BASIC OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

OSH stands for:

Cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health, and welfare of people in work and employment.

Major fields of OSH

Deals with understanding the causes of accidents at work and ways to prevent unsafe act and conditions.

Broad concept which explains how the different hazards at risk at work may cause an illness and emphasize that health programs are essential in controlling work-related/or occupational issues.

Discusses the identification, evaluation, and control of physical, chemical, biological, and ergonomic hazards.

Mandatory rules on occupational safety and health promulgated pursuant to ______________________.

T OR F: Mandatory rules and standards set and enforced to eliminate or reduce occupational safety and health hazards in the workplace.

T OR F: Aims to provide maximum acceptable degree of protection that must be afforded to every worker in relation to the working conditions and dangers of injury, sickness, or death that may arise.

Who enforces OSH standards?

All establishments, workplaces, and other undertakings are covered including agricultural enterprises, whether operating for profit or not except:

• Residential places exclusively for dwelling purposes.

• Mines which are under the DENR

T OR F: Minimum standards on safety and health includes appropriate seats, lighting, and ventilation

T OR F: Minimum standards on safety and health includes adequate passageways, exits, and fire equipment

T OR F: Minimum standards on safety and health includes appropriate safety devices (including PPE)

T OR F: Minimum standards on safety and health includes medicines, medical supplies, or first aid kits

T OR F: Minimum standards on safety and health includes free medical and dental services and facilities.

Physical or environmental conditions of work which comply with prescribed OSH standards.

Allows workers to perform the job without or within acceptable exposure limit to hazards.

Anything with the potential to cause harm.

Harm including ill health and injury, damage to property, plant, product or environment, production losses or increased liabilities.

T OR F: Annually, 337M workers fall victims of work-related incidents causing more than 5 days of absence.

T OR F: 2.3M die of work-related accidents (360,000) and diseases (1.6M)

T OR F: Close to 60% of the death attributed to work take place in Asia.

T OR F: 170,00 agricultural workers and 320,000 people die from exposure from biological risks

T OR F: Every 15 seconds, 150 workers have a work-related incident.

T OR F: Every 20 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident/ disease.

For every 100,000 workers: _____ received injuries that stop them from working about a day

T OR F: 2,586 accidents reported by 289 establishments, 1,5823 (59%) disabling injuries (2005); total days lost: 121, 624

T OR F: Profile of the most-commonly injured worker:

• Male

• Married

• Assigned in the first shift

• 25-36 years old

• With 1-5 years’ work experience.

Enumerate Types of Injuries according to 2009/2010 BLES Integrated Survey

The top three (3) Work related EC Claims

Emerging OSH Issues

An Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Standards and Providing Penalties for Violations thereof.

Implementing Rules and Regulations of 11058

How many workers does an establishment need to have to be considered medium to high-risk establishment?

How many workers does an establishment need to have to be considered Low to High-risk establishments?

Oversee the overall management of OSH program, with OSH committee.

Fine for Failure to register establishment, DOLE

An unexpected unplanned, unwanted, unforeseen occurrence or even causing damage or loss of materials or properties, injury, or death.

T OR F: Operational Costs can be explained by the Iceberg Theory.

Expenses that are covered by worker’s compensation insurance.

Paid to eligible employee who is unable to work or return at full capacity.

Any eligible medical expenses required for treatment.

Expenses associated with employee’s rehabilitation.

Compensation to spouse and family who died directly from a work-related injury.

Expenses associated with Worker’s Compensation Claim, civil liability expenses, and settlement costs.

Costs associated with investigation of a workers’ compensation claim if there is a concerned fraud.

Cost of accident which have a more damaging impact to the worker, their families, the company and the community in general. It is larger and more dangerous than the direct costs.

Art and science that seeks to understand the deeper roots of why accidents happen.

Any human action that violates a commonly accepted safe work procedure or standard

Physical or chemical property of a material, machine, or the environment which could possibly cause injury, damage, disruption

Unplanned occurrences that result in injuries, illness, death, and loss of property and/or production.

