OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

1 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY . AND health STANDARDS. (As Amended, 1989). Department of Labor and Employment Philippines Reprinted with permission from the BUREAU OF WORKING CONDITIONS. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT. Intramuros, Manila Published and printed by the OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND health CENTER. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT. North Avenue corner Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City February 2005 -May 2019. FOREWORD. The OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY and health Standards was formulated in 1978 in compliance with the constitutional mandate to safeguard the worker's social and economic well-being as well as his physical SAFETY and health .

2 Adopted through the tested democratic machinery of tripartism, the 1978 Standards is considered as a landmark in Philippine labor and social legislation. The advent of industrialization and the continuing introduction of technological innovations in our country today have, however, correspondingly increased the number and types of OCCUPATIONAL hazards that our workers are exposed to. Viewed against this backdrop, it became imperative that the Standards be revised to make it truly responsive to the workers' needs. Joint efforts exerted by the Bureau of Working Conditions, the ILO Manila Office and the tripartite sectors bore fruit in August 1989 when the revisions were finally approved by the Secretary of Labor and Employment pursuant to his authority under Article 162 of the Labor Code of the Philippines.

3 With the latest improvements in the Standards, all establishments covered will now be provided with a better tool for promoting and maintaining a safe and conducive working environment. I therefore urge all sectors concerned-whether they be in labor, management, government or the academe-to extend their full support to achieve the noble objectives of the OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY and health Standards. RUBEN D. TORRES. Secretary 03 July 1990. TABLE OF CONTENTS. RULE 1000 GENERAL PROVISION. 1001 Purpose 1. 1002 Definitions 1. 1003 Administration and Enforcement 2. 1004 Special lnspection, Investigation and Review 3.

4 1005 Duties of Employers, Workers and Other Persons 3. 1006 Confidentiality of Trade Secrets 4. RULE 1010 OTHER SAFETY RULES. 1011 Promulgation of Rules 5. 1012 Special Rules 5. 1013 Hazardous Workplaces 7. RULE 1020 REGISTRATION. 1021 General Provision 8. 1022 Registrable Unit 8. 1023 Period of Registration 8. 1024 Registration 8. RULE 1030 TRAINING OF PERSONNEL IN. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND health . 1031 Training Programs 9. 1032 Accreditation 9. 1033 Training and Personnel Complement 9. Qualifications of a SAFETY Consultant 10. Prohibition in the Practice of OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY and health 10. RULE 1040 health AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.

5 1041 General Requirements 11. 1042 Types and Composition of health and SAFETY Committee 11. 1043 Duties of the health and SAFETY Committee 12. 1044 Term of Office of Members 13. 1045 Duties of Employers 13. 1046 Duties of Workers 13. 1047 Duties of the SAFETY Man 14. 1048 Other Types of SAFETY Organizations 14. RULE 1050 NOTIFICATION AND KEEPING OF RECORDS. OF ACCIDENTS AND/OR. OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES. 1051 Definitions 15. 1052 Special Provision 16. 1053 Report Requirements 16. 1054 Keeping of Records 17. 1055 Evaluation of Disability 17. 1056 Measurement of Performance 19. i RULE 1060 PREMISES OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

6 General Provisions 21. 1061 Construction and Maintenance 21. 1062 Space Requirement 21. 1063 Walkway Surface 22. 1064 Floor and Wall Opening 22. 1065 Stairs 24. 1066 Window Openings 25. 1067 Fixed Ladders 25. 1068 Overhead Walks, Runways and Platforms 26. 1069 Yards 26. RULE 1070 OCCUPATIONAL health AND. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. 1071 General Provisions 28. 1072 Threshold Limit Values for Airborne Contaminants 28. 1073 Threshold Limit Values for Airborne Contaminants (Tables) 29. 1074 Physical Agents 29. 1075 Illumination 30. 1076 General Ventilation 32. 1077 Working Environment Measurement 33. RULE 1080 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

7 AND DEVICES. 1081 General Provision 34. 1082 Eye and Face Protection 34. 1083 Respiratory Protection 35. 1084 Head Protection 36. 1085 Hand and Arm Protection 37. 1086 SAFETY Belts. Life Lines and SAFETY Nets 37. 1087 Use of SAFETY Shoes 38. RULE 1090 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. 1091 Scope 39. 1092 Definitions 39. 1093 General Rules 39. 1094 Hot and Corrosive Substances 43. 1095 Storage 44. 1096 Use of Lead and Its Compounds 46. RULE 1100 GAS AND ELECTRIC. WELDING AND CUTTING OPERATIONS. General Provisions 47. Personal Protective Equipment 47. Welding or Cutting in Confined Spaces 47. RULE 1120 HAZARDOUS WORK PROCESSES.

8 1121 Underground Tank and Similar Confined Space Work 48. ii RULE 1140 EXPLOSIVES. 1141 General Provisions 49. 1142 Definitions 49. 1143 Authorization 50. 1144 Limitation 50. 1145 Quantity and Distance Tables 50. 1146 Storage of Explosives 51. 1147 Records of Disposition of Explosives 57. RULE 1150 MATERIALS HANDLING AND STORAGE. General Provisions 60. RULE 1160 BOILER. 1161 Definitions 61. 1162 General Provisions 61. 1163 Power Boilers 63. 1164 Heating Boilers 69. 1165 Cleaning and Repairs 71. 1166 Personal Protective Equipment 72. 1167 Color Coding 74. 1168 Requirement in the Preparation of Boiler Pressure Vessels Plans 74.

9 RULE 1170 UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSELS. 1171 Definitions 77. 1172 General Provisions 77. 1173 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Vessels and other Cylinders 79. 1174 Steam Heated Pressure Vessels 81. 1175 Closed Steam Heated Pressure Vessels 81. 1176 Open Steam Heated Pressure Vessels 85. 1177 Water and Air Pressure Tanks 86. 1178 Refrigeration Tanks 88. 1179 Compressor 89. RULE 1180 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. 1181 Definitions 91. 1182 Inspection 91. 1183 Internal Combustion Engine Room/Building 92. 1184 Requirements in the Preparation of Internal Combustion Engine Installation Plan 94. 1185 Portable/Mobile Internal Combustion Engine 96.

10 RULE 1200 MACHINE GUARDING. 1201 Definitions 97. 1202 Provisions of Guards 97. 1203 Standard Machinery Guards 98. 1204 Machine Guard at Point of Operation 101. 1205 Transmission Machinery Guarding 101. 1206 Woodworking Machinery 104. 1207 Guarding Mechanical Power Presses and Foot and Hand Power Presses 106. iii RULE 1210 ELECTRICAL SAFETY . 1211 Philippine Electric Code 108. 1212 Electrical SAFETY Inspection 108. 1213 Inspection Fees 110. 1214 Requirements in the Preparation of Electrical Plans 110. RULE 1220 ELEVATORS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. 1221 Definitions 112. 1222 General Provisions 113. 1223 General Requirements 114.