Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Health and Safety
HEALTH AND
SAFETY
Health and safety play an essential aspect of every employee in the
industry because all workers and employees desire to work in a safe,
secure and protected environment. Although there are laws and
regulations, exist to ensure the safety of employees, customers, and
guests, yet there every year thousands of serious injuries occur.
In many cases, sickness, diseases, injuries may have long term severe
consequences for both employees, families, and employers. Loss of
human lives is immeasurable and intolerable. The costs of workplace
accidents and injuries to employers may have many forms; these
include the cost of incidents, the cost of property damages, loss of
productivity, and investigation expenses. It may take time to recover
the costs associated with workplace accidents.
All industries have their safety risks, but management must strategize
to what safety precautions are required explicitly in their own
company to ensure that employees are safe at all times.
What is Occupational Health and
Safety Program?
OHSA is designed to manage and prevent
injuries and diseases caused by employees' work
and work environment; this would enable us to
facilitate and implement programs concerning
health and safety issues in the workplace. It
allows help identify and correct unsafe work
practices and conditions.
RA 11058
An Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Standards and
Providing Penalties for Violations"
This mandate intends to strengthen the compliance by all employers and employees in private
establishments in ensuring full compliance with the OSH standards in the workplace. Employers are
required to furnish workers with a hazard-free workplace workers. It mandates all employers to
provide safety instructions and environment that may cause death, diseases or physical harm to the
orientation to employees and define preventive measures to eliminate or minimize possible risks
within the working areas.
Each employee has his/her responsibilities to ensure full compliance with OSH standards. Allow the
employees to identify and report any work hazards in the workplace. The employee has the right to
refuse to work if an imminent danger situation in the workplace exists. The management makes sure
that a representative worker or employee actively participates in planning, implementing and
evaluating safety and health program.
In a manner that the employer refuses to comply with the mandate, a One Hundred Thousand Pesos
fine per day will be imposed. The employers are encouraged to examine and evaluate their work
environment, review the existing policies and make necessary adjustments to ensure compliance with
the new law. An effective OHS program will: Identify hazards in the workplace; Prevent or minimize
accidents, injuries, diseases or loss of life; Prevent or reduce financial burden resulting from
accidents, injuries, illnesses or loss of life; and Be monitored to ensure that it meets its goals.
7 Steps to Improve Health & Safety in the
Workplace
1. Identify and control hazards to develop a safety plan in the workplace.
2. Develop a routine to inspect the workplace.
3. Ensure to train the employees through orientation, providing them written
instructions and proper supervision.
4. Meet and discuss health and safety issues in the workplace, and allow the
employees to help improve safety in the workplace.
5. Investigate the incidents, and develop new policy and procedures to control
the hazard.
6. Ensure to maintain records of the incident investigations, inspections,
training activities, and first aid treatments. This information is vital to identify
the common unsafe conditions in the workplace.
7. Create a pro-active approach to health and safety in the workplace and make
it a part of the business
EMPLOYEE'S ORIENTATION AND
TRAINING
Workplace accidents happen during the first six months of employment of the
young and new employees. The best way to prevent accidents from happening
is a practical orientation and training. The employer's primary responsibility is
to ensure that their employees have enough knowledge and awareness of their
job before they start working. Training must be mandated and become a part
of the employee's requirements before starting their work.
NO SMOKING
OTHER SAFETY
SYMBOLS FLAMMABLE POISON RADIOACTIVE
called "pictograms."
Safety symbols provide
information required NON-IONIZING BIOHAZARD HIGH VOLTAGE
RADIADITION
actions, consequences,
effects of the interaction
of certain chemicals.
USE GAS MASK RISK OF EXPLOSION
WORKPLACE SAFETY PROCEDURES
Accidents may happen at any time and may occur in many ways and forms.
There are two basic factors of workplace accidents. Accidents may happen at
any time and may occur in many first is ignorance and the other is
carelessness. The workers must do things right.
GENERAL SAFETY