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This Handout is meant to provide our readers conceptual knowledge about occupational
Safety and Health the major objectives of this hand out is to educate students in their future
role in our society as engineer, To view those practice that will lend them a safety
environment in studying safety.
Audience
This tutorial is meant for all the readers who are aspiring to learn the concepts of standard
practice of safety and Health. Also, for Mechatronics Engineering students
BASIC OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING
Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Occupational Safety and Health Center
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Topic 1: OSH and the BOSH Framework Page 4
Topic 2: OSH Situation in the Global and Local Levels 8
Topic 3: Unsafe / Unhealthy Acts and Conditions 18
Topic 4: Housekeeping 23
Topic 5: Materials Handling and Storage 46
Topic 6: Fire Safety 76
Topic 7: Electrical Safety 95
Topic 8: Machine Safety 110
Topic 9: Personal Protective Equipment 129
Topic 10: Industrial Hygiene 144
Topic 11: Environment Control Measures 167
Topic 12: Occupational Health Hazards and Their Health Effects 179
Topic 13: Safety and Health Inspection 205
Topic 14: Accident Investigation 216
Topic 15: Development of an OSH Program 228
Topic 16: OSH Legislation 238
Basic Occupational Safety and Health (BOSH) Training

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BOSH Framework
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Unit 1 – Introduction to OSH
Module 1: OSH and the BOSH Framework
This is a very short module which aims to prepare you for the technical discussions that
will follow in the next modules. This will also explain how the discussions will flow and
give you basic directions on where we are going.
Objectives:
Working on this module should help you to:
- have an overview of the BOSH Course and the importance of safety and health
- define OSH and its three major fields – Occupational Safety, Occupational Health
and Industrial Hygiene
- identify work hazards and risks and recommend control measures to reduce or
eliminate work-related accidents and illness
- acquire basic knowledge & skills on OSH, such as safe work practices, that will
enable you to plan/develop your company’s Safety and Health program.
Overview of the BOSH Course
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
• Understand the National Laws and Regulations on OSH

• Be aware of the Philippine Statistics on accidents/injuries and illnesses and the
reporting requirements of the Department of Labor and Employment
• Understand the causes of accidents, identify existing/potential safety and health
hazards and risks at work, and the mechanisms to prevent these hazards and risks
• Describe the effects of OSH hazards on the worker
• Enumerate the effects of occupational illnesses/accidents to the workers, workplace,
community, and society
• Determine the appropriate control measures to prevent hazards and risks
• Conduct a simulated safety and health audit through a site/plant visit
• Describe the roles/functions of the supervisor in promoting an OSH-friendly
environment in his/her organization
• Describe the components of a health and safety program
• List and describe the benefits of an OSH-friendly environment, the different
government organizations and non-governmental organizations, private and
academic institutions that promote, regulate OSH and how they can network with
partners
• Develop a personal re-entry plan
These objectives can be attained by understanding OSH, why we need to learn key
concepts in prevention and how we can respond to existing and potential hazards that
affect the human body, personal lives, families and communities.

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What is Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)?
Occupational safety and health is a discipline with a broad scope involving three major
fields – Occupational Safety, Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene.
• Occupational safety deals with understanding the causes of accidents at work and
ways to prevent unsafe act and unsafe conditions in any workplace. Safety at work
discusses concepts on good housekeeping, proper materials handling and storage,
machine safety, electrical safety, fire prevention and control, safety inspection,
and accident investigation.
• Occupational health is a broad concept which explains how the different hazards
and risks at work may cause an illness and emphasizes that health programs are
essential in controlling work-related and/or occupational diseases.
• Industrial hygiene discusses the identification, evaluation, and control of physical,
chemical, biological and ergonomic hazards.
“In its broadest sense, OSH aims at:

• the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental
and social well-being of workers in all occupations;
• the prevention of adverse health effects of the working conditions
• the placing and maintenance of workers in an occupational environment
adapted to physical and mental needs;
• the adaptation of work to humans (and NOT the other way around).
In other words, occupational health and safety encompasses the social, mental and
physical well-being of workers, that is, the “whole person”.
Successful occupational health and safety practice requires the collaboration and
participation of both employers and workers in health and safety programs, and involves
the consideration of issues relating to occupational medicine, industrial hygiene,
toxicology, education, engineering safety, ergonomics, psychology, etc.
Occupational health issues are often given less attention than occupational safety issues
because the former are generally more difficult to confront. However, when health is
addressed, so is safety - a healthy workplace is by definition also a safe workplace. The
reverse, though, may not be true - a so-called safe workplace is not necessarily also a
healthy workplace. The important point is that both health and safety issues must be
addressed in every workplace.” (Your health and safety at work: INTRODUCTION TO
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, International Labour Organization, accessed 25 April 2005
http://www.itcilo.it/actrav/actrav-english/telearn/osh/intro/introduc.htm)

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The terms hazard and risk are often interchanged. Because you will be
encountering these throughout the course it is a must that you understand
the difference between them.
Hazard – a source or situation with a potential to cause harm in terms of

injury, ill health, damage to property, damage to the environment or a
combination of these.
Risk – a combination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event

with specified period or in specified circumstances and the severity of injury
or damage to the health of people, property, environment or any
combination of these caused by the event.
The hazards affecting the workplace under each major area should be
detected, identified, controlled and, at best, prevented from occurring by
the safety and health officer of the company. Occupational safety and
health should be integrated in every step of the work process, starting from
storage and use of raw materials, the manufacture of products, release of
by-products, use of various equipment and ensuring a non-hazardous or
risk-free work environment.
Our discussions will therefore flow from the three major areas of OSH and
then on to the part where you will prepare a re-entry plan to apply what
you have learned in your specific workplace. If you are not working yet, we
can simulate a company, a household or a community that will benefit from
your re-entry plan.

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This Handout is meant to provide our readers conceptual knowledge about occupational

Republic of the Philippines

Topic 1: OSH and the BOSH Framework Page 4

Topic 2: OSH Situation in the Global and Local Levels 8

Topic 3: Unsafe / Unhealthy Acts and Conditions 18

Topic 5: Materials Handling and Storage 46

Topic 6: Fire Safety 76

Topic 7: Electrical Safety 95

Topic 8: Machine Safety 110

Topic 9: Personal Protective Equipment 129

Topic 10: Industrial Hygiene 144

Topic 11: Environment Control Measures 167

Topic 13: Safety and Health Inspection 205

Topic 14: Accident Investigation 216

Topic 15: Development of an OSH Program 228

Topic 16: OSH Legislation 238

Basic Occupational Safety and Health (BOSH) Training

Basic Occupational Sa fety and Health (BOSH) Training

Overview of the BOSH Course

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Understand the National Laws and Regulations on OSH

Basic Occupational Safety and Health (BOSH) Training

“In its broadest sense, OSH aims at:

Basic Occupational Safety and Health (BOSH) Training

Hazard – a source or situation with a potential to cause harm in terms of

Risk – a combination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event

Basic Occupational Safety and Health (BOSH) Training

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