G-7/8

TLE
Module 2
HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

Department of Education • Republic of the Philippines

TLE – Grades 7/8
Alternative Delivery Mode
Week 2 - 5 : Lesson 2: PRACTICE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROCEDURES

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Department of Education • Republic of the Philippines

 G-7/8

TLE
Lesson 2
PRACTICE OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROCEDURES

Department of Education • Republic of the Philippines

INTRODUCTION

This Module is an exploratory course which leads you to Household Services National
Certificate Level II (NCII). It covers the lesson 2, which is Practice Occupational Health and
Safety Procedures.

Your success in this exploratory course on Household Services is shown in your ability
to perform the performance standards found in this module.

Objectives

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. Identify/ Evaluate hazards and risks.
2. Control hazards and risks.
3. Maintain occupational health and safety awareness.

Vocabulary List

Clean Air Act the constitutional law designed to make sure that all Filipinos
have air that is safe to breathe.
generally aqueous wastes with a pH less than or equal to two (2)
Corrosive
or greater than or equal to 12.5.
wastes
the shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from
underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic
Earthquake
activity.

include improperly designed tools or work areas, improper

lifting or reaching, poor visual conditions, or repeated motions
Ergonomic
in an awkward position which can result in accidents or illnesses
Hazards
in the workplace.

intended to ensure by means of training and rehearsal, that in the

Fire drills event of fire.

a set of precautionary measures that are taken to prevent or reduce

the likelihood of a fire that may result in death, injury, or property
Fire safety
damage.

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 the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually
performed by nonexpert, but trained personnel to a sick or
First Aid injured person until definitive medical treatment can be
accessed.

- refers to plant equipment which by their very nature has the

Hazardous potential of causing severe or fatal injury to the worker or
equipment operator.

refer to work operations or practices performed by a worker in

the establishment or workplace in conjunction with or as an
Hazardous
incident to such operations or practices and which expose the
work
employees to hazards likely to cause any disabling injury,
processes
illness, death or physical or psychological harm.

refers to substances which upon exposure results or may result in

Hazardous adverse effects on health and safety of humans in an occupational
materials or setting.
substances

Ignitable liquids with a flash point below 60°C or 140°F.

wastes -
refers to a condition or practice in any workplace that could
reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm
Imminent
before abatement until the enforcement procedures can be
Danger
accomplished.

Mitigation activities - done to eliminate or reduce the probability of

Mitigation disaster occurrence, or reduce the effects of unavoidable
activities disasters.

refers to various environmental factors or stresses that can

cause sickness, impaired health, or significant discomfort in
Occupational
workers and can be classified as chemical, physical, biological
Hazards -
or ergonomic.

the continuous, systematic use of routinely collected health data to

Occupational
guide OSH decisions and actions.
Health Service
interventions conducted to facilitate learning on occupational
safety and health, the results of which can contribute to the
OSH Trainings
attainment of better and improved OSH conditions.

refers to devices worn by workers to protect them against

Personal hazards in the work environment including but not limited to
Protective safety helmet, safety spectacles, face shields, ear plugs/muffs,
Equipment respirators, chemical gloves, safety belt/harness, working
(PPE clothes, and safety shoes.

done to achieve a satisfactory level of readiness to respond to

any emergency situation through programs that strengthen the
Preparedness
technical and managerial capacity of governments,
programs
organizations, and communities.

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Primary
the promotion of health by personal, workplace and
Prevention
community-wide efforts.
Program on
OSH
Reactive those wastes that are unstable, explosive, and capable of
wastes detonation or react violently with water.
a measure that augments the affected population who is
capable of undertaking a growing number of activities aimed
Recovery
at restoring their lives and the infrastructure that supports
them.
aims to provide immediate assistance to maintain life, improve
Response health and support the morale of the affected population.

refers to mechanical, electrical, hydraulic or other device which

prevent or restricts the dangerous or harmful influence on a
Safety device person that can be caused by the machinery, the processed
materials and their surroundings.

refer to occupational safety and health services extended to

workplaces such as but not limited to health examinations,
Technical safety audits, work environment measurement, testing of
Services personal protective equipment, environment assessments as
these relate to work conditions and procedures.

refers to the Philippine Occupational Safety and Health

Standards set for airborne concentrations of substances and
Threshold represents conditions under which workers may be repeatedly
Limit Value exposed for an 8-hours workday at a total of 48 hours per week,
without adverse health effects; (OSHS).

chemicals that pose a hazard to health or the environment.

Toxic wastes
the collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of
Waste
waste materials.
management
shall mean sampling and analysis carried out in respect of the
Work atmospheric working environment and other fundamental
Environment elements of working environment for the purpose of
Measurement determining actual conditions therein.

Pre-Test

Directions: Identify the following sentences and write the correct answer that will
make the sentences complete by selecting the right word given in the box.

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 1. What executive order governs the Establishment of an Occupational
Safety and Health Center in the Employees’ Compensation Commission?
2. It is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety,
health and welfare of people engaged in work.
3. It is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or
environment.
4. They are the workers, companies, public or private offices, trade
unions and workers’ organizations or any organizations/communities
requesting for or requiring technical assistance from the OSHC.
5. This refers to the office, premises or worksite where a worker is
temporary or habitually assigned.
6. He/She refers to any member of the labor force, whether employed or
unemployed, wage or non-wage.
7. The goal of all occupational safety and health programs is to foster a
__________.
8. It is a type of hazard wherein an organism that is foreign (in presence
or concentration) to the organism being affected.
9. It is a physical factor within the environment that harms the
musculoskeletal system.
10. It is defined as the probability that exposure to a hazard will lead to a
negative consequence.

Worker Executive Order No. 307 Client

Risk Workplace

Biological Technical Assistance & Advice

Orgonomic Hazard

Occupational Health & Safety

What’s New?
Discover

View Online Video: Learn by Viewing on the “Most Essential

Practicing Occupational Health and Safety Procedures”
https://www.youtube.comThen do Self-Check 1.1 to know your level of
understanding.

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 Read Lesson Information closely and find out how much
you can remember. Then do Self-Check 1.1, Activity to
know how much you have learned.

Lesson Information

PHILIPPINE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS

Occupational Safety and Health is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with

protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work. The goal of all
occupational safety and health programs is to foster a safe work environment. As a
secondary effect, it may also protect co-workers, family members, employers,
customers, suppliers, nearby communities, and other members of the public who are
impacted by the workplace environment. It may involve interactions among many
subject areas, including medicine, occupational well-being, public health, safety
engineering / industrial engineering, chemistry, health physics and others.

The Occupation Safety and Health Center in the country is established by

Executive order No. 307. The implementing rules and regulations are issued by the
Employees Compensation Commission (ECC).

These Implementing Rules and Regulations are issued pursuant to the

authority of the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) under Section 8 of
Executive Order No. 307 establishing the Occupational Safety and Health Center
(OSHC).

The main objectives of the OSC are follows:

1. prevent, eliminate or reduce work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths

2. implement effectively occupational health and safety programs that will
promote the health, efficiency and general well-being of the Filipino workers
through the improvement of the quality of his working life that will enhance
significantly the productivity of industries and business
3. maintain an expert intelligence and training center for industrial disease and
occupational safety

Coverage of Services

The Services of the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) covers the
preventive (primary, secondary, tertiary prevention) aspects of occupational safety
and health in every workplace, public or private.

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 The Center serves as the authority on Occupational Safety and Health in the areas of
research, training, and information dissemination and technical services.

The Center undertakes studies and research in all aspect of occupational safety and
health. It focuses and studies:

1. To prevent and reduce occupational and work-related injuries and

illnesses;
2. To continuously review and support the updating of the list of
occupational illnesses as prescribed in PD 626, Employees’ Compensation
and State Insurance Fund; and
3. To aid standard setting and enforcement of OSH Standards.

II. HAZARDS AND RISKS AND ITS EFFECTS

A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or

environment. Most hazards are dormant or potential, with only a theoretical risk of
harm. However, once a hazard becomes "active", it can create an emergency
situation. A hazard does not exist when it is not happening. A hazardous situation
that has come to pass is called an incident. Hazard and vulnerability interact together
to create risk.

Hazards are sometimes classified into three modes:

• Dormant - The situation has the potential to be hazardous, but no

people, property, or environment is currently affected by this. For
instance, a hillside may be unstable, with the potential for a landslide, but
there is nothing below or on the hillside that could be affected.
• Armed - People, property, or environment are in potential harm's way.
• Active - A harmful incident involving the hazard has actually occurred.
Often this is referred to not as an "active hazard" but as an accident,
emergency, incident, or disaster.

TYPES OF HAZARDS

1. Biological
A biological hazard is one originating from an organism that is foreign (in
presence or concentration) to the organism being affected. Many biological hazards
are associated with food, including certain viruses, parasites, fungi, bacteria, and
plant and seafood toxins. Pathogenic Campylobacter and Salmonella are common
food borne biological hazards. The hazards from these bacteria can be avoided
through risk mitigation steps such as proper handling, storing, and cooking of food.
Disease in humans can come from biological hazards in the form of infection by
bacteria, viruses, or parasites.
2. Chemical
A chemical can be considered a hazard if by virtue of its intrinsic properties can
cause harm or danger to humans, property, or the environment. Some chemicals
occur naturally in certain geological formations, such as radon gas or arsenic. Other
chemicals include products with commercial uses, such as agricultural and industrial

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 chemicals, as well as products developed for home use. Pesticides, which are
normally used to control unwanted insects and plants, may cause a variety of
negative effects on non-target organisms.
3. Mechanical
A mechanical hazard is any hazard involving a machine or process. Motor
vehicles, aircraft, and air bags pose mechanical hazards. Compressed gases or
liquids can also be considered a mechanical hazard.

4. Physical
A physical hazard is a naturally occurring process that has the potential to create
loss or damage. Physical hazards include, but are not limited to, earthquakes, floods,
and tornadoes. Physical hazards often have both human and natural elements.
Flood problems can be affected by climate fluctuations and storm frequency, both
natural elements, and by land drainage and building in a flood plain, human
elements. Another physical hazard, X-rays, are naturally occurring from solar
radiation, but have been utilized by humans for medical purposes; however,
overexposure can lead to cancer, skin burns, and tissue damage. 5. Ergonomic

It is a physical factor within the environment that harms the musculoskeletal system.
Ergonomic hazards include uncomfortable workstation height and poor body
positioning. Ergonomic hazards are caused by poorly designed workplaces or
processes. Examples are poor lighting, or a job that requires you to repeat the same
movement over and over. An office receptionist that has to type an abundant amount
of documents may be affected by ergonomic hazards. If she/he is not seated they will
have back pain, neck pain, bad eye sight and leg cramps.

One of the most basic health practices in any workplace is having it free from common
workplace hazard. Workplace hazards vary from one working environment to another.
Because there are so many types of hazards, the three that will be discussed are
mechanical hazards, biological hazards, and chemical hazards.

Effect of Hazards in Workplace

1. Mechanical Hazards

The severity of the injury depends on mostly how the accident happens like
slips, falls and entanglement. It is the responsibility of the company to make
sure all risks are minimized.

2. Chemical Hazards

Everywhere around us see chemical and mixture of chemicals. Some

chemicals are acidic while some are extremely volatile. The workplace health
risks involved any particular chemical is hard to determine without first
knowing what exactly the chemical is and what environment it is in.

3. Biological Hazards

Viruses, diseases and other forms of sickness and biological hazards are the
hardest to manage when it comes to the workplace. The most common areas of
transmitting disease are in public areas and at work so workplace health is seriously
threatened by biological hazards. One more reason why biological hazards are
hard to manage is their ability to travel from place to place.

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 Hazard vs. Risk

The terms hazard and risk are often used interchangeably, however, in terms of risk
assessment, these are two very distinct terms. As defined above, a hazard is any
biological, chemical, mechanical, or physical agent that is reasonably likely to cause
harm or damage to humans or the environment with sufficient exposure or dose. Risk
is defined as the probability that exposure to a hazard will lead to a negative
consequence, or more simply, Risk = Hazard x Dose (Exposure).

What is it?
Self-Check 1.1

MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE

Dire Direction: Tell whether the following sentences are true or false. If false,
Supply the correct word. Write your answer on the given answer sheet
or s or send your answer to the online application given by your teacher.

1. A hazard is a condition that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or

environment.
2. The situation has the potential to be hazardous, but no people, property, or
environment is currently affected by this is categorized active hazard.
3. For every company, all job descriptions must have occupational hazards.
4. Accident prone areas should have signs that warn people.
5. Risk is defined as the probability that exposure to a hazard will lead to a positive
consequence.

Whats more?
Enrichment Activity

Safety Measures/ Standards to combat Workplace Hazards

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Direction: Watch any video on the YouTube that very closely to Safety Measures/
Standards to combat workplace hazards, then give your reaction on the following
question base from your understanding.

1. did the workplace conducive for the worker? to perform a task?

2. how did the worker perform their task to ensure his/her safety?

Post-Test LO1

IDENTIFICATION

Directions: Identify the following sentences and write the correct answer that will
make the sentences complete by selecting the right word given in the box.

1. What executive order governs the Establishment of an Occupational Safety

and Health Center in the Employees’ Compensation Commission?
2. It is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health
and welfare of people engaged in work.
3. It is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or
environment.
4. They are the workers, companies, public or private offices, trade unions
and workers’ organizations or any organizations/communities requesting for
or requiring technical assistance from the OSHC.
5. This refers to the office, premises or worksite where a worker is temporary
or habitually assigned.
6. He/She refers to any member of the labor force, whether employed or
unemployed, wage or non-wage.
7. The goal of all occupational safety and health programs is to foster a
__________.
8. It is a type of hazard wherein an organism that is foreign (in presence or
concentration) to the organism being affected.
9. It is a physical factor within the environment that harms the musculoskeletal
system.
10. It is defined as the probability that exposure to a hazard will lead to a
negative consequence.

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 Worker Executive Order No. 307 Client

Risk Workplace

Biological Technical Assistance & Advice

Orgonomic Hazard

Occupational Health & Safety

What’s more to do?

Assignment/Additional Activities

1. Make a short reflection related to the topic either through written, poster
or slogan choose among to them.

Pre-Test LO2

IDENTIFICATION

Directions: Identify the following sentences by choosing correct word provided in

the box.

1. It is a constitutional law designed to make sure that all Filipinos have

safe air to breathe.
2. It is otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Air Act.
3. These are precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood
of fire that may result in death, injury or damage of property.
4. This is the collection, transport, processing recycling, or disposal of
waste materials.
5. It aims to reduce, or avoid the potential losses from hazards, assure
prompt and appropriate assistance to victims of disaster, and achieve rapid
and effective recovery.
6. This is a written emergency procedures plan which describes what
actions must be taken to minimize hazards.

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 7. It refers to various measures taken to prevent contagious diseases from
being spread from a patient to other patients, health care workers, and
visitors, or from others to a particular patient.
8. This process is the reduction or removal of chemical agents.
9. This plan is used to describe the need to remove all participants from
the safe grad area and the hotel due to a fire alarm (real or false) or other
reason.
10. A kind of isolation that is used for diseases that are spread through
particles that are exhaled.

Decontamination RA 8749 Disaster Management

Contingency Plan Evacuation Respiratory Isolation
Isolation Clean Air Act Fire Safety
Waste Management

What’s New?
Discover

View Online Video: Learn by Viewing on the “Most Essential

Safety Regulations” https://www.youtube.com/watch? Then do
Self-Check 2.1 to know your level of understanding.

Read Lesson Information closely and find out how much

you can remember. Then do Self-Check 2.1, Activity and
Task Sheet 2.1 to know how much you have learned.

Lesson Information

SAFETY REGULATIONS

1. The Philippines Clean Air Act of 1999

The Clean Air Act is the constitutional law designed to make sure that all
Filipinos have air that is safe to breathe. Public health protection is the primary goal,
though the law also seeks to protect our environment from damage caused by air
pollution. In 1999, Congress enacted Republic Act No. 8749, otherwise known as the

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 Philippine Clean Air Act, a landmark legislation setting a comprehensive air quality
management policy and program which aims to achieve and maintain healthy air for all
the people in the Philippines.

The Clean Air Act is guided by the following principles:

a. Protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful
ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature;
b. Promote and protect the global environment while organizing the primary
responsibility of local government units to deal with environmental problems.
c. Recognize that the responsibility of cleaning the habitat and environment is
primarily area-based; and
d. Recognize that a clean and healthy environment is for the good of all and
should therefore be the concern of all.

2. Waste management is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or

disposal of waste materials. Waste Management program helps manage hazardous
chemical, radioactive, medical and other wastes safely and legally.

Types of Waste
Waste includes all items that people no longer have any use for, which they either
intend to get rid of or have already discarded. Many items can be considered as
waste like household rubbish, sewage sludge, wastes from manufacturing activities,
packaging items, discarded cars, old televisions, garden waste, old paint containers
and others. Thus, all our daily activities can give rise to a large variety of different
wastes arising from different sources.
A. Solid wastes
Solid waste is defined as any waste that is dry in form and is discarded as unwanted.
It can describe the solid waste from general housekeeping as residential waste,
refuse, household waste or domestic waste. Examples are plastics, styrofoam
containers, bottles, cans, papers, scrap iron, and other trashes.

B. Liquid Wastes
Liquid waste includes human waste, runoff (storm water or flood water), sullage,
industrial wastewater and other forms of wastewater from different sources.
Examples are chemicals, oils, wastewater from ponds.

Classification of Wastes According to their

Properties A. Bio-degradable

Biodegradable wastes are those that can be broken down (decomposed) into their
constituent elements by bacteria and other microorganisms. The term can be applied to
both liquid and solid waste. Examples are Human and animal wastes, food waste, paper,
and agricultural wastes.

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 B. Non-biodegradable
Non-biodegradable trash is any discarded item that cannot be broken down by living
organisms. Non-biodegradable trash accumulates in the environment because it cannot
return to its origins. Examples are plastics, bottles, old machines, containers and others.

Classification of Wastes According to their Effects on Human Health and the

Environment

A. Hazardous wastes – are unsafe substances used commercially, industrially,

agriculturally, or economically. Examples are paint, motor oil, pesticide, drain opener,
prescription drugs, air fresheners, batteries.

B. Non-hazardous – are safe substances used commercially, industrially, agriculturally,

or economically. Examples are papers, cardboard, linings, wrappings, paper packaging
materials or absorbents.

Process Flow of Waste Management

The process flow refers to the 3 (or 4) Rs of reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover
which classify waste management strategies according to their desirability. The Rs are
meant to be a hierarchy, in order of importance. However, the waste hierarchy has 5 steps:
reduce, reuse, recycle, recovery, and
disposal.

Reduce - to buy less and use less.

Reuse - elements of the discarded item are

used again.

Recycle - discards are separated into

materials that may be incorporated into new
products.
Recover - capturing useful material for
waste to energy programs.

3. Disaster Preparedness and Management aims to reduce, or avoid the potential losses
from hazards, assure prompt and appropriate assistance to victims of
disaster, and achieve rapid and effective recovery.

Disaster Management Cycle

• Mitigation - Minimizing the effects of disaster.

Examples: building codes and zoning; vulnerability analyses;
public education.
• Preparedness - Planning how to respond.

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 Examples: preparedness plans; emergency exercises/training;
warning systems.
• Response - Efforts to minimie e the hazards created by a disaster.
Examples: search and rescue; emergency relief.
• Recovery - Returning the community to normal.
Examples: temporary housing; grants; medical care.

What is it?
Self-Check 2.1

Direction: Classify the following recyclable and waste

materials in the boxes under each process flow. Write your
answer on the given answer sheet or send your answer to the
online application given by your teacher.

Plastic bags
Glass Bottles Cans
Paper bags
Paper wrappers

Old clothes Candy wrappers Left over

foods
Batteries Plastic bottles

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 II. Directions: Identify the following wastes. Put a check (√) mark according to
the types, properties and effects to human health and environment.

Effects to Human
Types Properties Health and
Environment
Wastes

Biodegrad Nonbiodegrad Hazardou Non-

Solid Liquid
able able s Hazardous

1. styro cup

2. candy
wrapper

3. syringe

4. paint

5. left over
foods

6. Glass bottles

7. pesticide

8. cooking oil

9. paper
wrapper

10. old
clothes

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 Whats more?
Enrichment Activity

SLOGAN AND POSTER MAKING

Directions: Make a Slogan and Poster out of the following topics, Write your work on a long
bond paper or send your output to the online application given by your teacher.
• Clean Air Act
• Electrical and Fire Safety Code
• Waste Management
• Disaster Preparedness and Management

Post-Test

IDENTIFICATION

Directions: Identify the following sentences by choosing correct word provided in

the box.

1. It is a constitutional law designed to make sure that all Filipinos have safe air to
breathe.
2. It is otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Air Act.
3. These are precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of fire that
may result in death, injury or damage of property.
4. This is the collection, transport, processing recycling, or disposal of waste materials.
5. It aims to reduce, or avoid the potential losses from hazards, assure prompt and
appropriate assistance to victims of disaster, and achieve rapid and effective
recovery.
6. This is a written emergency procedures plan which describes what actions must be
taken to minimize hazards.
7. It refers to various measures taken to prevent contagious diseases from being spread
from a patient to other patients, health care workers, and visitors, or from others to a
particular patient.
8. This process is the reduction or removal of chemical agents.
9. This plan is used to describe the need to remove all participants from the safe
grad area and the hotel due to a fire alarm (real or false) or other reason.
10. A kind of isolation that is used for diseases that are spread through particles
that are exhaled.

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 Decontamination RA 8749 Disaster Management
Contingency Plan Evacuation Respiratory Isolation
Isolation Clean Air Act Fire Safety
Waste Management

What’s more to do?

Assignment/Additional Activities

Application Direction: Sort-out your waste according to their properties.

• Biodegradable
• Non-biodegradable
• Recyclable

What’s New?
Discover

View Online Video: Learn by Viewing on the “Most

Essential Contingency Measures and Procedures”
https://www.youtube.com/watch? Then do Self-Check
2.2to know your level of understanding.

Read Lesson Information closely and find out how much

you can remember. Then do Self-Check 2.2, Activity and
Task Sheet 2.2 to know how much you have learned.

Lesson Information

CONTINGENCY MEASURES AND PROCEDURES

A contingency plan is a written emergency procedures plan which describes what
actions must be taken to minimize hazards from fires, explosions or unplanned releases of
hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil or water.

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 What Must a Contingency Plan Include?

➢ A description of the emergency procedures to be followed by facility personnel in

response to fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of
hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to the air, soil or water;
➢ A description of arrangements agreed to by local police departments, fire departments,
hospitals, contractors, and state and local emergency response teams;
➢ An up-to-date list of names, addresses and phone numbers (office and home) of all
persons qualified to act as emergency coordinator. When more than one person is
listed, one must be designated as primary emergency coordinator and the others must
be listed in the order in which they will assume responsibility as alternates;
➢ An up-to-date list of all emergency equipment at the facility, including the location and
physical description of each item, along with a brief outline of its capabilities. Examples
of emergency equipment include, but are not limited to, fire extinguishing systems,
communications and alarm systems, personnel protective equipment, spill containment
or clean-up equipment, and decontamination equipment; and
➢ An evacuation plan for facility personnel.

Evacuation is the immediate and rapid movement of people away from the threat or actual
occurrence of a hazard. Examples range from the small scale evacuation of a building due
to a bomb threat or fire to the large scale evacuation of a district because of a flood,
bombardment or approaching weather system. In situations involving hazardous materials
or possible contamination, evacuees may be decontaminated prior to being transported
out of the contaminated area.

Isolation refers to various measures taken to prevent contagious diseases from being
spread from a patient to other patients, health care workers, and visitors, or from others to
a particular patient. Various forms of isolation exist, some of which contact procedures are
modified, and others in which the patient is kept away from all others.

Forms of Isolation
a. Strict isolation is used for diseases spread through the air and in
some cases by contact.
b. Contact isolation is used to prevent the spread of diseases that can
be spread through contact with open wounds.
c. Respiratory isolation is used for diseases that are spread through
particles that are exhaled.
d. Blood and body fluids precaution is used when there is concern about
communicable diseases found in a patient's body fluid.
e. Reverse isolation is a method to prevent a patient in a compromised
health situation from being contaminated by other people or objects.

Decontamination is the reduction or removal of chemical agents. It may be accomplished

by removal of these agents by physical means or by chemical neutralization or
detoxification.

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 What is it?
Self-Check 2.2

Direction: State the importance of having a contingency plan for an

emergency case. Write your answer on the given answer sheet or
send your answer to the online application given by your teacher.

1. ONE MINUTE ESSAY

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Essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)”
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to know your level of understanding.

Read Lesson Information closely and find out how much

you can remember. Then do Self-Check 2.3, Activity and
Task Sheet 2.3 to know how much you have learned.

Lesson Information

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) refers to protective clothing , helmets,

goggles, or other garment or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury
by blunt impacts, electrical hazards, heat, chemicals, and infection, and job related health
purposes.

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List of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Personal
Protective PICTURE USES
Equipment
A steel-toe boot (also known as a
1. Non- safety boot, steel-capped boot or safety
specialty shoe) is a durable boot or shoes that
safety-toe has a protective reinforcement in the
protective toe which protects the foot from falling
footwear objects or compression, usually
combined with a mid sole plate to
protect against punctures from below.
Glasses, also known as eyeglasses
(formal), spectacles or simply specs
2. Non- (informal), are frames bearing lenses
specialty worn in front of the eyes. They are
prescriptio
normally used for vision correction or
n safety
eyewear eye protection. Safety glasses are a
kind of eye protection against flying
debris or against visible and near
visible light or radiation.
Sunglasses allow better vision in
bright daylight, and may protect
3. Sunglasse against damage from high levels of
s/sunscree
ultraviolet light. Other types of
n
glasses may be used for viewing
visual information (such as
stereoscopy).

4. Sturdy A shoe is an item of footwear intended to

work protect and comfort the human foot while
shoes doing various activities.

Lineman’s Boots are worn both for their

functionality – protecting the foot and leg
5. Lineman's from water, snow, mud or hazards or
boots providing additional ankle support for
strenuous activities.

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 A jacket or ordinary cold weather gear
is a hip- or waist-length garment for the
6. Ordinary upper body. A jacket typically has
cold sleeves, and fastens in the front. A
weather jacket is generally lighter, tighter-fitting,
gear and less insulating than a coat, which
is outerwear.

A logging boot is a type of footwear and

a specific type of shoe. Most boots
7. Logging
mainly cover the foot and the ankle and
boots
extend up the leg, sometimes as far as
the knee or even the hip.

A raincoat is a waterproof or water-

resistant coat worn to protect the body
8. Ordinary from rain. The term rain jacket is
rain gear sometimes used to refer to raincoats
that are waist length. A rain jacket may
be combined with a pair of rain pants to
make a rain suit.
Back belts, or lumbar support belts, are
generally lightweight belts worn around
the lower back to provide support to the
9. Back belts
lumbar.

A long-sleeved shirt is a type of shirt, of

a style and fabric similar to a T-shirt,
10. Long although, of course, with long sleeves.
sleeve
A long-sleeved tshirt is sometimes worn
shirts
underneath a shortsleeved shirt for
warmth, typically during cold season.

Long pants or long trousers, pants

(usually in the plural) a garment
extending from the waist to the knee or
11. Long
ankle, covering each leg separately.
pants

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 A dust mask is a flexible pad held over
the nose and mouth by elastic or rubber
12. Dust straps to protect against dusts
mask/res encountered during construction or
pirators cleaning activities, such as dusts from
used drywall, concrete, wood, fiberglass,
silica
(From ceramic or glass
production), or sweeping.

What is it?
Self-Check 2.3

EXIT CARD
Direction: On an index cards or slips of paper and complete
the following prompts. Write your answer on the given answer
sheet or send your answer to the online application given by
your teacher.

The most important thing I learned about Personal Protective

Equipment is
_____________________________________________.

The two (2) things I still want to know more about Personal Protective
Equipment are
(1)
__________________________________
(2)
__________________________________

The question/s I still have in mind is/are:

_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

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 Whats more?
Enrichment Activity
Title:
Group Work

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Given the Activity Sheet 2.3;From the current news (hazards
and risks that just happened) write a Contingency plan with the following considerations: Send
it to the online application used by your teacher.
• Control hazards and risks following OHS procedures strictly
• Procedures in dealing with workplace accidents, fire and emergencies
• Procedures in providing appropriate assistance in the event of workplace
emergencies
• Personal Protective Equipment are correctly used

Supplies and Materials: Internet,Paper, Pen and Tablet/ Laptop/Cellular Phone if available
STEPS/ PROCEDURES:

Note: The Contingency Plan made may be presented by the following activities:
➢ Talk of a Resource Speaker
➢ Panel Discussion
➢ Class Reporting
➢ Actual Presentation/Demonstration
➢ Research
➢ Video Presentation

Assessment Method: Performance Criteria Checklist

Learner’s Name: Date:
Competency: Practice Occupational Health and Safety Test Attempt:
Procedures 1st 2nd 3rd
CONTROL HAZARDS AND RISK
Directions: OVER-ALL EVALUATION
The class willl 4- The student has written and do a research about contingency
be divided into plan
5 groups. Each 3- The student has written and do a research about contingency
group will do a plan
research 2- The group has written and do a research about contingency
related to plan
contingency 1 - The student did not perform.
plan on the Note:
above mention. Teacher’s initial/signature will be indicated on the corresponding level
4 = 92 - 95 achieved by the learners.
3 = 89 – 91
2 = 85 - 88

Group Work: Directions: From the current news (hazards and risks that just happened)
write a Contingency plan with the following considerations:
• Control hazards and risks following OHS procedures strictly
• Procedures in dealing with workplace accidents, fire and emergencies

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 • Procedures in providing appropriate assistance in the event of workplace
emergencies
• Personal Protective Equipment are correctly used

Note: The Contingency Plan made may be presented through the following activities:
➢ Talk of a Resource Speaker
➢ Panel Discussion
➢ Class Reporting
➢ Actual Presentation/Demonstration
➢ Research
➢ Video Presentation

Post-Test

IDENTIFICATION

Directions: Identify the following sentences by choosing correct word provided in

the box.

1. It is a constitutional law designed to make sure that all Filipinos have safe air
to breathe.
2. It is otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Air Act.
3. These are precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of fire
that may result in death, injury or damage of property.
4. This is the collection, transport, processing recycling, or disposal of waste
materials.
5. It aims to reduce, or avoid the potential losses from hazards, assure prompt
and appropriate assistance to victims of disaster, and achieve rapid and
effective recovery.
6. This is a written emergency procedures plan which describes what actions
must be taken to minimize hazards.
7. It refers to various measures taken to prevent contagious diseases from being
spread from a patient to other patients, health care workers, and visitors, or
from others to a particular patient.
8. This process is the reduction or removal of chemical agents.
9. This plan is used to describe the need to remove all participants from the safe
grad area and the hotel due to a fire alarm (real or false) or other reason.
10. A kind of isolation that is used for diseases that are spread through particles
that are exhaled.
Decontamination RA 8749 Disaster Management
Contingency Plan Evacuation Respiratory Isolation
Isolation Clean Air Act Fire Safety
Waste Management

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 Pre-Test

IDENTIFICATION

Directions: Choose the best answer from the choices given sentence by writing the
letter on your answer sheet.

1. There are other several causes of fire, they are as follows except from one.
a. Overheated appliances
b. Worn-out electrical connections
c. Lighted candles
d. Sudden surge of electricity
2. Fire drills are conducted at the frequencies specified by the Fire Code and
involve all the following activities except from one.
a. Fire alarm
b. Supervisory staff operates emergency systems
c. Shouting aloud
d. Occupant’ participation is taken into account
3. This refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood
of a fire that may result in death, injury, or property damage.
a. Fire Safety
b. Fire Drill
c. Earthquake
d. Earthquake Drill
4. It is the shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from uerground
movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity.
a. Shaking
b. Vibration
c. Earthquake
d. Volcanic Eruption
5. It is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by
nonexpert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical
treatment can be accessed.
a. Sudden Aid
b. First Aid
c. Emergency Aid
d. Urgent Aid

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know how much you have learned.

Lesson Information

Fire Safety

This refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire
that may result in death, injury, or property damage, alert those in a structure to the
presence of an uncontrolled fire in the event one occurs, better enable those threatened
by a fire to survive, or to reduce the damage caused by a fire. Fire safety measures include
those that are planned during the construction of a building or implemented in structures
that are already standing, and those that are taught to occupants of the building.

In our country, Fire Prevention Month is being observed in March of every year led
by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). The purpose of the month-long observance is to
heighten the fire safety consciousness of the Filipino people and reduce incidence of fires
that result to property losses.

Most fires start in the kitchen because people are too negligent about loose valves
of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks. There are other several causes of fire, they are as
follows:
➢ Overheated appliances, like failure to switch off water heater and unplug flat iron
after use
➢ Worn-out electrical connections
➢ Left unattended lighted candles
➢ Overheated lights (Christmas lights to be specific) and lanterns
➢ Sudden surge of electricity

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 Fire drills are conducted at the frequencies specified by the Fire Code and involve all
of the following activities and considerations:
• The fire alarm system is activated as part of the drill (activated in a
manner to assess the response of supervisory staff and participants to the alarm
condition, or alternatively activated by an individual participating in a given fire
scenario situation which is an expected response during the drill)

• Supervisory staff operates emergency systems and equipment as they

would in the event of an actual fire, (where applicable the voice communication
or paging system, elevator protocol, smoke control equipment protocol, etc.)

• All supervisory staff that have specific duties identified in the fire safety
plan participate (notification of the fire department, provisions for access for
firefighting, evacuating endangered occupants, closing doors, notification of
supervisory staff who may be off site and an assessment of their timely
response, etc.).

• The fire drill runs long enough to adequately assess the expected
responses of supervisory staff and the emergency procedures relative to the
scenario expectations (if the drill is too short, it may not be possible to
adequately assess whether sufficient staff have or will respond, etc.)

• The fire drill outcomes are documented and where concerns are
identified, corrective measures are implemented.

• The desirable degree of occupant’ participation is taken into account.

Earthquake

It is the shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from
underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity.

The following activities are to be undertaken:

During the Earthquake

Indoors

➢ Stay inside
➢ Drop, cover and hold on. Move only a few steps to a nearby safe
place. Take cover under and hold onto a piece of heavy furniture
or stand against an inside wall. Stay indoors until the shaking
stops. Stay away from windows and doors.
➢ If you are in bed, hold on, stay and protect your head with a
pillow.
Outdoors

➢ Find a clear spot away from buildings, trees, and power lines.
➢ Drop to the ground until the shaking stops.

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 After the Earthquake: Personal Safety

➢ Expect aftershocks. Each time you feel one, drop, cover and hold on.
➢ Check yourself for injuries. Protect yourself by wearing long pants, a long-
sleeved shirt, sturdy shoes and work gloves.
➢ Listen to a battery-operated radio or television for the latest emergency
information.
➢ Check others for injuries. Give first aid where appropriate. Do not move
seriously injured persons unless they are in immediate danger of further injury.
➢ Remember to help your neighbors who may require special assistance--infants,
the elderly, and people with disabilities.

Home

➢ Inspect your home for damage. Get everyone out if your home is unsafe.
➢ Fires: Look for and extinguish small fires.
➢ Gas: Check for gas leaks. If you smell gas or hear blowing or hissing noise,
open a window and leave building. Turn off the gas at the valve.
➢ Electricity: Look for electrical system damage. Turn off the electricity at the main
fuse box or circuit breaker if you see sparks or broken or frayed wires, or if smell
hot insulation. If you have to step in water to get to the fuse box or circuit
breaker, call an electrician first for advice.
➢ Sewage, Water: Check for sewage and water lines damage.
First Aid

It is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by

nonexpert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical
treatment can be accessed.

A good first aider must possess the following characteristics:

➢ Watchful – pay strict attention to the situation.

➢ Resourceful – ability of devising ways and means.
➢ Gentle – having a kind and calm characteristics.
➢ Diplomatic – careful in saying a word not to upset other people.
➢ Sympathetic – a mutual association or feeling to be shown to the victim.

➢Gladsome – possessing a good spirit, likely to display gloom.

General Directions for First Aid

1. Give immediate action. Action taken needs to be careful not to cause panic.
The first – aider must remain calm all the times.
2. Keep the victim on its position; if possible lay him/her down.
3. Assess the situation. Examine the victim from injuries.
4. Plan action to be taken. It involves seeking expert assistance.

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 What is it?
Self-Check 3.1

Direction: Identify the following sentences on the circles and categorize

them where they belong by connecting a line on the big boxes namely
Fire Drill, Earthquake Drill and First Aid. Write your answer on the given
answer sheet or send your answer to the online application given by
your teacher.

( Note: This activity can turn into a basketball game)

Write your answer on the given answer sheet or send your
answer to the online application given by your teacher.

Expect
Stay aftershocks.
Inside Assess
the
Overheated
situation
Appliances

Worn out
Gladsome Drop, electrical
cover, & connections
hold on
Immediate
action

Activated
fire alarm Gentle
system

EARTHQUA
FIRE KE DRILL FIRST
DRILL

Refer to the Answer Key. What is your score?

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 Whats more?
Enrichment Activity

Title:
Group Work

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Given the Activity Sheet 3.1; Conduct

an actual Fire Drill, Earthquake Drill and First Aid based on a written plan to be
prepared by the group. The written plan includes purpose of the drill, personnel with
the duties to be performed, set of steps/procedure to be undertaken, and
comments/suggestions/ recommendations to future reference.
Supplies and Materials: First Aid kit, Bandage, water and other needed for the drill.
STEPS/ PROCEDURES:

1. Choose 5 (available in your home) from the following plan conduct a,

to wit:
a. Conduct Fire Drill
b. Conduct
Earthquake
Drill
c. Conduct First Aid

Assessment Method: Performance Criteria Checklist

Learner’s Name: Date:
Competency: Practice Occupational Health and Safety Test Attempt:
Procedures 1st 2nd 3rd
CONTROL HAZARDS AND RISK
Directions: OVER-ALL EVALUATION
The class willl 4- The student was conduct a drill.
be divided into 3- The student was conduct a drill.
3 groups. Each
group will 2- The group was conduct a drill.
Conduct an 1 - The student did not perform.
actual Fire Drill, Note:
Earthquake Drill Teacher’s initial/signature will be indicated on the corresponding
and First Aid level achieved by the learners.
based on a
written plan to
be prepared by
the group.
4 = 92 - 95
3 = 89 – 91
2 = 85 - 88

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 Post-Test

Directions: Choose the best answer from the choices given below after each
sentence by writing the letter on your answer sheet.

1. The following are the general Directions for First Aid except from one.
a. Give immediate action
b. Assess the situation
c. Plan action to be taken
d. Don’t panic
2. A good first aider must possess the following characteristics except from one.
a. Gladsome
b. Gentle
c. watchful
d. Fast
3. During the Earthquake observed the following except from one.
a. Run
b. Drop
c. Hold on
d. Cover
4. After the Earthquake observed the following except from one.
a. Expect aftershocks
b. Check yourself for injuries
c. Remember to help your neighbors
d. Market for basic needs
5. After the Earthquake at home observed the following except from one.
a. Inspect your home for damage
b. Gas: Check for gas leaks
c. Electricity: Look for electrical system damage
d. Inspect your neighbor’s home

Answer Key:

Pre-Test: Self-Check Enrichment Activity Remember

1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4.
5. 5. 5.
Performance Task Post-Test
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

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