An American industrial safety pioneer, worked as an assistant superintendent of the Engineering and Inspection Division of Travelers Insurance Company.

something that has the potential to cause harm or injury to people, property, or the environment.

They can be natural or human-made, and they can arise from a variety of sources such as natural disasters, technological failures, or human activities.

These hazards can cause harm or injury to people, property, or the environment without any intermediate steps or processes.

Any type of hazard that can cause physical harm to a person.

Maximum allowable hours of noise exposure for workers who exposed to 90 db

Maximum allowable hours of noise exposure for workers who exposed to 95 db

Maximum allowable hours of noise exposure for workers who exposed to 100 db

Maximum allowable hours of noise exposure for workers who exposed to 105 db.

can cause stroke, dehydration, heat exhaustion, and other detrimental health effects.

can cause hypothermia, and other respiratory problems.

Dangerous because it cannot be detected by the five senses, but it destroys the cells and tissues of living organisms and has long-term effects.

Which type of radiation includes UV Light, Beta Principle, Gamma ray?

Which type of radiation includes Radio waves, electric waves, infrared waves (welding)?

Three safety practice to control exposure to radiations

These are pressures beyond the allowable levels needed by the human body.

Normal Atmospheric Pressure

These are substances in solid, liquid or gaseous forms known to cause poison, fire, explosion or ill effects to health.

Hazards that result from exposure to biological agents, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms, that can cause harm or injury to people, animals, or the environment.

Hazards that result from poor ergonomic design, which can cause strain or injury to the musculoskeletal system of the body.

Complete removal of a hazard from the work area.

The method preferred in controlling hazards and should be selected whenever possible.

Where necessary for the protection of workers, the competent authority should require the replacement of hazardous substances by substitute materials, in so far as this is possible.

Involves modifying the workplace or the equipment used in the workplace to eliminate or reduce hazards. This method involves application of engineering technology to control hazards.

This aims to minimize the exposure of humans to workplace hazards and employs administrative approaches such as rotation and shifting.

Involves choosing the appropriate tools, machinery, or personal protective equipment (PPE) that will provide adequate protection against hazards in the workplace.

These are considered as the last line of defense. These devices provide limited protection to the ones using them.

To select the proper equipment, it is important to consider the specific hazards present in the workplace and the level of protection required to mitigate those hazards.

All equipment must be inspected periodically before and after use. A record of all inspections with the date, tabulated results, the recommendation of the manufacturer for the maintenance of the device, and the repair and replacement of parts supplied by the manufacturer of the product should be kept.

Obtain the workers complete compliance with requirements to wear the PPE.

Employees need to know how the use of PPE will be enforced.

Designed to protect the head and skull from injuries and hazards in the workplace.

A device that provides head protection against

impact from falling objects and protection against electrocution.

A device that provides eye protection from hazards caused by: Flying particles, Sparks, Light radiation, Splashes, and Gases.

Provide general protection to the entire face for a variety of hazards, such as flying debris, chemical splash, arc flash, UV radiation, and extreme heat.

Required to prevent noise induced hearing loss. Hearing protection devices reduce the noise energy reaching and causing damage to the inner ear.

Types of PPE required when engineering improvements and administrative controls can’t eliminate risk.

Types of respirators are divided into two (2) categories:

Parts of the body most affected by

accidents at work

T OR F: one in five accidents at the workplace is due to a hand emergency, and arm and hands accidents combined represent 41% of non-fatal accidents.

This category includes garments and devices used to protect the legs, feet, and lower body from being injured by rolling or falling objects that might cause crushing or penetrating injuries to the worker, along with garments that protect from heat, corrosive, or otherwise toxic materials.

protect against the buildup of static electricity or equalize the electrical potential between personnel and the ground.

non-conductive and protect against open circuits of 600 volts or less under dry conditions.

Types of fall protection:

provided for employees if they are threatened with bodily injury of one kind or another while performing their jobs, and if engineering, work practices, and administrative controls have failed to eliminate these hazards

AEDR

Annual Medical Report

ANSI