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1. Responsibility - ANSWER Is having to answer to higher management for
activities and results.
2. Secretary of Labor - ANSWER is hereby authorized to promulgate and
enforce rules, regulations, and orders to establish safety standards and
otherwise to promote and increase the safety of laborers and employees in
mines, quarries or metallurgical operations and other industrial enterprises,
against danger of injury, or disease.
3. Occupational Safety and Health Standards - ANSWER Adopted through
the tested democratic machinery of tripartism
4. Occupational Safety and Health Standards - ANSWER Considered as a
landmark in Philippines labor and social legislation
5. Occupational Safety and Health Standards - ANSWER Amended in
1989, to provide all establishment with better tool in
promoting and maintaining a safe and healthful working environment
, 6. Accredited organization - ANSWER means any organization duly
accredited by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) delegated
or authorized to perform functions relatedto improvement of occupational
safety and health in the form of training, testing,
certification, safety and health auditing or any other similar activity
7. Certified first-aider - ANSWER means any person trained and duly
certified or qualified to administer first-aid by the Philippine National Red
Cross or by any organization accredited by the same.
8. Construction project manager/consultant - ANSWER means a person or
entity who is hired by the project owner, to act in the owner's behalf
concerning supervision and monitoring of all matters related to the overall
execution of a construction project. The construction project manager shall
be a separate entity from the general constructor or any subcontractor of
the construction project.
9. Construction safety and health committee - ANSWER means the
general safety and health committee for a construction project site that
shall be the overall coordinator in implementing OSH programs
10. Construction safety and health officer - ANSWER means any
employee/worker trained and, in addition to their regular duties and
responsibilities, tasked by his employer to implement occupational safety
and health programs in accordance with the provisions of the Occupational
Safety and Health Standards (OSHS).
11. Construction safety and health program - ANSWER refers to a set of
detailed rules to cover the processes and practices that shall be utilized in a
, specific construction project site in conformity with the OSHS including the
personnel responsible and the penalties for violations thereof
12. Construction safety signage - ANSWER refers to any, but not limited to,
emergency or danger sign, warning sign or safety instruction, of standard
colors and sizes in accordance with the specifications for standard colors of
signs for safety instructions and warnings in building premises as described
in Table II of the OSHS.
13. Constructor - ANSWER is deemed synonymous with the term "builder".
It refers to any person or organization who undertakes or offers to
undertake or purports to have the capacity to undertake or submits a bid
to, or does himself or by or through others, construct, alter, repair, add to,
subtract from, improve, move, wreck or demolish any building, highway,
road, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or
improvement, or
to do any part thereof, including the erection of scaffolding or other structures or
works
in connection therewith. The term constructor includes subcontractor and
specialty
contractor.
14. Emergency health provider - ANSWER means any person or
organization who is certified or recognized by the Department of Health
and who can provide the same or equivalent
emergency health services as an emergency hospital, including emergency
treatment of
, workers on site, emergency transport and care during transport of injured
workers to the nearest hospital, with adequate personnel, supplies and facilities
for the complete immediate treatment of injuries or illnesses.
15. General constructor - ANSWER means a constructor who has general
supervision over other constructors in the execution of the project and who
directly receives instructions from
the owner or construction project manager (if one is appointed by the owner).
16. General safety and health inspection - ANSWER refers to inspection of
the work environment, including the location and operation of machinery
other than those covered by technical safety inspections, adequacy of work
space, ventilation, lighting, conditions of work environment, handling,
storage or work procedures, protection facilities and other safety and
health hazards in the workplace
17. Heavy equipment - ANSWER refers to any machine with engine or
electric motor as prime mover used either for lifting, excavating, leveling,
drilling, compacting, transporting and breaking works in the construction
site, such as but not limited to crane, bulldozer, backhoe,grader, road
compactor, prime mover and trailer, with minimum operating weight and
horsepower rating of 1,000 KG and 10 HP, respectively.
18. Imminent danger - ANSWER means a condition or practice that could
reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm before
abatement under the normal enforcement procedures can be
accomplished.