ealth and safety engineers typically need a bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or in environmental health and safety. Some employers prefer to hire candidates who have practical experience, so cooperative-education programs may be valuable as well.

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DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 13
Series of 1998
Guidelines Governing
Occupational Safety and Health
in the
Construction Industry

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DOLE D.O. 13 - Guidelines
Construction Safety and
Health Program
Personal Protective
Equipment
Safety Personnel
Emergency Occupational
Safety and Health Personnel
and Facilities
Construction Safety Signs
Worker’s Welfare Facilities.

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DOLE D.O. 13 - Guidelines
Safety on Construction Heavy
Equipment
Construction Safety and Health
Committee
Safety and Health Information
Construction Safety and Health
Training
Cost of Construction Safety
and Health Program.

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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY &
HEALTH PROGRAM
Composition of Safety
Committee
Specific Safety Policies
Penalties and Sanctions
Orienting, Instructing and
Training All Workers.

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DUTIES OF THE
EMPLOYER
Every employer shall, at his
own expense, furnish his
workers with personal
protective equipment
Provide adequate and
approved PPE type
Provision of PPE shall be in
accordance with OSHS Rule
1080.

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SAFETY PERSONNEL
General Constructor (GC) to provide
full-time general Construction
Safety and Health Officer (SHO)
GC to provide additional CSHO in
accordance to OSHS Rule 1033 -
Training and Personnel
Complement
Each construction subcontractor to
provide CSHO to oversee the
management of Construction of
Safety and Health Program.

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EMERGENCY OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH PERSONNEL AND
FACILITIES
NUMBER OF WORKERS 50 to 300
 50 or less = 1 certified First Aider
 51 to 200 = 1 full-time registered nurse
 201 to 300 = 1 full-time registered nurse,
1 part-time physician,
1 dentist,
1 emergency clinic.

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EMERGENCY OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH PERSONNEL AND
FACILITIES
NUMBER OF WORKERS EXCEEDING 300
 Full-Time Registered Nurse
 Full-Time Physician
 Dentist
 Infirmary or Emergency Hospital with 1 bed
capacity, plus 1 bed for each 100 over 300
 Alternative compliance is a treatment room if
there is a hospital within 5km radius or within 25
minutes travel.

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The engagement of an Emergency Health
Provider for the construction project site
shall be considered as having complied
with the requirement of accessibility to
the nearest hospital facilities.
EMERGENCY HEALTH PROVIDER
(alternative compliance)

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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
SIGNAGES
Signs for the mandatory use of appropriate PPEs
Areas where there are potential risks of falling
Areas where there are potential risks of falling
objects.

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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
SIGNAGES
Areas where there are tripping or slipping
hazards
Areas where explosives and flammable
substances are used/ stored.
Fire alarms and firefighting equipment
Areas where danger from toxic or irritant
airborne contaminant/substances may
exist. ID contaminant and prescribe RPPE
to be worn.

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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
SIGNAGES
Areas near electrical facility/equipment
pose electrocution potential
Areas near exposed mechanical moving
parts pose injury potential
Instructions on the usage of specific
construction equipment
Periodic updating of man-hours lost.

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STANDARD COLORS OF
SAFETY SIGNS
Fire protection. To call
attention to fire
protection equipment
apparatus and facilities.

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STANDARD COLORS
OF SAFETY SIGNS
Safety , Designating
“Safety.”

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STANDARD COLOR OF
SAFETY SIGNS
Traffic. White, Black, or a
combination of these are the
basic colors for the designation
of traffic and housekeeping
markings.

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STANDARD COLORS
OF SAFETY SIGNS
Caution. To designate
caution and far marking
physical hazards, such as
striking, against stumbling
falling, tripping and “caught
in between”.

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STANDARD COLORS
OF SAFETY SIGNS
Alert. To designate
dangerous parts of
machines energized
equipment. Electrical
hazards.

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STANDARD COLORS
OF SAFETY SIGNS
Precaution. To
designate caution,
limited to warning
against starting use of,
or, the movement of
equipment which is
under repair.
DO NOT START,
UNDER REPAIR.

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STANDARD COLORS
OF SAFETY SIGNS
Radiation. To
designate hazards.
Yellow is used in
combination with
purple for markers,
such as tags, labels,
and signs.

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Signages should be regularly
inspected and maintained in
good condition. Signages
that are damaged or illegible
or that no longer apply
should be removed and
replaced by the safety
officer, as needed.

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OVER ALL DIMENSION
OF SAFETY SIGNS
S > L²
2000
S & L expressed in the
same unit of measurement
S = Area of Safety Sign
L = Distance of Observation

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WORKERS’ WELFARE
FACILITIES
• Employer Shall provide for adequate
supply of safe drinking water, adequate
sanitary and washing facilities in order
to ensure humane conditions of work.

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SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
PRE-CONSTRUCTION
DURING
CONSTRUCTION
- Routine Inspection
- Certified Operators
POST-OPERATION, and
POST-CONSTRUCTION.

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SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
PRE-CONSTRUCTION
All heavy equipment
operators tested and certified
by Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority
(TESDA)
All heavy equipment tested
and certified by DOLE or its
recognized organizations prior
to commissioning
Equipment I just
tested passed
TESDA’s standard.

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SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
DURING CONSTRUCTION
 Routine inspection of all heavy equipment must
be performed by DOLE accredited safety
professionals
 Heavy equipment which do not comply with
minimum standards shall be immediately
removed from work site
 Only certified operators shall be allowed to
operate heavy equipment.

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SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
POST-OPERATION and POST-CONSTRUCTION
 Mobilization and Transport of Heavy Equipment
 Erection/Set-Up of Heavy Equipment.

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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY &
HEALTH COMMITTEE
 COMPOSITION
 AUTHORITY AND
DUTIES
 FUNCTIONS.
SAFETY
FIRST

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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY &
HEALTH COMMITTEE
 COMPOSITION
 Project Mgr (or representative) as
Chairperson
 General Construction Safety and Health
Officer
 Construction Safety and Health Officers
 Safety Representatives from each
subcontractor
 Doctors, Nurses and other Health
Personnel
 Worker’s representatives (minimum of 3).
SAFETY
FIRST

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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY &
HEALTH COMMITTEE
 AUTHORITY & DUTIES
 Plan, develop and oversee the
implementation of accident
prevention programs for the
construction project
 Direct the accident prevention
efforts for the construction
project in accordance with these
rules and the Construction Safety
and Health Program.
SAFETY
FIRST

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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY &
HEALTH COMMITTEE
 FUNCTIONS
 Conducts regular meeting
 Studies injury rates
 Investigate accidents
 Schedules inspections
 Arrange trainings
 Recommends Protective
Devices & methods
 Develop or revise safe practices and rules
 Sell safety (promotions activities).
SAFETY
FIRST

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DUTIES OF THE
SAFETY OFFICER
 Serves as Secretary to the HSC
prepare minutes of meetings
report status of recommendations made
notify members of the meetings
submit to the employer a report of the
activities of the committee, including
recommendations made
 Acts in an advisory capacity on all matters
pertaining to HSC for the guidance of the employer
and the workers.

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DUTIES OF THE
SAFETY OFFICER
 Conducts investigation of accidents and
submits separate report and analysis of
accidents to the employer
 Coordinates all health and safety training
programs for the employees and employer.

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DUTIES OF THE
SAFETY OFFICER
Conducts health and safety inspection as
member of the committee
Maintains or helps in the maintenance of an
efficient accident record system and
coordinates actions taken by supervisors to
eliminate accidents causes.

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DUTIES OF THE
SAFETY OFFICER
 Provides assistance to government
agencies in the conduct of safety and health
inspection, accident investigation or any
other related programs
For purposes of effectiveness in a
workplace where full-time safety man is
required, he shall report directly to the
employer.

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SAFETY DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
Construction Manager
Monitor and enforce safe operating methods and
procedures on all phases of construction
activities
Construction Supervisor
Instruct crafts people in the safe procedures and
practices in the performance of specific tasks.
Crafts Personnel
Follow the general and specific work practices.

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SAFETY AND HEALTH
INFORMATION
Workers should be adequately
and suitably:
 Informed of the potential safety
and health hazards to which they
may be exposed at their
workplace; and
 Instructed and trained on the
measures available for the
prevention, control and
protection against those hazards.
The Right
to Know

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SAFETY AND HEALTH
INFORMATION
Workers should be adequately
and suitably:
 Each supervisor or designated
representative shall conduct daily
toolbox meeting.
The Right
to Know

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COST OF CONSTRUCTION
SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM
The total cost of implementing a
Construction Safety and Health
Program shall be a mandatory
integral part of the project’s
construction cost as a separate pay
item, duly quantified and reflected in
the Project’s Tender Document and
likewise reflected in the Project’s
Contract Documents.

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General Safety Policy
GENERAL SAFETY POLICY – is a brief statement
of the company’s commitment to safety.
Typical Safety Policy
“ABC Construction Company is committed to
provide every employee to work under the safest
possible conditions. To this end, every reasonable
effort will be made in the interest of accident
prevention, fire protection and health preservation.”
(Signed) John D. Hancock
President & CEO
January 1, 2005

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Safety Program
Safety Program - Activities
designed to assist employees in
the recognition, understanding,
and control of hazards in the
workplace.
SAFETY
AND
HEALTH
PROGRAM
ABC Company

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Safety Program
Sample Elements of a Safety Program
- Safety and Health Organization
- Safety Training
- Safety Inspection
- Work Permit System
- Fire Protection
- Emergency Preparedness
- Accident/Incident Investigation.

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Bureau of Working Conditions
website: bwc.dole.gov.ph
E-mail: bwc@dole.gov.ph
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
DOLE BWC