DOLE-BWC Accredited Safety & Health Consultant

DENR/LLDA Accredited Pollution Control Officer

AYLLON – DELOS REYES SAFETY
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
SERVICES
FPA Certified Pest Applicator – Fumigator
Professional Mechanical Engineer
Implemented Integrated Management Systems
(ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)
 RULE 1417.01 : COMPETENT
PERSON
 All demolition operations of building or
other structure over six (6) meters high
shall be under supervision of a
competent person. No person except
the workers who are directly engaged in
the demolition shall enter a demolition
area to within a distance equal to 1 ½
times the height of the structure shall be
fenced around and no unauthorized
person shall be allowed within the fenced
area.
RULE 1417.02 : DEMOLITION WORK
A On every demolition work, danger signs
shall be posted and structure and all doors
and opening giving access to the
structure shall be kept barricade or
guarded.
B Demolition work shall not commence until:
 All necessary steps have been taken to prevent
injury to any person or damage to adjoining
property, and
 All existing gas, electrical and other services
likely to endanger a worker shall have been shut
off or disconnected.
C Prior to demolition all glass shall:
 Be removed from windows and other locations.
  Otherwise shall be protected so that there is no
possibility of breakage at any stage of the
demolition.
D Shoring or other necessary measures shall be
taken to prevent the accidental collapse of
any part of the building or structure being
demolished or any adjacent building or
structure endangering the workers.
E Demolition shall proceed systematically,
storey by storey, in a descending order and
the work on the upper floors shall be
completely over before removing any of the
supporting members of the structure on the
lower floor. This shall not prohibit the
demolition in section, in the same descending
order if means are taken to prevent injury to
workers and damage to property.
F All precautions shall be taken to void damage
from collapse of a building being demolished
or any part of it when any part of the framing
is removed from a framed or partly famed
building.
G No building or any part of the structure shall
be overloaded with debris or materials to
render it unsafe and hazardous to persons
working.
H Adequate precautions shall be taken to avoid
danger from any sudden twisting springing or
collapse of any steel or ironwork cut or
released.
I No workers shall stand on top of wall, pier or
chimney more than six (6) meters (18 ft.)
high unless safe flooring or adequate
scaffolding or staging is provided on all sides
of the wall, three (3) meters (9 ft.) away
from he is working.
J A truss, girder, or other structural member
shall not be disconnected until it has been:
 Relieved of all loads other than its own
weight, and
 Provided with temporary supports.
K Stairs and stair railings, passageways and
ladders shall be demolished last.
L When demolition is suspended or
discontinued all access to the remaining
part of the building shall be fenced or
barricaded.
 The demolition area where work is done by
mechanical devices such as weight balls or
power shovels shall:
 Be barricaded for a minimum distance
of 1 ½ times the height of the
structure.
 Not allow entrance of unauthorized
persons.
 Arranged and maintained so the
mechanical devices used shall not
cause any damage to adjacent
structures, power lines or public road.
 RULE 1419.01 : SUPERVISION
 A competent person shall be appointed in charge
of and personally present at a blasting
operations who shall supervise the fixing of all
charges and other blasting activities.
 The names of persons designated to handle,
transport, prepare or use dynamite or other high
explosives shall be posted in the field and on or
in the magazine.
 No person inexperienced in handling dynamite
or other high explosives shall handle, transport,
prepare or use dynamite, unless the inexperienced
person work under the personal supervision of a
person with experience in blasting operations.
 A record of explosives received and used shall
be properly maintained and open for inspection by
the enforcing authority.
RULE 1419.02 : BLASTING
 Only the quantity of dynamite required for
immediate use in blasting of a part of a
building or other structure shall be removed
from the magazine.
 No holes shall be drilled:
 Within 3.3 m. (10 ft.) of a hole
containing explosives or blasting agents.
 Within 6.6 m. (20 ft.) of a hole being
loaded with explosives or blasting
agents.
 Every firing circuit in connection with
blasting operations shall be broken in a
suitable manner at a safe distance from the
blasting area.
 When a charge is fired, steps shall
be taken to see that persons
employed are in a position free from
the explosives or from flying
objects.
 The appliance provisions of Rule
1140 shall also apply to the use,
handling, and storage of explosives
in construction safety.
CP # 0916 – 431 – 4984 (8am to 5pm)
Monday to Friday ONLY