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DOLE Updates On OSH - 2
DOLE Updates On OSH - 2
DOLE Updates On OSH - 2
COMPLIANCE WITH
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH STANDARDS
AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS THEREOF (RA
11058) and IRR (DOLE DO 198
– 18)
Section 3 - DEFINITION
OF TERMS “Competency
Standards”
– refers to
of proficiency
industry- required
determined
“Certified first-aider” – for effective
specification work “Covered Workplaces” –
refers any performance. refers to establishments,
to trained person projects, sites and
certified toand administer
duly other places where work
all
first aid by the Philippine is being undertaken
Red Cross (PRC) or any wherein the number of
organization authorized employees, nature of
by the Secretary of operations risk
Labor and Employment. and
hazard
involved or
require
compliance
business in
the
DEFINITION OF
TERMS
“Low risk establishment” “Medium risk establishment” refers to a
refers to a workplace where workplace where there is moderate
there is low level of danger exposure to safety and health hazards and
or exposure to safety and health with probability of an accident, injury or
hazards and not likely or with illness, if no preventive or control measures
low probability to result in are in place.
accident, harm or injury, or
illness. “High risk establishment” refers to a
workplace wherein the presence of
hazard or potential hazard within the
company may affect the safety and/or
health of workers not only within but
also persons outside the premises of
the workplace (e.g. construction,
mining, petrochemical, etc.)
DEFINITION OF
TERMS
“Safety officer” – refers to any
employee or officer of the company
trained by the DOLE or DOLE-Accredited
Training Organization and tasked by the
employer to implement an OSH
program in accordance to OSHS
“Safety Officer 2 (SO2)” refers to an
employee who has completed the
mandatory forty (40)-hour OSH
training course applicable to the
industry as prescribed in the OSH
“Safety Officer 1 (SO1)” refers to an standards.
employee who has completed the mandatory
eight (8)-hour OSH orientation course as
prescribed in the OSH standards.
DEFINITION OF
TERMS
“Safety Officer 3 (SO3)” refers to an
Safety Officer 4 (SO4) refers to an employee who
has completed the mandatory forty (40)-hour OSH
employee who has completed the training course applicable to the industry, additional
mandatory forty (40)-hour OSH eighty (80) hours of advanced/specialized
training course applicable to the occupational safety training course relevant to the
industry, additional forty-eight (48) industry, an aggregate of three hundred twenty (320)
hours of advanced/specialized hours of OSH related training or experience, an actual
occupational safety training experience as SO3 for at least four (4) years, and other
course relevant to the industry, requirements as prescribed by the OSH standards.
relevant experience in OSH for Additional training may be converted to years of
at least two (2) years, and other experience where eighty (80) hours of training may
requirements as prescribed in the equal to one (1) year of experience and vice versa.
OSH standards. Qualified SO 3 Qualified SO4 shall be eligible for certification
shall be eligible for certification as as OSH consultant.
OSH practitioner.
DEFINITION OF
TERMS
“Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
practitioner” refers to a qualified
Safety Officer 3 or its equivalent, duly
certified by DOLE to render
occupational safety and health services
in a defined and specific scope or core
competency.
For with less than ten workers and low risk establishments with
ten (10) to fifty (50) workers. – The OSH program, which shall be duly
signed by the employer, must include at
least the following:
For medium to high risk establishments with ten (10) to fifty (50)
workers and low to high risk establishments with fifty-one (51) workers
and above. – The OSH program, which shall be duly signed by the
employer, must include at least the following:
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH PROGRAM
The OSH program shall be communicated and be made readily
available to all persons in the workplace. It shall be updated
periodically whenever the DOLE, other regulatory or government
agencies and institutions promulgate new rules, guidelines and other
issuances related to workers’ safety and health.
The company shall ensure that the core elements of OSH program
are integrated in the company OSH program such as management
commitment and employee involvement, workplace risk assessment,
hazard prevention and control, safety and health training and
education, and OSH program evaluation.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH PROGRAM
The company shall submit a copy of the OSH program to
the DOLE Regional, Provincial, Field or Satellite Office
having jurisdiction over the workplace. A duly signed
company commitment to comply OSH requirements
together with the company OSH program using the
prescribed template shall be considered approved upon
submission EXCEPT for Construction Safety and Health
Program (CSHP) which shall need approval by DOLE prior
to construction.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH PROGRAM
OSH programs in the pre-approved template may be
modified by DOLE as necessary based on existing
laws, rules and regulations, and other issuances or
upon validation of the program during inspection.
If there is a modification made by the company, the
company shall submit a revised copy of the OSH
program to DOLE.
The company owner or manager or one of the workers of the company shall
undertake a first aid training from the Philippine Red Cross or any DOLE
recognized organization.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH COMMITTEE
For medium to high risk establishments with ten (10) to fifty
(50) workers and low to high risk establishments with fifty-one
(51)workers and above. – The OSH committee of the covered
workplace shall be composed of the following:
Ex-officio chairperson : Employer or his/her representative
Secretary : Safety officer of the workplace
Ex-officio members : Certified first-aider, OH nurse, OH dentist, and
OH physician, as applicable
Members : Safety officers representing the contractor or
subcontractor, as the case may be, and representative/s
of workers who shall come from the union, if the
workers are organized, or elected workers through a
simple vote of majority, if they are unorganized
1-9 1 - - - 1 - - -
10-50 1 - - - 1 - - -
51-99 1 - - 1 FT 1 PT
1 FT 1 PT and
100-199 1 2 PT
1 FT
1 PT
2 PT
1 for 1 PT and
200-250 2 2 FT and
every 1 FT
1
50 1
FT
1 2 PT
workers 2 PT and
251-500 Additional 2 FT 2 PT and
or a 1 FT
of 1 for 1
fraction
every 100 thereof FT
501-750 workers or a - -
3 PT or 1 PT 3 PT and
fraction
751-1000 - and 1 FT - 1 FT
thereof
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
AND
PERSONNEL
Low Risk Medium to High Risk
FACILITIE
Number of
Workers First-Aider
OH OH OH
First-Aider
OH OH OH
Nurse Dentist Physician Nurse Dentist Physician
S 2 PT and
2 PT,
1 FT, and
1 FT DOLE
1001-2000 - - 1 FT DOLE
Certified 1 for Certified
Additional OSH every 50 OSH
of 1 for 1 practitioner workers 1
practitioner
every 100 4 PT and or a 2 FT and
workers 1 FT DOLE fraction 1 FT DOLE
> 2000 - Certified - Certified
or a thereof
fraction OSH OSH
thereof practitioner practitioner
Every 250
workers or a - - - - 1 FT - 1 FT or 4 PT
fraction thereof
Every 500
workers or a - 1 FT - 1 FT or 4 PT - - - -
fraction thereof
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
PERSONNEL AND
FACILITIES PT = 4h/d, 3d/w; FT = 8h/d, 6d/w
OH personnel shall be placed
in shift with the highest number of workers
For OH dentists: Alternatively, establishments can enter into a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for dental services for
workers; provided that the requirements for dental facilities are
met.
The Regional Director shall, after due notice and hearing impose
the appropriate administrative fines taking into consideration
the damage or injury caused and risk involved including the
severity and frequency of the OSH violations and size of the
establishment
PROHIBITED ACTS
AND ITS
CORRESPONDING
Any willful failure or refusal of an employer, contractor or
subcontractor to comply with the following OSH standards below or
PENALTIES
with a compliance order issued by the Secretary of Labor and
Employment or his/her authorized representative shall be
penalized of the administrative fines as follows: