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Unit 1
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Introduction to Occupational
Health and Safety
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This unit aims to prepare students with occupational health
and safety awareness related to health, safety, and welfare
issues. This includes the necessary information and
definition of related terms and the historical background of
Occupational health and safety practices.
Health and safety involve everyone in the workplace. Thus,
everyone should have a chance to be involved in
decisionmaking about health and safety issues that may
affect them.
___T_ 2. The target of occupational safety and health programs involve fostering a
safe and healthy work environment.
___T__4. Physical well-being is a broad concept which explains how the different
hazards and risks at work may cause illness and emphasizes that health programs are
essential.
___T__ 6. Occupational Health and Safety includes workers' social, mental, and
physical well-being, a person's totality.
___T__8. Risk is the workplace situation that can harm people's health and safety or
damage plant and equipment.
___T__10. To promote a safe and healthy work environment is the goal of occupational
safety and health.
___T__11.Occupational health and safety encompass the social, mental, and physical
well-being of workers, that is, the whole person.
__T__12. Occupational disease – is a disease arising out of, or during, the course of
employment, and caused by the work a person does
__F__13. The First Industrial Revolution was the shift to new manufacturing processes
in Europe and the United States.
__T__14. Unemployment is the under-use of a worker due to a job that does not use
the worker's skills, is part-time, or leaves the worker idle.
___T__15. Of the total employed persons in the Philippines, the laborers and unskilled
workers comprised the largest group.
Answer:
careful to yourself, for physical health in order for us to stay healthy and have
been working.
2. Each field of Occupational which is the Health, Safety and Industrial hygiene
refers to the health of workers in order to protect each and everyone of us.
Occupational Health focused to the health of the workers to prevent any types
workplace which is more valuable in all aspects since it is for the overall
protection of person well being including the mental health, social health, and
most importantly the people’s physical health. Lastly the Industrial Hygiene is
care of our overall body figure since it is something that people must taking
care of.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
hazardous tasks that can affect our health through any kind of hazards. The
basis of occupational health practice is that we can assure that the workplace
example if you're a factory worker and base from the routine maintenance in
your industry. You as a worker you had to be more specific in everything you
base on your works or jobs whether if you're not assign to, you have to do for
4. Occupational Health and Safety has been focused in protecting all employers
from a hazardous tasks. Thus, and be a good productivity for each workplace
5. The decades has passed, According to the Historical Background of The First
On the statement above, means that lot of workers was very productive for
everything about their jobs despite of our developing country, because that
methods that we may use to minimize the Occupational Health and Safety so
that less injury. While we're in a current generation that we had all
maintenance and routines with a help of a growing population and by the time
our country gradually rise every year in the situation of that we can express
some key events that change over time in occupational health and safety in
the following:
hurt/injury
hazards/risk.
6. According to Republic Act 11508 stated that all employers had a right to
refuse all tasks that can lead to affect all workers health from any types of
hazards. By declaring the legislation all workers can also speak their voices in
order for them to be heard by their own management to secure that their
health is more safety from risks, danger. It doesn't matter if you are in a
position you have because every health of people is more than anything and
Duration: 3 hours
Activity
Brainstorm Activity
(This activity is directed at stimulating group discussion)
Discuss with students what the term Occupational Health and Safety means.
On a sheet of paper, write down potential workplace health and safety issues that
may confront students - at school, at their work experience, traveling to and from
their places or at home.
As a class, list down possible strategies students may use to reduce workplace
hazards, school, or home. Ask students to record and come up with a consolidated
output.
Select students as a speaker to share ideas with the class.
Answer:
a trainer that we confront ourselves in so many ways such as, challenges, conflicts,
wether it is about for our health safety. Here are some issues that we may confront
* Disarranged methods and procedure that doesn't fit workers necessities in terms
* Lack of basic necessities that we can use to protect ourselves from a hazardous
* Doesn't have enough employee to work on during working or doing our job, And in
that case, you felt exhausted and drained until you got home from work that maybe
* As a beginner, we can try really hard to catch up to many veterans workers just to
* Shortage of financial support, travelling to workplace at the same time going back
at home.
* Encounter some traffic experiences, had to go there at the exact time but it's too
late.
Managing health is a given for many people not just only for workers on each
or small establishment that you've been working. Therefore we should try to prevent
* Should use any kind of protective equipment that is safer. For example gloves,
* Limit exposure time to a hazardous task, so that few workers are exposed.
Occupational safety and health are disciplines with a broad scope involving
three significant fields – Occupational Safety, Occupational Health, and
Industrial Hygiene.
In other words, occupational health and safety encompass the social, mental,
and physical well-being of workers, the "whole person".
Successful occupational health and safety practice requires the collaboration and
participation of employers and workers in health and safety programs and involves the
consideration of occupational medicine issues, industrial hygiene, toxicology,
education, engineering safety, ergonomics, psychology, etc.
Occupational health issues are often given less attention than occupational safety
issues because the former are generally more challenging to confront. However, when
health is addressed, so is safety- a healthy workplace is also a safe workplace. The
reverse, though, may not be true- the so-called safe workplace is not necessarily also
healthy. The important pint is that both health and safety issues must be addressed in
every workplace." (Your health and safety at work: INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
AND SAFETY,
risks and the adaptation of work to people, and people to their jobs .”
(International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), 1950
Occupational health has been focused on protecting employees from work-related ill
health. Still, there is now an increasing focus on well-being interventions preventing ill
health in the workforce and dealing with all potential causes of ill health, not just work.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The First Industrial Revolution shifted to new manufacturing processes
in Europe and America, from around 1760 to sometime between 1820 and
workers and the emergence of the science of ergonomics.
1840.
With the RA 11058, employers are now required to comply with occupational
safety and health standards, including informing workers on all types of hazards
in the workplace and having the right to refuse unsafe work and providing
facilities and personal protective equipment for the workers, among others.
With this law, the Philippines come closer to achieving the Sustainable
Development Goal 8.8 to safeguard labor rights and promote safe and secure
working environments. It also boosts the implementation of the WHO-supported
Occupational Health and Safety Sector Plan under the National Environmental
Health Action Plan (2017-2022).
Given the appropriate education, proper training, and the right motivation,
we can do our part in making a safe and healthy workplace.
Abstraction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUo0H-SfWtw
Employment.
This organization is responsible for
private sector.
This organizations develops and
3. OSHC and Health Center undertakes practical testing for safe use
PPE's.
Performs primarily policy and program
References:
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/section/briefing-room/department-of-labor-and-
employment/#:~:text=The%20Department%20of%20Labor%20and,field%20of
%20labor%20and%20employment.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/public-service-announcement-psa-definition-
purpose-guidelines.html
Source:
https://youtu.be/mUo0H-SfWtw
1. Write an essay on the purpose and scope of the Occupational Safety and
Health Standards.
Base on my reading comprehension about the link above. It's stated that
OSHS ( Occupational Safety and Health Standards ) has a lot of rules that
passed the Occupational Health and Safety Standards or the Republic Act
11058 will help to avoid the increasing cases of diseases and injuries in the
work environment that confront the country. While the scope, all the rules of
Workplace safety is very important for each and every employee in the industry
since all the workers are dedicated to work in a safe and protected place. Health and
safety is one of key factor for all the industries in order to promote the wellness of both
employees and employers. It is a duty and moral responsibility of the company to look
after the employee’s protection in order to reduce the any types of hazards and assure
Answer:
1. Awareness of the occupational safety and health is a good example for many
people that is working both local and international industry, Furthermore here's
some awareness of both local and international that can assure that our health is
such as physical and chemical and other hazards that can affect health to a
hazardous tasks. Thus, must know all the general safety practices or issues of
the workplace.
- should aware of the laws about Occupational Safety and Health since you
and regulations that must follow that will prevent or protect overall health.
Each country has the basic occupational Health Practices in order for us to
Organization ( IOL) can figure it out if all the workers are safe and if they are still
involved in Occupational Health Standards are the one who take responsibilities
for us to inform people what’s the status of all the workers wether if it’s in a good
Health Figures showed that close to 50% of work related deaths occur in ASIA. In
the status of health figures of the workers will do. So that here’s the background
of:
In the statement above showed that closed to 50% deaths occur. Meaning
to say It’s not in a possible situation that can all workers is not totally died at that
time, Since it’s on a developing country state as well compared to a country that
is totally developed. But as a workers you cannot deny that although you take all
the responsibilities doesn’t mean the country is more safer than you expected.
related deaths occur in ASIA. Furthermore not half of the population back in 2008
reveal that over 337 million accidents occur in the job annually and still not
confirmed if the people are totally died. And the remaining people are the ones
who still in a good condition but stated that it’s close to 50%.
responsibilities based on their positions of the workplace that they have been
working on.
her/his skills is not suitable for the industries standards and ended up leaving and
What insights can you share from local situations on safety and health?
“Every day, 6,300 people die due to occupational accidents or work-related diseases-
more than 2.3 million deaths per year.
Over 337 million accidents occur on the job annually, resulting in extended absences from
work.
The human cost of this daily adversity is vast, and the economic burden of poor
occupational safety and health practices is estimated at 4% of global Gross Domestic
product each year.
"The safety and health conditions at work are very different between countries, economic
sectors, and social groups. Deaths and injuries take a heavy toll in developing countries,
where a large part of the population is engaged in hazardous activities such as
agriculture, fishing, and mining. Throughout the world, the poorest and least protected- often
women, children, and migrants- are among the most affected." (Safety and Health at work,
International Labour organization, accessed September 6, 2011)
http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/safety-and-health-at-work/lang--en/index.htm)
http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/safety-and-health-at-work/lang--en/index.htm)
Job-related accidents and diseases cause human suffering and loss. The economic
cost is enormous, with some 2 million workers dying each year from work-related
accidents and illnesses, and the figure is on the increase despite efforts to make
progress.
The Philippine government estimates that 2.2 million Filipino workers in medium and
large enterprises enjoy effective occupational safety and health (OSH) protection and
services. In other words, 17 of 18 persons in the nation's 38.8 million workforces do not
benefit from acceptable working conditions. Studies confirm that OSH conditions in
micro-firms and the informal sector pose risks and hazards.
National occupational safety and health culture are one in which the right to a safe and
healthy working environment is respected. It is where governments, employers, and
workers actively participate in securing a safe and healthy working environment through
a system of defined rights, responsibilities, and duties, and where the highest priority is
accorded to the principle of prevention.
Underemployed workers are persons who express the desire to have a new job
with longer working hours. The lowest underemployment rate was observed in
Central Luzon, while the highest was noted in the Bicol Region.
About 2.9 million Filipinos were unemployed in 2010, representing an unemployment
rate of 7.3 percent. The unemployed persons who have attained high school accounted
for 45.2 percent of all unemployed. The proportion of unemployed males was more
significant than that of their female counterparts. ( 2010 Annual Labor and Employment Status,
released February 8, 2011, http://www.cencus.gov.ph/data/press release/2011/pr1111tx.html)
Underemployed person; not having enough paid work or not doing work that makes full
use of their skills and abilities.
Underemployment is the under-use of a worker due to a job that does not use the worker's skills, is
part-time, or leaves the worker idle.
"In developing countries, fatality rates are five to six times higher than in industrialized
nations and in developing countries where, every year, around 170,000 agricultural workers
and 320,000 people die in exposures to biological risks such as viral, bacterial, insect or
animal-
related risks.”
As the statement said that every fifteen seconds one hundred sixty workers have
a work related accident, dies from a disease. The reason why being that, it’s because
of global gross domestic product each year. It’s affected the country’s safe movement
since the lack of interventions of many things and doesn’t have enough production of
product to produce safety in order to reduce the illness or injury from any type of
hazards