Introduction to OSH

 

  • Importance of OSH
  • Situationer using company data /statistics
  • Salient features of OSH Legislations 

 

 

  1. RA 11058 and its IRR (DO 198-18)
  2. OSH Standards as amended including related provisions of PD 626
  3. Company OSH Policies and Programs

 

General Concepts on OSH

-Accident Causation theories (Domino)

-Accident Causation and Prevention

1.Unsafe Act and Unsafe Condition
2.Accident Prevention
3.Benefits of having Safety and Health Practices in the Workplace

 

 

 

Basic Safety Rules and Measures for workplace hazard

  • Housekeeping and materials handling and storage
  • Machine Safety (types, sources and control)
  • Electrical Safety (types, sources, LOTO, and controls)
  • Fire Safety (elements of fire, prevention, and control)
  • Chemical Safety
  • Workshop (Application of learning)

 

 

Hazards Identification, Risk Assessment and Control (HIRAC)

  • Key steps in recognizing and identifying hazards

  1. Safety Hazards

  2. Health Hazards

  • Risk Assessment and Prioritization

  • Application of Controls (Elimination, Substitution, Engineering, Administrative, and PPE)

  • Workshop on Accomplishing Risk Assessment Form/Matrix

 

 

Emergency Preparedness Is Planning and actions undertaken in advance of a possible or probable natural or man-made disaster. 

Workplace Emergency Preparedness

  • Roles of OSH Personnel
  • Responses during emergencies
  • Conduct of Emergency Drills (e.g. Earthquake Drill/ Fire Drill/ Bomb Threat)

Participants will be able to know how to respond in workplace emergencies and participate during conduct of emergency drills

Administrative OSH RequirementsReportorial Requirements and Prescriptive Period of Submission (Rule 1020)Annual Medical Report (AMR), OSH committee report(MOM, employer’s Work Accident/Injury Report (WAIR), and Annual work accident/Injury Exposure Data Report (AEDR).

  • Mandatory OSH Program
  • Penalties for violations