Importance of Safety

and Health

Engr. CRESENCIO P. NATIVIDAD JR., ASEAN Engr

CP No. +63-9263397444
Civil/Structural Engineer
Structural Specialist No. 166
Project Management and Construction Engineering Specialist No. 452
Member, Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP)
Member, Institution of Specialist Structural Engineers of the Philippines Inc. (ISSEP)
Member, Association of Civil Engineering Educators of the Philippines (ACEEP)
Secretary, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE), Cagayan Chapter
Session Objectives

At the end of the session, the participants

will be able to:

list the leading causes of accidents in construction

sites

recognize the present safety and health situations in

the construction industry

articulate the importance of safety and health in the

construction industry

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Global OSH Situationer

International Labour Organization Report

 270 Million accidents reported

 350,000 of which are fatal

 160 Million work-related illnesses / diseases

reported

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Global OSH Situationer

 2,000,000 workers DIE every year

 More than 100,000 work fatalities occur every

month

 more than 5,000 everyday

 4 every minute

 Each year, 22,000 children are killed by work

accidents!
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Construction Industry

At least 60,000 fatalities occur at

construction sites, around the world, every
year

1 fatal accident occurs every 10 minutes

Around 17% of all fatalities at work (1 in

every 6) are construction fatalities

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With a highly mobile population of workers
and different contractors working on
dangerous construction sites at the same
time, CONSTRUCTION continues to be a
major cause of death and disabilities.

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 Work Accident Summary
Number of Work Accident Cases (2001-2005)

4000
3500
3000
3,687
2500 2,974 2001
2000 2,586 2002
2,635
1500 2003
1000 2,004 2004
500 2005
0
5-Year Distribution of
Work Accident cases
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 5- Year Distribution of Work-related Accident Cases, By Industry

Total 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

Industry 13,886 2,586 2,004 2,974 3,687 2,635
Agriculture 2 5,650 788 493 1,376 1,891 1,102
Fishing 93 34 8 24 14 13
Mining & Quarrying 261 81 31 50 77 22
Manufacturing 1 5,843 1,270 1,037 1,151 1,343 1,042
Electricity 233 36 21 37 80 59
Construction 4 378 53 38 42 70 175
Wholesale/ Retail etc. 3 732 109 177 170 148 128
Hotel & Restaurant 97 37 31 25 4 -
Transport.,Storage & Comm. 5 375 86 113 62 38 76
Financial Intermediation 6 4 - 1 - 1
Real Estate etc. 87 47 24 4 7 5
Education 1 - - - - -
Health & Social Work 24 21 3 - - -
Other, Community, Personal Serv. 105 20 27 32 14 12
Public Administration 1 - - - 1 -
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 Work Accident Summary

Five-Year Distribution of Work Accident Cases

By Industry(2001-2005)

Agriculture
6,000
Manufacturing
5,000
5,650 Construction
4,000 Mining &
5,843
Quarying
3,000 Wholesale &
Retail
Transport &
2,000
Comm.
Hotels &
1,000 732 Restaurant
378 261 375 97
0
Industry
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 5- Year Distribution of Work Accident Cases By Industry

(2001-2005)
Agriculture
6,000
Manufacturing
5,000
5,650 Construction
4,000 5,843 Mining &
Quarying
3,000 Wholesale &
Retail
Transport &
2,000
Comm.
Hotels &
1,000 732 Restaurant
378 261 375
97
0
Industry

Agriculture
13,000
12,000 Manufacturing
11,000 12,179
10,000 Construction
9,000
8,000 Mining &
Quarying
7,000
5562 Wholesale &
6,000 Retail
5,000 Transport &
4,000 Comm.
3,000 2736 Hotels &
2,000 Restaurant
1,000 627 530 512 207
0
Industry
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(1996-2000)
 Work Accident Summary
Number of Reporting Establishments (2001-2005)

300
250 290
2001
200 241 238 237 2002
226
150 2003
2004
100
2005
50
0

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 Work Accident Summary
Number of Reporting Establishments (2001-2005)
300
250 290
2001
200 241 238 237 2002
226
150 2003
2004
100
2005
50

Number of Reporting Establishments (1996-2000)

500

400 484
455 '2000
300 '1999
280 '1998
200 289
'1997
204 '1996
100

0
No. of reporting establishments
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 5- Year Distribution of Work-related Accident Cases, By Region

Total 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

All Regions 13,886 2,586 2,004 2,974 3,687 2,635
NCR 3 1,430 362 266 252 273 277
CAR 209 38 33 36 83 19
I Ilocos Region 118 20 27 37 6 28
II Cagayan Valley 24 24 - - - -
III Central Luzon 5 490 53 100 46 131 160
IV Southern Tagalog 2 2,694 675 248 444 783 544
V Bicol Region 25 3 10 8 2 2
VI Western Visayas 100 20 11 17 11 41
VII Central Visayas 30 1 5 2 8 14
VIII Eastern Visayas 116 38 18 9 32 19
IX Western Mindanao 10 - - - 6 4
X Northern Mindanao 42 2 7 12 12 9
XI Southern Mindanao 1 7,155 1,092 808 1,792 2,067 1,396
XII Central Mindanao 4 1,261 233 355 305 256 112
XIII CARAGA 81 23 16 15 17 10
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ARMM 2 2 - - - -
 OSHC Study (1998)

Factors That Contribute

to the Occurrence of Accidents
in the Construction Industry

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Leading Causes of Accidents

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Severity of Injury

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 Type of Trade

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Month of Occurrence

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Time of Accident

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 Why the need for OSH?

Family
Regulatory Agencies
Employee Health

SAFETY

Accident Costs
Production
Corporate
Image Quality

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 I Direct Costs
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Indirect Costs
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Direct Cost of Accidents

 Medical Expenses
 Equipment Damage
 Wasted Raw Materials
 Insurance Premiums
 Litigation Expenses

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Indirect Cost of Accidents
1 Injured Workers
 Lesser productivity due to interruption on day of
injury
 Loss in efficiency
 Loss of income
2 Other Employees
 loss productivity due to:
 work stoppage out of curiosity
 when assisting injured worker
 due to inspection
 Loss in efficiency out of sympathy to the injured
 Additional cost due to completion of added work
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Indirect Cost of Accidents
3. Supervisors
 lost productivity :
 when assisting the injured
 due to accident investigation
 in preparing reports
 during inspection
4. Replacement worker
 hiring or training
5. Equipment
 downtime
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 Humane Aspects

Sorrow due to loss

Hardships and inconveniences
Physical pain/discomfort
Psychological problems

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Mathematics of Accidents

+ ADDS to your Troubles

- SUBTRACTS from your Profits
x MULTIPLIES your Losses

/ DIVIDES worker from Manager

% DISCOUNTS your Successes

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 If you think TRAINING is expensive,
try IGNORANCE;
if you think SAFETY is costly,
try ACCIDENT!

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