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DEPARTMENT ORDER No. 13 Series of 1998-Guidelines within the construction site. All full-time safety and health
Governing OSH in the Construction Industry personnel must be accredited by DOLE.
OBJECTIVES Safety Personnel Requirement: DO 16 & DO 13
• To ensure the protection and welfare of workers
employed in the construction industry
• To ensure protection and welfare of the general
public within and around the immediate vicinity of
any construction worksite as well as the
promotion of harmonious employer-employee
relationships
• To take into consideration industry practices and
applicable gov’t. requirements Occupational Health Personnel
SALIENT FEATURES OF DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 13, series of
1998-Department Order No. 13 :
Otherwise known as the Guidelines Governing Occupational
Safety and Health in the Construction Industry.
CONTENT
Section 1: Definition of terms
25 terms as used in the guidelines were defined in order to
clarify their meaning and to distinguish them from similar terms as
defined in other issuances
Section 2: Jurisdiction Occupational Health Facilities
The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment, by Per 100 workers in excess of 300
virtue of Article 162 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, has the
authority to issue appropriate laws related to the administration Within 5 kms. Or 25 min. of travel
and enforcement of occupational safety and health in the Emergency Health Provider
Philippines Section 8: Emergency Occupational Health Personnel and
Section 3: Delegation of Authority Facilities
DOLE has the power to delegate some enforcement powers to – The same provisions of the existing
other government agencies and to private organizations provided Occupational Safety and Health Standards
that they have adequate personnel and facilities (These cover (OSHS) are reiterated. The provision for an
Technical Safety Inspections) emergency health provider was allowed. All
Section 4: Coverage other requirement such as emergency
The guidelines shall apply to all construction activities, including medicines, supplies, equipment and
demolition, whether owned by the private or the government facilities shall conform with the OSHS.
sector Section 10: Safety on Construction Heavy Equipment
Section 5: Construction Safety and Health Program A specific guide for testing, transport, erection and maintenance
Before the start of the actual construction, the construction of heavy equipment is formulated. All heavy equipment operators
project manager shall prepare and submit to DOLE a must be tested and certified by TESDA, while heavy equipment
comprehensive construction safety and health program (for shall be tested by DOLE recognized association/organizations.
approval of the Bureau of Working Conditions) which shall include, Daily routine inspection to be conducted by duly certified
but not limited to: mechanics/ operators, routine inspection by DOLE accredited
• Composition of the construction professionals.
safety and health committee Maintenance of a separate construction logbook for each
• Specific H&S policies within the equipment
construction site Section 11: Construction Safety and Health Committee
• Penalties for violation All construction sites must have a general Construction Safety
• Training of workers and Health Committee composed of safety and health
• Waste disposal representatives from each sub-contractor. The construction
• Other requirements of D.O. No. project manager shall head the committee. Each subcontractor
13, series of 1998 shall have its own safety and health committee based on the
• Section 6: Personal Protective Equipment existing requirements of the OSHS.
All employers must provide personal protective equipment for Duties :Direct accident prevention efforts in accordance with
all employees needing such equipment. All other persons rules/ program
entering the construction site must wear the necessary protective Conducts toolbox meetings everyday
equipment. The equivalent cost for the provision of PPE shall be Review inspections and accident investigation reports
an integral part of the project cost. Prepare and submit to DOLE minutes of committee
Section 7: Safety Personnel meetings, work accidents and illnesses, and other
A means of coordination was established wherein the main or reporting requirements
general contractor shall have over-all management and Assist government inspectors
 Initiate/ supervise safety and health training for The employer shall provide for adequate supply of safe drinking
employees water, adequate sanitary and washing facilities in order to ensure
Develop and maintain a disaster contingency plan humane conditions of work.
