QUARTER 1 MODULE 3

SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE

Why do we have these signage’s?

Of course, they are for everyone’s safety. According to Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE), Work Immersion is an integral part of the K-12 Program in fully
realizing its goal to produce job-ready graduates quipped with industry – base skills.
Likewise, it strongly affirms that while work immersion contributes to the full
realization of the objectives of the K to 12 Program, the safety, health, and morals of
SHS students, especially those below 18 years of age, shall be a paramount area of
consideration. Pacu.org.ph/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2017/06/MsRuthRodriguez_DOLE-BLE-ESPRD-K12WIP.pdf

Hence, being a Work Immersion student, who will also become employees or even
an employer, or an entrepreneur soon, you must learn this lesson: Safety in the
Workplace.
To learn about this, let us be familiarized with what Occupational Safety and
Health Standards (OSHS) is.
This was formulated in 1978 in compliance with the constitutional mandate to
safeguard the workers’ social and economic well-being as well as their physical safety
and health.
The Department of Labor and Employment under Article 162 of the Labor
Code of the Philippines, the OSHS was promulgated for the guidance and compliance
of all concerned. This body of rules and regulations is referred to as “Standards”
OSHS aims to protect every workingman and woman against the dangers of
injury, sickness or death through safe and healthful working conditions, thereby
assuring the conservation of valuable manpower resources and
the prevention of loss or damage to lives and properties, consistent with national
development goals and with the State’s commitment for the total development of
every worker as a complete human being.
https://gselodelmsapp.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/osh_standards_amended_1989_lates
t. pdf
Here are some definitions you also have to understand:
 “Employer” includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an
employer, in relation to an employee, and shall include government- owned or controlled
corporations and institutions, as well as non-profit private institutions or organizations.

“Employee” shall mean any person hired, permitted or suffered to work by an employer.

“Safe or Safety” shall refer to the physical or environmental conditions of work or

employment, which substantially comply with the provisions of these Standards.

“Health” shall connote a sound state of the body and mind of the worker, which enables
him to perform his job normally, in a state of well-being.

“Work Accident” shall mean an unplanned or unexpected occurrence that may or may
not result in personal injury, property damage, work stoppage or interference or any
combination thereof, which arises out of and in the course of employment.

“Work Injury” shall mean any injury or occupational illness suffered by a person, which
arises out of or in the course of his employment.

” Workplace” means the office, premises or work site, where the workers are habitually
employed and shall include the office or place where the workers, who have no fixed or
definite work site, regularly report for assignment in the course of their employment.

Duties of Employers, Workers and other Persons:

(1) Each employer covered by the provisions of these Standards shall:

a. furnish his workers a place of employment free from hazardous conditions that are causing
or are likely to cause death, illness or physical harm to his workers;

b. Give complete job safety instructions to all his workers, especially to those entering the
job for the first time, including those relating to the familiarization with their work
environment, hazards to which the workers are exposed to and steps taken in case of
emergency;

c. Comply with the requirements of this Standards; and

d. use only approved devices and equipment in his workplace.

(2) Each worker shall:

a. Cooperate with the employer in carrying out the provisions of this Standards

b. report to his supervisor any work hazard that may be discovered in his workplace.

c. Make proper use of all safeguards and safety devices furnished in accordance with the
provisions of this Standards for his protection and that of others, and shall follow all
instructions given by the employer in compliance with the provisions of this Standards.

d. use personal protection and safety equipment as required by the employer

e. Follow work safe procedures

(3) It shall be the duty of any person, including any builder or contractor or enforcement
agent, who visits, builds, renovates, or installs devices, or conducts business in any
establishment or workplace, to comply with the provisions of this Standards and all
regulations of the employer issued there under as well as with other subsequent issuances of
the Secretary.
ACTIVITIES

Activity 1: Spot the Hazard

Directions: Below are pictures of the workplace,

encircle the hazard and complete the table below.

A. Home Dangers

From National Safety Council

Spot the Hazard Assessment Make the changes

List the hazards Describe the risks Suggest ways to control

the risk
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2. 2. 2.

3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4.
5. 5. 5.

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/
students/beyond/Pages/resources.aspx

B. Warehouse Dangers

Spot the Hazard Assessment Make the changes

List the hazards Describe the risks Suggest ways to control

the risk
 1. 1. 1.

2. 2. 2.

3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4.
5. 5. 5.

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/students/beyond/Pages/resources.aspx
C. Office Dangers

Spot the Hazard Assessment Make the changes

List the hazards Describe the risks Suggest ways to control

the risk
1. 1. 1.

2. 2. 2.

3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4.
5. 5. 5.

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/
students/beyond/Pages/resources.aspx

Activity 2: Risky Experience

Think of a most risky activity you have already experienced either at home, in school,
barangay or any place you have visited. Shortly narrate your experiences on how you
discovered and dealt with it or how you resolved it.