Transcription of OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY - OSHC
1 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND health STANDARDS(As Amended, 1989)Department of Labor and EmploymentPhilippinesReprinted with permissionfrom theBUREAU OF WORKING CONDITIONSDEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENTI ntramuros, ManilaPublished and printed by theOCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND health CENTERDEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENTI ntramuros, ManilaFebruary 2005-May 2016 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 . 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.
2 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. 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.
3 RUBEN D. TORRES Secretary03 July 1990 RULE 1000 GENERAL PROVISION1001 Purpose 11002 Definitions 11003 Administration and Enforcement 21004 Special lnspection, Investigation and Review 3 1005 Duties of Employers, Workers and Other Persons 31006 Confidentiality of Trade Secrets 4 RULE 1010 OTHER SAFETY RULES1011 Promulgation of Rules 51012 Special Rules 51013 Hazardous Workplaces 7 RULE 1020 REGISTRATION1021 General Provision 81022 Registrable Unit 81023 Period
4 Of Registration 81024 Registration 8 RULE 1030 TRAINING OF PERSONNEL IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH1031 Training Programs 91032 Accreditation 91033 Training and Personnel Complement Qualifications of a SAFETY Consultant Prohibition in the Practice of OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY and health 10 RULE 1040 health AND SAFETY COMMITTEE1041 General Requirements 111042 Types and Composition of health and SAFETY Committee 111043 Duties of the health and SAFETY Committee 121044 Term of Office of Members 131045 Duties of Employers 131046 Duties of Workers 131047 Duties of the SAFETY Man 141048 Other Types of SAFETY Organizations 14 RULE 1050 NOTIFICATION AND KEEPING OF RECORDS OF ACCIDENTS AND/OROCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES1051 Definitions 151052
5 Special Provision 161053 Report Requirements 161054 Keeping of Records 171055 Evaluation of Disability 171056 Measurement of Performance 19 TABLE OF CONTENTSiRULE 1060 PREMISES OF General Provisions 211061 Construction and Maintenance 211062 Space Requirement 211063 Walkway Surface 221064 Floor and Wall Opening 221065 Stairs 241066 Window Openings 251067 Fixed Ladders 251068 Overhead Walks.
6 Runways and Platforms 261069 Yards 26 RULE 1070 OCCUPATIONAL health AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL1071 General Provisions 281072 Threshold Limit Values for Airborne Contaminants 281073 Threshold Limit Values for Airborne Contaminants (Tables) 291074 Physical Agents 291075 Illumination 301076 General Ventilation 321077 Working Environment Measurement 33 RULE 1080 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES1081 General Provision 341082 Eye and Face Protection
7 341083 Respiratory Protection 351084 Head Protection 361085 Hand and Arm Protection 371086 SAFETY Belts. Life Lines and SAFETY Nets 371087 Use of SAFETY Shoes 38 RULE 1090 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS1091 Scope 391092 Definitions 391093 General Rules 391094 Hot and Corrosive Substances 431095 Storage 441096 Use of Lead and Its Compounds 46 RULE 1100 GAS AND ELECTRIC WELDING
8 AND CUTTING General Provisions Personal Protective Equipment Welding or Cutting in Confined Spaces 47 RULE 1120 HAZARDOUS WORK PROCESSES1121 Underground Tank and Similar Confined Space Work 48iiRULE 1140 EXPLOSIVES1141 General Provisions 491142 Definitions 491143 Authorization 501144 Limitation 501145 Quantity and Distance Tables 501146 Storage of Explosives 511147 Records of Disposition of Explosives 57 RULE 1150 MATERIALS HANDLING AND General Provisions 60 RULE 1160 BOILER1161 Definitions 611162 General Provisions 611163
9 Power Boilers 631164 Heating Boilers 691165 Cleaning and Repairs 711166 Personal Protective Equipment 721167 Color Coding 741168 Requirement in the Preparation of Boiler Pressure Vessels Plans 74 RULE 1170 UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSELS1171 Definitions 771172 General Provisions 771173 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Vessels and other Cylinders 791174 Steam Heated Pressure Vessels 811175 Closed Steam Heated Pressure Vessels 811176 Open Steam Heated Pressure Vessels 851177 Water and Air Pressure Tanks 861178 Refrigeration Tanks 881179 Compressor 89 RULE 1180 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE1181 Definitions 911182 Inspection 911183 Internal Combustion Engine Room/B
