Introduction

Question 1

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF LABOR TO PROMULGATE AND ENFORCE RULES, REGULATIONS, AND ORDERS FOR THE SAFETY OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN MINES, QUARRIES, METALLURGICAL OPERATIONS AND OTHER ENTERPRISES

Answer 1

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 104

Question 2

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION FOR THE PRACTICE, LICENSING, AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND ELECTRICIANS. This Act shall be known as the “New Electrical Engineering Law.“

Answer 2

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7920

Question 3

Constitutional mandate to safeguard the worker’s social and economic well-being as well as his
physical safety and health.

Answer 3

Philippine Constitution

Question 4

Amended in 1989, to provide all establishment with better tool in promoting and maintaining a safe
and healthful working environment

Answer 4

Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS)

Question 5

A full-time safety officer must be duly accredited as OSH Practitioner Requirements for Accreditation of
OSH Practitioner

Answer 5

Rule 1030/DO 16: Training and Accreditation of Personnel in OSH

Question 6

In every place of employment, a health and safety committee shall be organized within sixty (60) days after this Standards takes effect and for new establishments within one (1) month from the date the business starts operating. In both cases the Committee shall reorganize every January of the following year.

Answer 6

Rule 1040: Health and Safety Committee

Question 7

All work accidents or occupational illnesses in places of employment, resulting in disabling condition or dangerous occurrence as defined in 1053.2 shall be reported by the employer to the Regional Labor Office or duly authorized representative

Answer 7

Rule 1050: Notification and Keeping of records of accidents and/or occupational illnesses

Question 8

This rule establishes Threshold Limit Values (TLV) for toxic and carcinogenic substances and physical agents which may be present in the atmosphere of
the work environment

Answer 8

RULE 1070: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

Question 9

Every employer shall at his own expense furnish his workers with protective equipment for the eyes, face, hands and feet, protective shields and barriers whenever necessary by reason of the hazardous nature of the process or environment, chemical or radiological or other mechanical irritants or hazards capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact

Answer 9

RULE 1080: PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES5

Question 10

Apply to all workplaces in which hazardous substances in solid, liquid or gaseous forms are manufactured, handled and used or in which flammable, irritating, offensive or toxic dusts, fibers, gases, mists or vapors are generated or released in quantities injurious to health

Answer 10

RULE 1090 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Question 11

Welding or cutting operations shall not be permitted in rooms or areas containing combustible materials or in proximity to explosives or flammable liquids, dusts, gases or vapors, until all fire and explosion hazards are eliminated.

Answer 11

RULE 1100: GAS AND ELECTRIC WELDING AND CUTTING OPERATIONS

Question 12

No boiler shall be installed and/or operated in the Philippines without the required permit.

Answer 12

RULE 1160: BOILER

Question 13

The Philippine Electrical Code is hereby adopted and the standards contained therein shall be considered safety standards to the extent that they safeguard any person employed in any workplace and control the practice of electrical engineering

Answer 13

RULE 1210: ELECTRICAL SAFETY

Question 14

Any closed vessel other than a boiler constructed to hold steam, hot water, gas or air, ordinarily supplied from an external source or from the indirect application of heat. This definition shall not include portable cylinders for the storage of compressed gases

Answer 14

RULE 1170: UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSELS

Question 15

Hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or platform, which moves in guides in substantially vertical direction, serving two or more floors of a building or structure

Answer 15

RULE 1220: ELEVATORS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT

Question 16

Common code to assist in the proper identification of materials conveyed in piping systems. This Rule shall cover only the identification of piping systems in industrial and power plants. It does not cover pipes buried in the ground.

Answer 16

RULE 1230: IDENTIFICATION OF PIPING SYSTEM

Question 16

Specific standards in design and construction, occupancy and use of buildings and facilities shall be those prescribed by the Building Code of the Philippines and PSME/PEC.

Answer 16

RULE 1940: FIRE PROTECTION AND CONTROL

Question 17

Agricultural and industrial enterprises in which these chemicals are used or manufactured

Answer 17

RULE 1950: PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS

Question 18

The Department shall be solely responsible for the administration and enforcement of occupational safety and health laws in all workplaces. However, local governments may be authorized by the Secretary to enforce this Standards within their respective jurisdictions where they have adequate facilities and personnel for the purpose as determined by and subject to national standards prescribed by the Department.

Answer 18

RULE 1980 AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Question 19

Sharing the authority and responsibility with others. Even though we delegate responsibility, we cannot completely relieved
from it.

Answer 19

Delegation

Question 20

Having to answer to higher
management for activities and
results.

Answer 20

Responsibility

Question 20

An active measurement taken by
management to ensure
compliance with standards

Answer 20

Accountability

Question 21

The right to correct, command,
and determine the courses of
action.

Answer 21

Authority