approaches shall be used.
• Foreman, lead man, gang boss, etc. should conduct daily toolbox or
similar meetings prior to starting work.
• Specialized instruction and training should be given to:
✓ Drivers and operators.
✓ Workers engaged in erection or dismantling of scaffolds.
✓ Workers engaged in excavation at least 1 meter deep.
✓ Workers handling explosives or engaged in blasting operations.
✓ Workers engaged in pile driving.
SECTION 12: SAFETY & HEALTH INFORMATION
• Specialized instruction and training should be given to:
✓ Workers working in compressed air, cofferdams and caissons.
✓ Workers engaged in the erection of prefabricated parts of steel
structural frames and tall chimney, concrete work, form works and
other such work.
✓ Workers as signalers.
✓ Other workers as maybe categorized by TESDA.
 SECTION 13: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH
TRAINING

• CSHP involved in construction should complete the 40 hrs. Basic

Construction Safety and Health Course.
• Every constructor shall provide continuing education.
• Construction safety and health training to all technical personnel.
SECTION 14: CONSTRUCTION SAFETY & HEALTH REPORTS
• General constructors shall submit monthly CSHC report to BWC or
DOLE regional office concerned;
✓ Minutes of CSHC meeting (s).
✓ Summary of all accident investigation reports.
✓ Periodic assessment with corresponding remedial measures/
actions.
• In case of any dangerous occurrence or major accident resulting in
death or permanent total disability, the concerned employer shall
initially notify the DOLE Regional Office within 24 hrs. from
occurrence.
✓ After final investigation has been conducted, the employer shall report
all permanent total disabilities to Regional Office on or before 20th of
the month following the date of occurrence of accident using
DOLE/BWC/HSD-IP-6 FORM.
SECTION 15: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SKILLS CERTIFICATE
• To professionalize, upgrade and update the level of competence of
construction workers, the TESDA shall:
✓ Establish national skill standards for critical construction
occupations.
✓ Prepare guidelines on skills testing and certification for critical
construction occupations.
✓ Accredit construction sector organizations in Skills Training and
Trade Testing.
✓ Extend relevant assistance to construction sector organization.
SECTION 15: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SKILLS CERTIFICATE
• In this regard, all construction workers in critical occupations shall
undergo mandatory skills testing for certification by TESDA;
✓ When the performance of a job affects and endangers people’s
lives and limbs.
✓ When the job involves the handling of tools, equipment and
supplies.
✓ When the job requires a relatively long period of education and
training.
✓ When the performance of the job may compromise the Safety,
Health and Environmental concerns within the immediate vicinity
of the construction site.
SECTION 16: WORKERS’ WELFARE FACILITIES
• Adequate supply of safe drinking water;
✓ If the water is used in common drinking areas’, it should be stored in
closed containers from which water is dispensed through tap cocks.
Such containers should be cleaned and disinfected regularly not
exceeding 15 days.
✓ Notices shall be conspicuously posted in locations where there is water
supply that is not fit for drinking purposes.
• Adequate sanitary and washing facilities;
✓ Adequate facilities for changing and for the storage and drying of
working clothes.
✓ Adequate living accommodations for taking meals and shelter.
• Suitable living accommodations for workers, and as may be
applicable, for their families.
• Separate sanitary, washing and sleeping facilities for men and women
workers.
 SECTION 17: COST OF CSHP
• The total cost of implementing a CSHP shall be mandatory
integral part of the project’s construction cost and a
separate pay item, duly qualified and reflected in the
project’s tender documents and likewise reflected in the
project’s construction contract document.
SECTION 18: MISCELLANEOUS
• All provisions of the other existing occupational safety and health
guidelines not inconsistent with the above guideline shall form part of
this Department Order.
• All provisions of other existing Occupational Safety & Health
Standards, Rules & Regulations not specially provided herein shall
remain in full force and effect.
• If any provision of this guideline is declared invalid by competent
authority, the rest of the provisions thereof not affected shall remain
in full force and effect.
SECTION 19: VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
• DOLE shall refer to PCAB its findings, after due process, on any act or
omission committed by construction contractors in violation of Labor
Standards, Safety Rules & Regulations and other pertinent polices.
Any such violation committed by construction constructors, whether
general constructors or sub-constructors, shall constitute as prima
facie case of a construction mal performance under R.A. 4566
(Constructors’ Licensing Law), as amended, and its implementing
rules & regulations.
• In cases of imminent danger situations, the DOLE Regional Director
shall issue a stoppage order. The stoppage order shall remain in effect
until the danger is removed or corrected. Non-compliance with the
order shall be penalized under existing provisions of labor laws.
SECTION 20: EFFECTIVITY
• The Guidelines shall be immediately effective, that is,
15 days after publication in newspapers of general
circulation, as provided in Article 5 of the Labor Code.
• D.O. No. 13, s.1998 was signed on July 23, 1998 and
published on August 1, 1998 in the Philippine Daily
Inquirer and on August 3, 1998 in People’s Tonight.
 Administrative Report Requirements:
1. Business Registration
2. Report of work-related accidents.
3. Report of health & safety committee organization.
4. Quarterly report of safety program and minutes of meetings
of health and safety committee.
5. Annual work accident / illness exposure data report.
6. Annual medical report.
7. Section 14. (DO#13, S.1998) Construction Safety and Health
Reports. Monthly periodic hazards assessment with the
corresponding remedial measures/action for each hazard.
 Duties of Safety Officer
1. Advice the employer, supervisors and workers on OSH.
2. Investigate accident.
3. Coordinate safety training program.
4. Conduct safety and health inspection.
5. Maintain accident records system.
6. Provide assistance to government agencies in the conduct
of health and safety inspection, accident investigation or
any other related programs.
7. Act as Secretary to the OSH Committee
END