Introduction to
Occupational Safety and
Health (OSH)
Melveen M. Melocoton, RN
Officer-in-Charge
OSHC-REU6 (Western Visayas)
Session Objective:
At the end of the session, the participants will
be able to explain the importance of OSH,
national OSH data, OSH legislations and state
legal basis of OSH.
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
Why the need for
occupational safety
and health (OSH)?
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
Every worker has the
right to a
SAFE and HEALTHY
workplace!
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
Occupational safety and
health is a discipline with a
broad scope involving three
major fields –
Occupational Safety,
Occupational Health and
Industrial Hygiene.
Focus of OSH
People
Equipment
Environment
Materials
• Every 15 seconds, a worker dies from
a work-related accident or disease.
• Every 15 seconds, 160 workers have
a work-related accident.
Global OSH Data: ILO Report
270 million work-related accidents
Annually
160 million victims of work-related
illnesses annually (causing more than
4 days absence)
Source: International Labour Organization
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
Global OSH Data: ILO Report
2.02 million people die each year
from work-related diseases.
355,000 people die each year from
occupational accidents.
Occupational accidents occur mostly in:
• agriculture
• mining
• construction
• commercial fishing
Source: International Labour Organization
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
Global OSH Data: ILO Report
Average of 5,000 people
die everyday due to work-
related accidents every year.
12,000 children are killed
on the job annually.
Source: International Labour Organization 2003
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
OSH Situation
A glimpse of OSH in the Philippines
2019-2020 Integrated Survey on
Labor and Employment (ISLE)
2019-2020 Integrated Survey on
Labor and Employment (ISLE)
2019-2020 Integrated Survey on
Labor and Employment (ISLE)
2019-2020 Integrated Survey on
Labor and Employment (ISLE)
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2019-2020 Integrated Survey on
Labor and Employment (ISLE)
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Vision 1 Million: Be an OSH Champion
• A dynamic, holistic, and sustainable program
that aims to develop OSH Champions
(advocates) beginning in 2018 until 2022.
• Program to continue create and raise
awareness, understanding and passion for
OSH among Filipinos.
• Increase the number of OSH advocates will
help achieve decent work and accident and
illness free workplaces in the Philippines.
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
Legal Bases
• Labor Code of the Philippines (PD 442, 1974)
Consolidation of labor and social laws to afford full protection to
labor, promote employment and human resources
development, and ensure industrial peace.
• OSH Standards (1979, amended in 1989)
A set of mandatory rules on OSH which codifies all safety orders
issued prior to its promulgation.
• Republic Act No. 11058 and its IRR (January 25, 2019)
An Act Strengthening Compliance with the OSH Standards and
Providing Penalties for Violations thereof.
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
Clear Points
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
• Everyone has a right to a
safe and healthy workplace.
• Employers, workers, safety
officers, OSH committee
members have roles to play
to ensure the effective
implementation of their
OSH programs.
Kita tanan
pwede maging
OSH CHAMPIONS!
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