Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards
The Philippines' national occupational safety and health standards under the Labor Code: registration, trained safety personnel, health and safety committees, accident reporting and records, premises, environmental control and working environment measurement, personal protective equipment, hazardous materials, welding, confined spaces, explosives, materials handling, boilers, pressure vessels, internal combustion engines, machine guarding, electrical safety, elevators, piping identification, power piping, construction, logging, fire protection and control, pesticides and fertilizers, and occupational health services with physical examinations.
Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards is a compliance framework from Philippines with 4 domains and 25 controls. The largest domains are Rules 1100 to 1240: Welding, confined spaces, explosives, materials handling, boilers, pressure vessels, internal combustion engines, machine guarding, electrical safety, elevators, piping identification, power piping – Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards (12 controls), Rules 1410 to 1960: Construction safety, logging, fire protection and control, pesticides and fertilizers, occupational health services – Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards (5 controls), Rules 1000 to 1050: General provisions, other safety rules, registration, training of safety personnel, health and safety committee, accident notification and records – Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards (4 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (4)
Rules 1000 to 1050: General provisions, other safety rules, registration, training of safety personnel, health and safety committee, accident notification and records – Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1020 | Rule 1020 Registration: every employer registers each establishment with the Regional Labor Office before operating, free of charge, with a scaled floor-by-floor layout plan, and re-registers on a change of name, location or ownership or on re-opening |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1030 | Rule 1030 Training of personnel: Bureau-prescribed OSH training through accredited organisations, the training as a prerequisite for appointment as safety man, and the number of full-time or part-time safety men by headcount and hazard classification with at least four hours a week for part-time duty |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1040 | Rule 1040 Health and Safety Committee: a committee in every place of employment within a month of starting, reorganised every January, composed by headcount type A to E, meeting monthly, planning and directing accident prevention, reviewing inspections and investigations, running training and a disaster plan, with employer duties to adopt written safety policies and report the organisation and quarterly programme to the enforcing authority |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1050 | Rule 1050 Notification and records: disabling injuries, occupational illnesses and dangerous occurrences reported on the prescribed form by the 20th of the following month with a copy to the worker, deaths and permanent total disabilities notified within 24 hours, an accident and illness record kept open to inspection with the minimum data, an annual exposure data report, and standard disability evaluation and performance measures |
Rules 1060 to 1090: Premises, occupational health and environmental control, personal protective equipment, hazardous materials – Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1060 | Rule 1060 Premises: safety signs in standard colours, housekeeping, separate comfort rooms and dressing and locker rooms, structurally sound buildings with plans approved by the Building Official, workroom height and 11.5 cubic metres per person, machine clearances, even walkway surfaces, guarded floor and wall openings, stairs, window openings, fixed ladders, overhead walkways and yards built to the Rule's specifications |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1070 | Rule 1070 Occupational health and environmental control: threshold limit values for airborne contaminants (ceiling and eight-hour time-weighted averages with limited excursions), permissible noise exposure with engineering and administrative controls first, illumination levels, general ventilation, and periodic working environment measurement recorded and available to the enforcing authority |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1080 | Rule 1080 Personal protective equipment: furnished at the employer's expense wherever hazards require, of approved design, maintained by the employer, nobody exposed without protection, with specific requirements for eye and face, respiratory, head, hand and arm protection, safety belts, lifelines and nets and safety shoes |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1090 | Rule 1090 Hazardous materials: substitution and process revision first, control of processes by segregation, enclosure, local exhaust and ventilation, PPE to supplement controls, labelled containers with hazard symbols, atmosphere tested at least annually against the TLVs, ventilation equipment tested, dust accumulation prevented, and specific rules for hot and corrosive substances, storage and lead |
Rules 1100 to 1240: Welding, confined spaces, explosives, materials handling, boilers, pressure vessels, internal combustion engines, machine guarding, electrical safety, elevators, piping identification, power piping – Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1100 | Rule 1100 Welding and cutting: no hot work near combustibles, explosives or flammable atmospheres until hazards are removed, no welding on containers that held flammables unless cleaned, inerted or water-filled, opaque screens at least 2 metres high where others work or pass, a portable extinguisher at hand, a written permit from the safety man in large establishments, welders' PPE, and ventilation or respirators in confined spaces |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1120 | Rule 1120 Hazardous work processes: before entering an underground tank or similar confined space, water level checked, air tested for explosive gases, oxygen and carbon monoxide, blower ventilation where levels are abnormal, breathing apparatus available, a watcher in regular contact with equivalent apparatus, no smoking or open flames until fire risk is cleared, no solvent spraying without protection, openings barricaded and lit, and adequate means of entry and exit |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1140 | Rule 1140 Explosives: manufacture, handling and storage only in approved places, buildings used for nothing else, quantity and distance tables, magazine construction and storage rules, records of disposition, and the Fire Code applied to transport and storage |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1150 | Rule 1150 Materials handling and storage: safe clearances and marked aisles for mechanical handling, tiered storage stacked, blocked and limited in height, storage areas free of trip, fire, explosion and pest hazards, clearance signs, derails on spur tracks, and covers or guardrails on open pits, tanks and vats |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1160 | Rule 1160 Boilers: no boiler installed or operated without the Secretary's permit, applications with manufacturer data and plans, cleared repairs, transfer reporting within thirty days, boiler room construction and clearances, power and heating boiler requirements, cleaning and repair precautions, PPE, colour coding and plan preparation |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1170 | Rule 1170 Unfired pressure vessels: the boiler permit and application regime applied to pressure vessels, manufacturer's certificates, accessible installation, protected safety valves, a factor of safety of five, and specific requirements for LPG and other cylinders, steam-heated, water and air pressure, refrigeration tanks and compressors |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1180 | Rule 1180 Internal combustion engines: coverage of generators, standby units, prime movers and construction and agricultural engines, the PSME Code and Rule 1060 as minimum standards, inspection at foundation, before service, after modification and at least every twelve months with the owner's engineer, engine room and building requirements, installation plans and portable engines |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1200 | Rule 1200 Machine guarding: all moving parts of prime movers and transmission equipment and all dangerous parts of driven machinery effectively guarded, built-in safety specified when ordering and ensured by manufacturers, vendors and installers, guards removed only when authorised with the machine stopped and reinstalled before use, standard guard construction, point-of-operation guards, transmission guarding, woodworking machinery and power presses |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1210 | Rule 1210 Electrical safety: the Philippine Electrical Code adopted as the safety standard, no installation without plans approved by the Secretary and prepared by a licensed professional electrical engineer, no energisation until final inspection and a safety certificate or permit, periodic inspection, inspection fees and plan preparation requirements |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1220 | Rule 1220 Elevators and related equipment: sound design, construction and maintenance of every part, fully enclosed fire-resistant hoistways, the general and standards requirements for cars, doors, safeties, buffers, controls and machine rooms, and plan preparation and permits |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1230 | Rule 1230 Identification of piping systems: contents of industrial and power plant piping identified primarily by stencilled or lettered legends, supplemented by colour or colour bands at frequent intervals, near valves, changes of direction and wall and floor penetrations, with visibility, legend location and letter size rules and the PSME Code adopted |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1240 | Rule 1240 Power piping lines: applications with signed and sealed drawings filed with the Regional Labor Office, no connection without cleared plans and no operation until final inspection and a safety permit, documented repairs, the PSME Code as minimum, adequate strength, safety and relief valves of sufficient capacity with safe outlets, protected and visible indicating devices, and non-destructive and hydrostatic tests |
Rules 1410 to 1960: Construction safety, logging, fire protection and control, pesticides and fertilizers, occupational health services – Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1410 | Rule 1410 Construction safety: a health and safety committee and medical and dental service on every site, alternative materials of equal strength, shoring of excavations deeper than one metre with engineer design beyond 6.6 metres, protection of adjacent structures, scaffold construction and height limits with engineer design, construction equipment, plant, demolition, mechanical demolition and explosives |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1420 | Rule 1420 Logging: a safety committee and medical and dental service, trained first aiders in charge of every gang, communication and transport for the injured, maintained hand tools used only by trained workers, no work in high wind, fog or darkness without lighting, PPE, non-slip decks, worker accounting after each shift, snags felled, rigging inspected, refuelling precautions, and the power saw, logging engine, tractor yarding and rigging rules |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1940 | Rule 1940 Fire protection and control: buildings sited and built to the Building and Fire Codes, height limits by construction type, segregation of explosion and flash-fire processes, at least two exits per floor clearing the area in five minutes with travel distance limits, fire-fighting water supply for eight hours, hydrants and hose compatible with the public fire department, portable extinguishers, flammable and combustible liquids and solids, electrical installations, fire alarms on every floor of multi-storey buildings, and a trained fire brigade with drills |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1950 | Rule 1950 Pesticides and fertilizers: handled only by thoroughly instructed persons, label precautions followed for application, protective clothing and equipment, no smoking, eating or drinking while handling, decontamination of spills on skin and in the work area, storage and application controls, harmful fertilizers handled under the Rule, and disposal of unwanted materials |
| philippines-occupational-safety-and-health-standards::R1960 | Rule 1960 Occupational health services: every employer establishes occupational health services, keeps the Table 47 medicines, supplies and facilities, provides first aiders, nurses, physicians, dentists, treatment rooms or clinics by headcount and hazard class, trains and qualifies health personnel, adopts a comprehensive health programme, contracts hospitals where needed, keeps health records and files an annual medical report, and gives free pre-employment, periodic, transfer or separation and injury or illness physical examinations kept confidential |
What is Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards and who does it apply to?
Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards is a compliance framework from Philippines with 4 domains and 25 controls. The Philippines' national occupational safety and health standards under the Labor Code: registration, trained safety personnel, health and safety committees, accident reporting and records, premises, environmental control and working environment measurement, personal protective equipment, hazardous materials, welding, confined spaces, explosives, materials handling, boilers, pressure vessels, internal combustion engines, machine guarding, electrical safety, elevators, piping identification, power piping, construction, logging, fire protection and control, pesticides and fertilizers, and occupational health services with physical examinations. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards actually require?
Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards has 25 controls organised across 4 domains. The largest domains are Rules 1100 to 1240: Welding, confined spaces, explosives, materials handling, boilers, pressure vessels, internal combustion engines, machine guarding, electrical safety, elevators, piping identification, power piping – Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards (12 controls), Rules 1410 to 1960: Construction safety, logging, fire protection and control, pesticides and fertilizers, occupational health services – Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards (5 controls), Rules 1000 to 1050: General provisions, other safety rules, registration, training of safety personnel, health and safety committee, accident notification and records – Philippines Occupational Safety and Health Standards (4 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
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