CHAPTER 1

INTRDUCTION TO OSH LEGISTATION

(Occupational Safety and Health)
 COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Understand the occupational safety health

• Importance safety in workplace
• OSH Legislation
• Safety and health organization
 INTRODUCTION

• Occupational Safety and

health (OSH) is the basic
human right for safety
workplace
 INTRODUCTION

Occupational Health and safety legislation is

designed so that employers provide a safe work
environment, and employees minimize the risk of
accidents and injuries.
 HISTORY

• Progress of OSH Legislation in the Philippines

Development of OSH in the Philippines started in
1903 and consolidated in 1908 when Bureau of
Labor was created and it was named Department of
Labor on Dec. 8, 1933
 HISTORY

• Give their first act on 1908 requiring employers to

compensate workers who were injured while
performing their job and
• 1927 Workmen’s Compensation Act No. 3428
was passed providing payment of damages by
employer for illnesses, in addition to injury or
death due to employment
• 1936 Commonwealth Act No. 104 was passed
and Known as the First Industrial Safety Law
 Types of Accidents

• Accidents happens mostly due by two

major causes:
• Unsafe condition at the workplace
• Unsafe act done by a person or a group
 Types of Accidents

• Unsafe condition at the workplace

• Defective tools, Equipment or Supplies
• Inadequate support or Guards
• Congestion in the workplace
• Inadequate warning system
• Fire and Explosion hazard
• Poor house keeping
• Hazardous atmospheric conditions
 Types of Accidents

• Unsafe act done by a person or a group

• Complacency
• Poor Training
• Rule Resistant
• Bad Habits
• Time Crunch
 OSH LEGISLATION

• OSH in the Philippines is an act which provides the legislative framework

to secure the safety, Health and welfare among Filipino workers and
protect other against risks to safety health connection with the activities of
persons at work
 OBJECTIVE OF OSH

• Art 154 First Aid Treatment

• Art 155 Emergency Medical And dental Services
• Art 156 When Emergency hospital not required
• Art 157 Health Program
• Art 158 Qualification of Health Personel
• Art 159 Assistance of Employer
 OBJECTIVE OF OSH

• Occupational Health and Safety

• Art 160 Safety and Health Standards

• Art 161 Research
• Art 162 Training Programs
 Safety and health organization

RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE LABOR CODE

HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE BENEFITS
 Safety and health organization

• Section 1 Coverage
• Section 2 Definition
MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES • First Aid Treatment
RULE 1 • Workplace
• First Aider
• Section 3 Medicines and Facilities
 Safety and health organization
MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES
RULE 1
• Section 4 Emergency Medical and dental
Services
• Section 5 Emergency Hospital
• Section 6 Training and qualifications of
medical and dental Personnel
• Section 7 Opportunity for training
• Section 8 Hazardous Workplace
• Section 9 Health Program
• Section 10 Medical and Dental Records
 Safety and health organization

• Section 1 General Statement on coverage

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
RULE 2
• Section 2 General Occupational Health and
Safety standards
• Section 3 Occupational health and safty code
• Section 4 Special safety orders
• Section 5 Work condition not covered by
standards
• Section 6 Suspension of standards
 Safety and health organization

• Section 7 Training of personnel in Safety and

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
RULE 2
Health
• Section 8 Registration of Employer
• Section 9 General Duties of Workers
• Section 10 Duties of other persons
• Section 11 Administration and enforcement
• Section 12 Research
• Section 13 Training
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
LEGISLATION