Section 12: Safety and Health Information Section 17: Cost of Construction Safety and Health Program
A detailed safety and health information system is included in the The total cost of the Construction Safety and Health Program
guidelines. These include orientation, instructions, and training Shall be a mandatory integral part of the construction project. It
for workers; means of conveying safety related information to all shall be treated as a separate pay item and reflected in the
workers and specialized instructions and trainings for specialty project’s bid tender documents.
workers and operators Section 18: Effects on Other Issuances Definition of terms
General Safety and Health Measures Provisions of other existing occupational safety and health
l Basic rights and duties of workers guidelines not inconsistent with this Guidelines shall form part of
l Emergency procedures this Department Order. Standards, rules and regulations not
l Good housekeeping specifically provided shall remain in full force and effect. However,
l Welfare and first-aid facilities in the event that any provisions of the Guidelines is declared
l Care and use of PPE invalid by competent authority, the rest of the provisions thereof
l Personal hygiene and health protection not affected shall remain in full force and effect.
l Safety and health rules and regulations Safety and Health Committee
Daily tool box meetings Composition
Section 13: Construction Safety and Health Training Chairperson: Project Manager
All safety personnel assigned within the construction site are Secretary: General Construction Safety and
required to undergo the basic construction safety training course Health Officer
prescribed by the Bureau of Working Conditions. Continuing Members: Construction Safety and Health
training (minimum of 16 hours per year) for all full-time safety Officers
personnel shall also be a responsibility of each constructor. Safety Rep. from
Specialized instruction and training Subcontractors
l Operation of construction equipment Health Personnel
l Erection or dismantling of scaffolds Workers’
l Excavation works Representatives (minimum of 3)
l Handling of explosives Duties : Plan, develop and oversee the implementation of
l Workers engaged in pile-driving accident prevention programs
l Compressed air, cofferdams, and caissons Section 19: Violations and Penalties
l Erection of steel structural frames and tall chimneys Violations committed by constructors as determined by DOLE after
l Handling hazardous substance and materials due process shall be considered as prima facie case of a
l Rigging and signaling construction mal-performance of grave consequence under RA
Section 14: Construction Safety and Health Reports 4566 (Constructors’ Licensing Law) as amended and pertinent IRR.
The monthly submission of summary reports to DOLE is required. In cases of imminent danger situations, the
The summary reports shall include safety committee meeting procedures/requirements of the OSHS and DOLE regulations shall
agreements, accident investigation reports, and hazard be applied.
assessments with corresponding remedial action/measures Section 20: Effectivity
required. The Guidelines shall be immediately effective, that is, 15 days after
l Notification of major accidents to DOLE within 24 hours publication in newspapers of general circulation, as provided in
Article 5 of the Labor Code.
D.O. No. 13, s.1998 was signed on July 23, 1998 and published on
Section 15: Construction Worker’s Skills August 1, 1998 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and on August 3,
A Skills certificate shall be required for construction related 1998 in People’s Tonight
occupations which have been classified as “Critical Occupations”
by TESDA. CONSTRUCTION SITE PREMISES
An occupational shall be considered as critical – GENERAL PROVISIONS: Protection to every workingman against
 When it may affect and endanger the dangers of injury, sickness or death through safe and healthful
people’s lives and limbs working conditions, thereby assuring the conservation of valuable
 When it involves the handling of manpower resources and the prevention of loss or damage to
hazardous tools, equipment, lives and properties.
supplies ACCIDENT PREVENTION
 When it requires a relatively long  Real factor in the economic success of any
period of education and training construction job.
 When the performance of the  Methods of prevention
job may compromise the safety,  Ample evidence
health and environment  profitable
concerns within the immediate  lower cost and greater efficiency
vicinity of the construction site. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION SITE REQUIREMENTS
Section 16: Worker’s Welfare Facilities  Accident prevention is a legal requirement
  Complete understanding between the owner and the  Area of safety sign that contains the signal word and
contractor the safety alert symbol
 Practical experience in running construction jobs MESSAGE PANEL
 Accident prevention as part of advance planning  Area of the safety sign that contains the word
 Protection of workers and the public messages which identify the hazard, indicate how to
 Applicable gov’t standard regulations avoid the hazard and advise of the probable
CONSTRUCTION HAZARDS consequence of not avoiding the hazard
 Open Excavation SYMBOL/PICTORIAL PANEL
 Falling Objects  Area of the safety sign that contains the
 Welding Operations symbol/pictorial
 Dust Dirt SAFETY COLOR CODE: Will supplement the proper guarding or
 Temporary Wirings warning of hazardous conditions
 Temporary Overhead Electrical Lines -Not a substitute for engineering or administrative controls,
Construction Site Requirement including training, to eliminate identifiable hazards
 Construction premises shall have adequate fire, SAFETY RED: Fire Protection.
