Importance of Safety and Health-1

Importance of
Safety and Health
Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

CONSTRUCTION MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Session Objectives
• Describe the elements of the Philippine OSH
situation;
• Recognize the present safety and health

situations in the construction industry;
• Identify the leading causes of accidents

(hazards) in construction sites;
• Understand the importance of safety and

health in the construction industry.

Global OSH Situationer (2014)
• International Labour Organization
Report
❑ 160 Million work-related illnesses /
diseases reported
❑ 2,300,000 workers DIE every year
✓ 2,000,000 work-related diseases
✓ 300,000 work-related accidents

Global OSH Situationer
❑ 6,300 die everyday
❑ Every 15 seconds:
•1 worker dies from a work-related accident or
disease.
• 160 workers have a work-related accident.
❑ Each year, 22,000 children are killed by work
accidents!

Employment by Major Industry Group
2017
January
ALL INDUSTRIES 39,347,000
AGRICULTURE 10,027,000
..Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry 8,870,000
..Fishing 1,157,000
INDUSTRY 6,837,000
..Mining and Quarrying 179,000
..Manufacturing 3,281,000
..Electricity, Gas and Water Supply 87,000
..Construction 3,215,000

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 are
construction fatalities

Trades in Construction Industry

Employment by Construction Industry
BASED ON PSA DATA

Distribution of Construction Projects
BASED ON PSA DATA

Work-related Accident Cases, By Industry

Occupational Injuries
INDICATOR 2000 2007 2009

By Causeof Injury
Falls of persons 94 93 164
Struckby falling objects 186 139 103
Stepping on, striking againstor struck byobjects,
excluding falling objects 493 241 243

Caughtin or between objects 128 91 94
Over-exertion or strenuousmovements 79 35 39
Exposure to or contact with extreme temperatures 43 8 40
Exposure to or contact with electric current 33 60 39
Exposure to or contact with harmful substancesor radiations 132 149 57
Others 40 21 12

Occupational Injuries
INDICATOR 2000 2007 2009

By Agent of Injury
Buildings, Structures NA 180 194

Prime Movers NA 42 34
Distribution Systems NA - 58
Hand Tools NA 124 126
Machines, Equipment NA 101 82
Conveying/Transport/PackagingEquipment or Vehicles NA 45 26
Materials, Objects NA 202 180
Chemical Substances NA 88 61
Human, Animals,Plants, etc. NA 1 18
Others NA 54 12

Leading Causes of Accidents

Severity of Injury

Time of Accident

Iceberg Theory
Direct Costs
Indirect Costs

Direct Cost of Accidents
• Medical Expenses
• Equipment Damage
• Wasted Raw Materials
• Insurance Premiums
• Litigation Expenses

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

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

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

Why COSH?
To provide the participants the

knowledge and skills on
occupational safety and health
(OSH) in a hazardous
environment that will enable
them to plan and/or develop
their company’s Safety and
Health Program and comply
with the requirements of OSHS.

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
• Occupational Safety and
Health is devoted to the
recognition and control
of factors (hazards) in the
workplace, which may
cause death, disability,
injury, sickness, or great
discomfort and
inefficiency among the
workers.

Occupational Safety and Health Practices

Focus of OSH
PEOPLE
Workforce
Management of the Equipment
workforce
Policies Behavior Environment
ENVIRONMENT
Physical surroundings
Natural environment
Community, social & legal
influences
MATERIALS
Used, worked or made
EQUIPMENT
Tools and Machinery
Materials For occupational
health and safety
Accident causation professionals,
refers to the factors determining
that are the primary causation factors
reasons behind in any
an accident. workplace injury
Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines or accident is the
OSH LAWS & ISSUANCES
DO 13 – Guidelines
Governing Safety and
Health in the
Construction Industry
DO 198-18 – Implementing
Book IV, Title I – Occupational Safety Rules and Regulations of
Medical, Dental and and Health Standards, Republic Act No. 11058
Occupational Safety (OSHS) 1978 ”An Act Strengthening
Compliance with
Occupational Safety and
Health Standards and
Providing Penalties for
Importance of OSH
•Everyone has a
right to a safe and
healthy
workplace.
•OSH is
prevention of
workplace injuries
and diseases

Clear Points
• Knowledge and skills on occupational safety and health
(OSH) will enable us to plan and develop Safety and
Health Program
• Construction Industry continues to be the major cause
of death and disabilities.
• Preventing accidents is the best management strategy
in reducing accidents costs.
• Determining causation factors in any workplace injury
or accident is the key.


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Importance of

Safety and Health

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

• Recognize the present safety and health

• Identify the leading causes of accidents

• Understand the importance of safety and

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

..Electricity, Gas and Water Supply 87,000

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

BASED ON PSA DATA

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

BASED ON PSA DATA

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

INDICATOR 2000 2007 2009

Stepping on, striking againstor struck byobjects,

excluding falling objects 493 241 243

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

INDICATOR 2000 2007 2009

Buildings, Structures NA 180 194

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

To provide the participants the

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

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