Occupational Safety and Health Standards

By virtue of the powers vested in the Department of Labor and Employment under Article 162 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, this Occupational Safety and Health Standards is hereby promulgated for the guidance and compliance of all concerned. This body of standard rules and regulations shall hereafter be referred to as "Standards".

RULE 1000
GENERAL PROVISION

1001: Purpose and Scope:

(1) The objective of this issuance is to protect every workingman against the danger of injury, sickness or death through safe and healthful working conditions, thereby assuring the conservation of valuable manpower resources and the prevention of loss or damage to lives and properties, consistent with national development goals and with the State's commitment for the total development of every worker as a complete human being.
(2) This standard shall apply to all places of employment except as otherwise provided in this Standards.

1002: Definitions:

For purposes of this standard and except as otherwise indicated, the following shall mean:

(1) " Employer" includes any person acting directly in the interest of an employer, in relation to an employee, and shall include government- owned or controlled corporations and institution, as well as non-profit private institutions or organizations.
(2) "Employee" shall mean any person hired, permitted or suffered to work by employer.
(3) "Industrial Enterprise" shall mean any workplace , permanent or temporary , including any building or collection of buildings , sheds, structures,yards or any other place, where permanently or temporarily one or more persons are employed in any manufacturing of goods or products processing and any other place , where permanently or temporarily one or more persons are employed in any manufacturing of goods or products processing and any other activity similar and incidental thereto.
(4) "Agricultural Enterprise" shall include forestry and logging operations, farming in all its branches, and among other things, includes cultivation and tillage of the soil,dairying, the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural and horticultural commodities, the raising of livestock and poultry and any practice performed by the farmer on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operation but does not include the manufacturing or processing of sugar, coconut, abaca, tobacco,pineapple or other farm products.
(5) "Dry Dock" shall include premises where work is performed on shore or on board ships in which ships or vessels are constructed,repaired,refitted, finished or broken up and housed.
(6) "Health" shall connote a sound state of the body and mind of the worker which enables him to perform his job normally,in a state of well-being.
(7) "Safe and Safety" shall refer to the physical or environmental conditions of work or employment which substantially comply with the provisions of this standards.
(8) "Work Accident" shall mean an unplanned or unexpected occurrence that may or may not result in personal injury, property damage, work stoppage or interference or any combination thereof which arises out of and in the course of employment.
(9) "Work Injury" shall mean any injury or occupational illness suffered by a person who arises out of or in the course of his employment
(10) "Occupational Illness" shall mean any illness caused by environmental factors, the exposure to which is characterized or peculiar to a particular process, trade or occupation and to which an employee or worker is not ordinarily subjected or exposed to outside or away from such employment

SAFETY

SAFETY- freedom from harm, danger, risk or injury; Life has no rewind; we should always protect our life, people, property, product and profit; safety should be a way of life; provide corrective , preventive and predictive measures to minimize accident

ACCIDENT- unexpected, unforeseen, unplanned that interrupts or disputes the normal and orderly progress of any activity and may result to injury; complacency often leads to accident