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    CUH-ING, Arjay 08 June 2019

    BSEnSe 4 6:30 – 9:30 Saturdays

    I. The duties and responsibilities of the safety health committee

    A health and safety committee can be an important way to improve conditions on the job. The
    committee provides a forum for employees and management to work together to solve health and safety
    problems. An effective committee can help prevent injury and illness on the job; increase awareness of
    health and safety issues among workers, supervisors, and managers; and develop strategies to make the
    work environment safe and healthy. The following is a list of some possible roles of a health and safety
    committee:

    A. Hazard Identification, Evaluation, and Control

    • Review injury data, accident reports, and workers’ compensation records.


    • Conduct regular walkaround inspections to identify potential health and safety hazards.
    • Conduct safety and health job analyses to identify problems.
    • Design and conduct health and safety surveys.
    • Collect and review Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs).
    • Propose and evaluate various ways to improve safety conditions.
    • Get recommendations acted upon.
    • Review and evaluate corrective actions taken by management.
    • Temporarily “shut down” unsafe operations until a hazard is corrected.
    • Collect and review information on new chemicals, procedures, and processes before they
    are introduced.
    • Participate in studies conducted by outside researchers or consultants.
    • Establish or improve procedures for employees to report safety hazards or suggest
    improvements without fear of reprisal.

    B. Information and Education

    • Review injury data, accident reports, and workers’ compensation records.


    • Respond to concerns raised by workers, supervisors and managers.
    • Recommend training for new employees, supervisors, and managers and refresher
    training on health and safety practices, procedures and emergency response.
    • Plan and organize training programs.
    • Establish or improve procedures for employees to report health symptoms without
    fear of reprisal.
    • Keep workers, supervisors, and managers informed about the committee’s activities.

    C. Accident/Incident Investigations

    • Investigate accidents, including their root causes.


    • Establish procedures for reviewing reports of all safety incidents, including accidents,
    illnesses and deaths.
    • Review accident/incident reports and make recommendations for appropriate corrective
    action.
    • Develop systems for reporting accidents and “near misses.”

    D. Safety and Health Planning

    • Establish procedures to review inspection reports.


    • Recommend and track new safety and health rules and work practices.
    • Review proposed equipment purchases and make recommendations.
    • Regularly review and evaluate the employer’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program
    (IIPP).
    • Develop a tracking system that enables the committee to monitor progress on safety
    issues.

    The Health and Safety Committee is the planning and policymaking group in all matters
    pertaining to safety and health. The principal duties of the Health and Safety Committee are:

    (1) Plans and develops accident prevention programs for the establishment.

    (2) Directs the accident prevention efforts of the establishment in accordance with the safety

    programs safety performance and government regulations in order to prevent accidents

    from occurring in the workplace.

    (3) Conducts safety meetings at least once a month.

    (4) Reviews reports of inspection, accident investigations and implementation of program.


    (5) Submits reports to the manager on its meetings and activities.

    (6) Provides necessary assistance to government inspecting authorities in the proper conduct

    of their activities such as the enforcement of the provisions of this Standards.

    (7) Initiates and supervises safety training for employees.

    (8) Develops and maintains a disaster contingency plan and organizes such emergency service

    units as may be necessary to handle disaster situations pursuant to the emergency

    preparedness manual for establishments of the Office of Civil Defense.

    II. How many safety officers in different establishments?

    Every place of employment, a safety committee shall be organized within sixty (60) days after
    this Standard takes effect and for new establishments within one (1) month from the date the business
    starts operating, in both cases the Safety Committee shall re-organize every January of the following
    year. In order to provide an opportunity for other workers to become members and participate in safety
    program planning, a periodic change in membership is required.

    For this purpose, the term of office of the department head in the Committee shall be for one
    (1) year. The term of the worker-members in Type A and Type B shall be two (2) years each in Type C, D,
    and E committee, shall be one (1) year.

    The Chairman, physician or nurse and the secretary shall be permanent members of the committee. In
    Joint Committee, the term of Office of the Chairman and the Members shall be one (1) year.
    Membership in the Joint Committee shall be rotated among members of the safety committees in other
    establishments.
    TYPE A – In every work place having a total of over four hundred (400) workers, the following Health
    and Safety Committee shall be organized:

    (1.) Safety Committee

    Chairman - The Manager or his authorized representative who must be a top

    Operating Official

    Members - Two Department Heads

    - Four Workers (must be union members, if organized)

    - The Company Physician

    Secretary - The Safety Man

    TYPE B – In every work place having a total of over two hundred (200) to four hundred (400) workers,
    the following shall be organized:

    (1.) Safety Committee

    Chairman - The Manager or his authorized representative who must be a top Operating Official

    Members - One Supervisor

    - Three Workers (must be union members, if organized)

    - The Company Physician or the Company Nurses

    Secretary - The Safety Man

    TYPE C – In every work place with less than one hundred (100) to two hundred (200) workers, the
    following shall compose the Health and Safety Committee:

    (1.) Safety Committee

    Chairman - Manager or his authorized representative

    Members - One Foreman

    - Three Workers (must be union members, if organized)

    - The Nurse

    Secretary - The Part-time Safety Man

    TYPE D – In every work place with less than one hundred (100) workers, the following shall compose the
    Health and Safety Committee:

    Chairman - Manager

    Members - One Foreman

    - Three Workers (must be union members, if organized)


    Secretary - The Part-time Safety Man

    - In this workplace, the line type as defined in 1048.02 may be

    organized.

    TYPE E – Joint Committee:

    When two or more establishments are housed under one building, the Safety Committee organized in
    each workplace shall organize themselves into a joint coordinating committee to plan and implement
    programs and activities concerning all the establishments. This joint coordinating committee shall be
    composed of the following:

    Chairman - The Chairman of an establishment committee

    Members - Two Supervisors from two different establishments

    Secretary - Appointed by the Chairman ((in high-rise, the secretary shall be the building
    administrator.)

    III. What would be the government agencies involve in OSH?

    A. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) –

    All safety and health personnel shall undergo the mandatory training on basic occupational
    safety and health for safety officers as prescribed by the DOLE.

    B. Department of Health (DOH)

    The program addresses the incidence of occupational diseases and work-related diseases and
    injuries among workers through health promotion and protection in all workplaces. It initially
    focuses on public health workers and informal sector workers including, but not limited to those
    in agriculture, transport, and small-scale mining. It aims to improve workers’ access to basic
    occupational health services at the local level.

    C. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)

    As part of the disaster preparedness activity, Antonio and other employees undertook the
    earthquake drill at the DPWH Office during nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill, in
    partnership with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.

    REFERENCE:

    http://www.oshc.dole.gov.ph/images/Files/OSH%20Standards%202017.pdf

    https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/dpwh-monitors-safety-national-roads-public-buildings

    http://www.coshnetwork.org/sites/default/files/supp_healthsafety_hndt.pdf

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