emergency or danger sign and safety instructions of To call attention to fire protection equipment apparatus and
standard colors and sizes visible at all times facilities
Construction Safety Signage SAFETY GREEN: Safety. Designating Safety
Any, but not limited to, emergency or danger sign, Location of first aid equipment; location of safety devices; safety
warning sign or safety instruction, of standard colors and sizes in bulletin boards
accordance with the specifications for standard colors of signs for Safety WHITE: Traffic. White, black, or a combination of these are
safety instructions and warnings in building premises as described the basic colors for the designation of traffic and housekeeping
in Table II of the OSH Standards. marking. Solid white, solid black, single color stripping or alternate
WARNING/SAFETY SIGN stripes of black and white.
 A visual alerting device in the form of a label, placard Housekeeping – location of refuse cans; white corners for rooms
or other marking which advises the observer of the and passageways, drinking fountains and food dispensing
nature and degree of potential hazards which can equipment location
cause injury or death Traffic – location and width of aisleways; deadends of aisles and
passageways; stairways and directional signs
SAFETY YELLOW: Caution. To designate caution and for marking
physical hazards, such as striking against, stumbling, falling,
WARNING SIGNS tripping and caught in between. Solid yellow, yellow and black
 Safety Signs and Labels : ANZI Z535.4 stripes, yellow and black checkers or yellow with suitable
 Color Codes : ANZI Z535.1 contrasting background
 Safety Symbols : ANZI Z535.3 SAFETY ORANGE: Alert. To designate dangerous parts of machines
Should alert persons to the following: and energized equipment which may cut, crush, shock or
 Specific hazards otherwise injure, and to emphasize such hazards when enclosure
 Degree or level of seriousness doors are open or when gear, belt, or other guards around moving
 Probable consequence of involvement with equipment are open or removed, exposing unguarded hazards
the hazards SAFETY BLUE: Precaution. To designate caution, limited to warning
 How hazards can be avoided against starting use of, or the movement of equipment which is
LOCATION under repair or being worked upon
Safety signs shall be placed such that they will:  “Men at Work”
-Be readily visible to the intended viewer  “Under Repair”
-Alert the viewer to the potential hazard in time to take SAFETY BLUE: Precaution. To designate caution, limited to warning
appropriate action against starting use of, or the movement of equipment which is
PROTECTION under repair or being worked upon“Men at Work” “Under Repair”
Against foreseeable damage, fading or visual obstruction caused Where Signages are Needed
by abrasion, ultra-violet light, or substance such as lubricants,  Usage of PPE prior to entry to the project site
chemical and dirt.  Potential risks of falling object
DIMENSION  Potential risks of falling
S  L2/2000  Explosives and flammable substances are used or
Where: S & L= expressed in the same unit of measurement stored
S = Area of Safety Sign  Tripping or slipping hazards
L = Distance of Observation  Danger from toxic or irritant airborne
PANEL: Area of safety sign having distinctive background color contaminants/substances may exist
different from adjacent areas of the sign, which is clearly  Contact with or proximity to electrical/facility
delineated by a line, border or margin equipment
THREE (3) PANELS PER SIGN: Signal Word: Message: Symbol  Contact with dangerous moving parts of machineries
SIGNAL WORD PANEL and equipment
 Fire alarms and fire fighting equipment
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Worker’s Welfare Facilities DANGERS FROM ELECTRICITY: Shock.Burn. Fire

 Source of drinking water TWO TYPES OF ELECTRICAL HAZARD
 Sanitary and washing facilities Physical hazard- is a problem in which the equipment or area
 Living accommodation surrounding it poses a threat due to physical condition
 Separate sanitary, washing and sleeping facilities for Behavioral hazard- is when a person, by the way they act or
men and women behave, poses a threat for electrical accident
ELECTRIC SHOCK OCCURRENCE MECHANISM
Construction Safety Premises: Construction Site Housekeeping  Breakdown of insulation
CLEAR POINTS  Human body comes in contact with bare conductor
1. Housekeeping means there is a place for everything  Current flows through the human body
and everything is in place. It is everybody’s business to EFFECT TO THE HUMAN BODYDisturbance to normal body
observe it in the workplace. function
2. Housekeeping is important because it lessens  Burns on body tissue
accidents and related injuries and illnesses; it therefore  Secondary accident
improves productivity, and minimizes direct and  Involuntary grip
indirect costs of accidents/illnesses.  Ventricular fibrillation
3. The 5S is a very practical, simple and proven approach  Death
to improving housekeeping in the workplace. PROTECTIVE MEANS
 Use of grounding system
What are the signs of DISORDER  Decrease the line to earth voltage
1. Cluttered and poorly arranged areas  Use equipment with double insulating structure
2. Untidy piling of materials]  Installation of earth leakage circuit breaker
3. Piled-on material damaging other material  Equipment utilizing extra low voltage
4. Items no longer needed  Remote control system
5. Blocked aisleways REMINDERS
6. Material stuffed in corners and out-of-the-way places  Strictly follow established standards
7. Materials gathering rust and dirt from disuse  Install temporary or permanent electrical installations
8. Excessive quantities of items properly
9. Overcrowded bins and containers  Place warning signs
10. Overflow storage areas and shelves  Use protective devices
11. Broken containers and damaged materials  Replace protective device with the same kind and
Deteriorating housekeeping may be the first evidence of a rating
deteriorating safety and health program. Lockout tagout is the de-energizing and securing of equipment,
Rule 1060 OSHS machinery or processes so hazardous energy isn't re-introduced
The 5S of Good Housekeeping during servicing or repair. This includes closing electrical circuits
Seiri (Sort/eliminate) and valves, neutralizing extreme temperatures, securing moving
Seiton (Systematize/organize) parts and more.
Seiso (Sweep/clean/polish) Fire is a chemical reaction between a flammable or combustible
Seiketsu (Sanitize/standardize)/Maintain high standard of substance and oxygen.
housekeeping TRIANGLE OF FIRE
Shitsuke (Self-discipline/training)/ “Do things spontaneously
w/o being told or ordered”
How is 5S implemented?
 Training
 Committees
 Planning
 Self-diagnosis and objective setting
 Monitoring
 Evaluation
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
ELECTRICITY: A fundamental entity of nature consisting of negative
and positive kinds composed of electrons and protons.usually
measured in electrostatic units Flash point - is the lowest temperature at which it gives off
 High Voltage sufficient vapor to form an ignitable mixture with air and produce
660 and a flame when there is an ignition source.
Up Volts
Flammable material – a material having a flashpoint below 100F
 Low Voltage
(37.8C).
Combustible material – a material having a flashpoint at or
above100F (37.8C).
Extinguishments of Fire
 Removal of Fuel
 Limiting Oxygen
 Cooling the Heat
Extinguishing Medium
Class A - Water is the Best Extinguishant
Class B - Metal cover, wet sack, towel, cloth or blanket, sand and
soil
Class C - Main switch is the first consideration. Then what is
useful for A & B can be used here.
Fire Extinguisher
Permanent
 Fire hydrant and hose
 Sprinkler System
 Automatic extinguishing system

Portable Fire Extinguishers

 First-aid fire fighting equipment designed for use on
fires in their early stages
 Needed even if the property is equipped with
automatic sprinklers, standpipe and hose, other fixed
protection equipment
 Designed to be used closed to the burning materials
Types of Portable Fire Extinguishers
 Water
 Foam
 Carbon Dioxide
 Dry Chemical
 Halogenated Agents