PRE-IMMERSION | MODULE 3

SAFETY IN THE
WORKPLACE
Identify the following illustrations.
“”...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.
OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND
HEALTH
STANDARDS
 Formulated in 1978 in compliance with
the constitutional mandate to safeguard
OHSH the worker’s social and economic well-
STANDARDS being as well as their physical safety and
health.
Promulgated for the guidance and
compliance of all concerned under
Article 162 of the Labor Code of the
Philippines
Aims to protect every employees against
the danger of injury, sickness or death
through safe and healthful working
conditions
Assuring the conservation of valuable
manpower resources and the prevention
of loss or damage to lives and properties
DEFINITION OF
TERMS
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
any person hired, permitted or suffered to work by an
employer
SAFE OR SAFETY
refers to the physical or environmental conditions of work
or employment, which substantially comply with the
provisions of these Standards
DEFINITION OF
TERMS
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
DEFINITION OF
TERMS
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 & RESPONSIBILITIES
EMPLOYERS
• Give a place of employment
free from hazardous conditions
• Give complete job safety
instructions
• Comply with the requirements
of this Standards
• Use only approved devices and
equipment in his workplace
WORKERS OTHER PERSON
• Cooperate with the employer • Comply with the provisions of
this Standards and all
• Report any work hazard to his regulations issued by the
supervisor employer
• Make proper use of all
safeguards and safety devices
• Use personal protection and
safety equipment
• Follow work safe procedures
WHAT IS
HAZARD?
Hazard if anything with potential to cause
injury, illness or damage.

TYPES OF HAZARDS:
1. Physical Hazards

2. Biological Hazards

3. Ergonomic Hazards

4. Psychological Hazards
MEANING OF SAFETY SIGNS IN
THE WORKPLACE
PROHIBITION WARNING MANDATORY EMERGENCY

• Be careful
• Dangerous • Specific • Doors
• Take
behavior behavior or • Exits
precautions
• Stop action • Escape routes
• Hazard
• Shutdown • Equipment
nearby
• Emergency and facilities
cut-out
devices
• Evacuate
PHYSICAL
HAZARDS
These are brought by unhealthy
working conditions, poor lighting, poor
ventilation, insufficient facilities,
inefficient or faulty equipment or
machine, and improper work practices
like wrong use of knives.
BIOLOGICAL
HAZARDS
These are brought about by workers
infected with diseases or illnesses,
unhygienic personal practices that can
transmit bacteria, parasites, fungi to
other workers and food and equipment
being handled.
ERGONOMIC
HAZARDS
These are brought by poor posture when
working long periods of standing,
bending, pushing, lifting, carrying that
can cause body stress, muscle pains,
and soreness, back injury, numbness of
hands, feet and other parts of the body.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
HAZARDS
These are brought by too much stress
from work that may cause mental
emotional strains, anxieties, depression
losing focus on one’s work and others.
 WHEN POTENTIAL HAZARD IS
DISCOVERED, WHAT DOES AN
EMPLOYEE NEED TO DO?

Be sure that Inform or notify

Record of file any
every individual your supervisor,
Make a follow reports or
in the workplace then get going on
up. documents about
is aware of the that safety
the problem.
problem. committee plan.
TIPS FOR
KEEPING ONESELF CLEAN

1. Wash hands thoroughly.

2. Keep the finger nails short and clean.

3. Always wear PPE while at work.

4. Wear mask anywhere and anytime.

5. Remove all accessories before

working.
TIPS FOR
KEEPING THE FOOD CLEAN
1. Never handle food when you have
wounds, cuts and infections.
2. It is best to work with clean and
sanitized gloves all tomes to minimize
hand contact with food.
3. Refrigerate food, especially perishable
ones.
4. Keep food in a clean containers with
covers
TIPS FOR
KEEPING THE FOOD CLEAN
5. Wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly
before use.
6. Check food and containers for any
possible contamination.
7. Clean the containers of ingredients
regularly.
8. Follow the policy first in, first out
(FIFO)
9. Label package of food to determine
information.
TIPS FOR KEEPING THE
WORKPLACE CLEAN
1. Do not keep personal hygiene activities
in the workplace.
2. Do not eat, smoke or spit in the
workplace.
3. Do not sit on equipment and
worktables.
4. Keep the surrounding areas free from
dirt and disorganization.
 JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY OF
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
SEIRI SEITON SEISO SEIKETSU SHITSUKE

Throw Set
Clean the Standardize Practice the
away all everything
workplace; the way of 5-S daily,
rubbish and in proper
everyone maintaining make it a
unrelated place quick
should be a cleanliness way of life
materials in for quick
janitor
the retrieval
workplace and storage
THANK YOU
PRE-IMMERSION | MODULE 3
SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE