OSH Standards Amended 1989 Latest
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH STANDARDS
(As Amended, 1989)
Department of Labor and Employment
Philippines
Reprinted with permission from the
BUREAU OF WORKING CONDITIONS
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Intramuros, Manila
Published and printed by the
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Intramuros, Manila
February 2005-May 2013
FOREWORD
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards was formulated in 1978 in compliance with the constitutional mandate to safeguard the worker’s social and economic well-being as well as his physical safety and health. Adopted through the tested democratic machinery of tripartism, the 1978 Standards is considered as a landmark in Philippine labor and social legislation.
The advent of industrialization and the continuing introduction of technological innovations in our country today have, however, correspondingly increased the number and types of occupational hazards that our workers are exposed to. Viewed against this backdrop, it became imperative that the Standards be revised to make it truly responsive to the workers’ needs.
Joint efforts exerted by the Bureau of Working C
onditions, the ILO
Manila Office and the tripartite sectors bore fruit in August 1989 when the revisions were finally approved by the Secretary of Labor and Employment pursuant to his authority under Article 162 of the Labor Code of the Philippines. With the latest improvements in the Standards, all establishments covered will now be provided with a better tool for promoting and maintaining a safe and conducive working environment. I therefore urge all sectors concerned-whether they be in labor, management, government or the academe-to extend their full support to achieve the noble objectives of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards.
RUBEN D. TORRES
Secretary
03 July 1990
TABLE OF CONTENTS
RULE 1000 GENERAL PROVISION
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Purpose
Definitions
Administration and Enforcement
Special
AND HEALTH STANDARDS
(As Amended, 1989)
Department of Labor and Employment
Philippines
Reprinted with permission from the
BUREAU OF WORKING CONDITIONS
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Intramuros, Manila
Published and printed by the
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Intramuros, Manila
February 2005-May 2013
FOREWORD
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards was formulated in 1978 in compliance with the constitutional mandate to safeguard the worker’s social and economic well-being as well as his physical safety and health. Adopted through the tested democratic machinery of tripartism, the 1978 Standards is considered as a landmark in Philippine labor and social legislation.
The advent of industrialization and the continuing introduction of technological innovations in our country today have, however, correspondingly increased the number and types of occupational hazards that our workers are exposed to. Viewed against this backdrop, it became imperative that the Standards be revised to make it truly responsive to the workers’ needs.
Joint efforts exerted by the Bureau of Working C
onditions, the ILO
Manila Office and the tripartite sectors bore fruit in August 1989 when the revisions were finally approved by the Secretary of Labor and Employment pursuant to his authority under Article 162 of the Labor Code of the Philippines. With the latest improvements in the Standards, all establishments covered will now be provided with a better tool for promoting and maintaining a safe and conducive working environment. I therefore urge all sectors concerned-whether they be in labor, management, government or the academe-to extend their full support to achieve the noble objectives of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards.
RUBEN D. TORRES
Secretary
03 July 1990
TABLE OF CONTENTS
RULE 1000 GENERAL PROVISION
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
Purpose
Definitions
Administration and Enforcement
Special