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Document ID (ISN)33668
CIS number 80-1192
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Ministry of Labor.
Title Occupational safety and health standards.
Bibliographic information Safety Organization of the Philippines, Room 501 Guido Ver Building, España, Philippines, 1978. 240p.
Abstract Compendium of standards issued by the Ministry of Labour on 8 Dec. 1978. Definitions, inspection, duties of employers and workers, definition of hazardous workplaces, OSH training, safety committees, recordkeeping and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, industrial premises, manholes, railings, overhead walkways, TLVs, lighting, ventilation, personal protective equipment, hazardous substances, gas and electric welding and cutting, underground tanks, confined spaces, explosives, boilers and pressure vessels, unfired pressure vessels (compressors, compressed air tanks, gas cylinders), guarding of machinery, electrical safety, personnel and goods lifts, construction industry, fire prevention, use of chemicals in agriculture, plant medical and dental services, fees for inspections and certificates, inspection authorities and procedures. List of over 400 chemicals with their TLVs in the Philippines.
Descriptors (primary) occupational safety and health; labour inspection; Philippines
Descriptors (secondary) agricultural chemicals; responsibilities of employees; explosives; responsibilities of employers; goods lifts; passenger lifts; work in confined spaces; pressure vessels; premises and workplaces; electrical safety; construction industry; fire prevention; TLV list; plant health services; notification of accidents and diseases; health service records; machinery guarding regulations; role of labour inspection; law; welding and cutting; safety training in industry; safety and health committees; threshold limit values
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvincePhilippines
Subject(s) Compendia of laws and derivative regulations
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Labour inspection