SAFETY IN THE

ORGANIZATION
PREPARED BY:

ENGR. RON ARIES L. ESCALER

ENGR. EDGARDO ISON
COURSE OUTLINE:
I. Safety Representatives/Practitioners
II. Safety Consultant
III. Health and Safety Committee
Type A
Type B
Type C
Type D
Type E
Note: The items to be discussed in the following slides are based on the
Occupational Safety and Health Standards (as amended in 2006) released by
the Bureau of Working Conditions of the Department of Labor and
Employment.
SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES
OR PRACTITIONERS
SAFETY PRACTITIONER
(Practitioner in Occupational Safety and Health/Safety Officer)

 Any qualified person as assessed and duly

accredited by the bureau (DOLE-BWC) to practice
and render occupational safety and health services
and are tasked to implement occupational safety
and health programs in the workplace in
accordance with the provision of the Standard.
Requirements for Accreditation of a
Safety Practitioner:
 Must have completed the 40-hour Basic Occupational Safety and
Health Training Course
 Must have at least 3 years of relevant experience in occupational
safety and health
 Must possess the minimum qualifications stated under Rule
1964.01 nos. 1 to 5, whichever may be applicable. (For first-aiders,
nurses and physicians)
 Must be duly-licensed to practice his or her profession in the
Philippines
 If the applicant is a graduate of any 4 or 5-year college course
without a license, he/she must have at least four years of relevant
experience in occupational safety and health.
 If the applicant is a college undergraduate, he/she must have at
least 10 years of relevant experience in occupational safety and
health.
Duties and Responsibilities of a
Safety Practitioner
 To develop, implement and promote occupational safety and
health programs in the work place
 To advise and assist the employer in complying with the
provisions of the Standards, especially in the submission of
reporting requirements
 To perform at least a quarterly appraisal/assessment of the
implementation of the occupational safety and health
programs in the workplace
 To prepare Annual Report of the safety and health programs
in the workplace
 To be present during the scheduled safety inspections by the
authorized government agents and as requested during
regular health and safety meetings
Safety Practitioner Requirement of Different
Types of Workplace:
Number of Workers Number of Safety Officers
Hazardous Highly Hazardous
1-50 1 part-time 1 full-time
51-200 1 full-time 1 full-time and 1 part-
time
201-250 1 full-time and 1 part- 2 full-time
time
251-500 2 full-time 2 full-time and 1 part-
time
Every Additional 500 On additional full-time
or a fraction thereof
Every Additional 250 One additional full-
or a fraction thereof time
 Part-time Safety Officer – shall be required to perform the duties of a Safety Officer at
least six hours per week.

 Hazardous Workplace – refers to a workplace where operations or practices performed by

a worker exposes him/her to hazards likely to cause disabling injury, illness, death or
physical or psychological harm.

 Highly Hazardous Workplace - a workplace where potential hazard within the company
may affect the safety and/or health of workers not only within but also persons outside
the premises of the workplace.
Petrochemical works and refineries
Chemical works and chemical production plants
LPG storage and materials
Stores and Distribution center for toxic/hazardous materials
Large fertilizer stores
Explosives Factories
Works which chlorine is used in bulked
Activities closely similar to the activities enumerated above;
Activities as determined by the Bureau in accordance with existing issuances related to
the classification of the establishment.
SAFETY CONSULTANT
SAFETY CONSULTANT
 Refers to any practitioner in occupational safety and health duly-
accredited by the Bureau to practice, perform, and/or render
consultative or advisory services on occupational safety and health.

Requirements for Accreditation as Safety Consultant:

1. Must be an accredited occupational safety practitioner for at least
5 years with experience in at least 2 fields of specialization.
2. Must have experience in policy formulation and development,
monitoring and evaluation and implementation of occupational
safety and health management systems.
3. Must have completed 80-hour advanced occupational safety and
training course as prescribed by the Bureau; and
4. Must have earned an additional 480 hours of training/seminar or
related learning processes in various field of occupational safety
and health from accredited organizations
HEALTH AND SAFETY
COMMITTEE
Health and Safety Committee

 Is a planning and policy making group in all

matters pertaining to safety and health. In
every place of employment, a health and
safety committee shall be organized within
one month from the date the business starts
operating.
Duties of the Health and Safety
Committee:
1. Plans and develops accident prevention programs for the
establishment.
2. Directs the accident prevention efforts of the establishment in
accordance with the safety programs and government regulations
in order to prevent accidents from occurring in the workplace.
3. Conducts safety meeting at least once a month
4. Review reports of inspection, accident investigation and
implementation of program
5. Submit reports to the manager on its meetings and activities.
6. Provides necessary assistance to government inspecting
authorities in the proper conduct of their activities such as
enforcement of the provisions of the Standards.
7. Initiates and supervises safety trainings for employees.
8. Develops and maintains a disaster contingency plan and
organizes such emergency service units as may be necessary to
handle disaster situations.
Types and Composition of Health and
Safety Committee:
Type A:
- In every workplace having a total of over four hundred
workers, the following shall compose the Health and Safety
Committee:

Chairman - The Manager or his authorized representative

who must be a top operating official.
Members – Two Department Heads
- Four workers (Union members, if organized)
- The company Physician
Secretary - The Safety Man
Types and Composition of Health and
Safety Committee:
Type B:
- In every workplace having a total of over two hundred to
four hundred workers, the following shall compose the Health
and Safety Committee:

Chairman - The Manager or his authorized representative

who must be a top operating official.
Members – One Supervisor
- Three workers (Union members, if organized)
- The company Physician or the company nurse
Secretary - The Safety Man
Types and Composition of Health and
Safety Committee:
Type C:
- In every workplace with one hundred to 200 hundred
workers, the following shall compose the Health and Safety
Committee:

Chairman - The Manager or his authorized representative.

Members – One Foreman
- Three workers (Union members, if organized)
- The company nurse
Secretary - The Safety Man
Types and Composition of Health and Safety
Committee:
Type D:
- In every workplace with less than one hundred workers, the
following shall compose the Health and Safety Committee:
Chairman - The Manager.
Members – One Foreman
- Three workers (Union members, if organized)
- The company nurse/first-aider
Secretary - The Safety Man
Note: In this workplace, a line type safety organization may be
organized.

Line type organization – a form of organization where the

general manager or head of the establishment directs the
health and safety programs and assumes overall responsibility
for the safety in the establishment.
Types and Composition of Health and
Safety Committee:
Type E: Joint Committee
When two or more establishments are housed under one
building, the health and safety committee organized in each
workplace shall form themselves into a joint coordinating
committee to plan and implement programs and activities
concerning all the establishments.

Chairman - The Chairman of the establishment committee.

Members – One supervisor from each establishments
- One worker from each establishments (Union members, if
organized)
Secretary - Appointed by the Chairman (in high rise, the
secretary shall be the building administrator)
Membership of Committee

 The members as provided are minimum

requirements and nothing shall prohibit
increases in the number of members as may
be found necessary.
 Where workers are not organized, they shall

be selected by a simple majority of votes of

the workers.
THANK YOU.