For pre immersion topics

1. WHY DO WE NEED
SIGNAGES?

2. The Department of Labor and Employment under Article 162 of
the Labor Code of the Philippines, the Occupational Safety Health
Standard(OSHS) was promulgated for the guidance and
compliance of all concerned. This body of rules and regulations is
referred to as “Standards” OSHS aims to protect every workingman
and woman against the dangers of injury, sickness or death
through safe and healthful working conditions, thereby assuring
the conservation of valuable manpower resources and the
prevention of loss or damage to lives and properties, consistent
with national development goals and with the State’s commitment
for the total development of every worker as a complete human
being.

3. Safety in the Workplace

4. What is hazard? Hazard is anything with potential to
cause injury, illness, or damage.
1. 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.
2. 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. Hence, it is advised that Covid-19 probable
cases should be isolated right away

5. 3. 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
4. Psychological Hazards. These are brought by too much stress from
work that may cause mental emotional strains, anxieties,
depressionlosing focus on one’s work and others

6. When potential hazard is discovered, what does an employee need to
do?
1.Be sure that every individual in the workplace is aware of the
problem.
2. Inform or notify your supervisor. Unless you are the supervisor, then
get going on that safety committee plan.
3. Make a follow up. Informing about the hazard is not an assurance
that problem is resolved, unless you make follow ups.
4. Record or file any reports or documents about the problem.

7. Identifying the hazard is not the only way to make everyone
safe. You and I have to keep ourselves clean, to keep the food
clean, and to keep the workplace clean
A. To Keep Oneself Clean
B. To keep the Food Clean
C. To Keep the Workplace Clean

8. LEARN 5S

9. ACTIVITY
Activity 1: Spot the Hazard
Directions: Below are pictures of the
workplace, encircle the hazard and complete
the table below.

11. ACTIVITY SHEET 1- HOME DANGERS

13. ACTIVITY SHEET 2-WAREHOUSE DANGERS

15. ACTIVITY SHEET 3-OFFICE DANGERS

16. Summary
Occupational Safety Health Standard(OSHS)- Article 162 Labor Code of the Phil
Hazard is anything with potential to cause injury, illness, or damage.
Types of Hazard:
Physical Hazards
Biological Hazards
Ergonomic Hazards
Psychological Hazards
Safety in the Workplace

17. “One earnest worker can do more by
personal suggestion to prevent accidents
than a carload of safety signs. “
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