Transcript National Profile on Occupational Safety and Health

OSH Management Systems
National, Establishment levels,
The Philippine Experience
Dr. Dulce P. Estrella-Gust
Implementing Occupational Safety and
Health Standards Globally
Dusseldorf, Germany
November 4, 2009
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Objectives
1. Present the Philippine OSH systems,
programs, at national and establishment
levels;
2. Discuss accomplishments, output, outcome,
under the NOSH-Medium Term Plan 200610;
3. Steps taken to adapt the OSH systems and
programs according to:
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ILO OSH-MS Guidelines, and
ILO Convention No 187
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OSH management system
 internally consistent OSH policies, infrastructures,
programs, monitoring and feedback system;
o includes related arrangements geared towards the
prevention of work-related hazards and risks
o Compliance to OSH standards, related laws and
recent policies,
o the provision of benefits for compensation for workrelated injuries and illnesses.
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Framework of Action for an Integrated and
Comprehensive National OSH Plan (2006-2010)
Vision:
All workers enjoy a better quality of life through OSH
policies and programs
Mission:
With the enabling capacity of DOLE, unions,
employers and other stakeholders translate the vision into
harmonized policies, programs and standard operating procedures
on OSH through effective partnerships
Feedback
Feedback
Goal
By 2010, all OSH stakeholders have the capability to carry out costeffective OSH preventive programs of the highest quality reaching
out to the majority of workers in the formal and informal sectors in
all regions of the country; and to reduce work-related injuries and
illnesses by 20%
Strategies
-harmonize OSH systems and programs, mechanisms with focus on
prevention through policy, training, information, research,
technical services
- deliver quality OSH services, and mobilize resources
Indicative Plans of agencies and stakeholders
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Objectives of the National OSH Plan 2006
to 2010
“Policy” Harmonize policies, systems, structure and programs on
OSH
“Resource Mobilisation” raise the level of resources for preventive
occupational safety and health programs for both public and private
sectors.
“Quality Services” reach more workers with quality OSH programs.
“Compliance” improve compliance of establishments on OSH
Standards and related policies
“Research” To carry out studies and researches as basis for policy
formulation and the design of programs and provision of services
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Legal Framework Governing OSH
ORIGIN
Constitution
ENFORCEMENT
Supreme Court
Constitutional
Convention
Congress
Labor Code
OSH Standards
Specific Laws
Government
Tripartite
Inspection,
NLRC,
DOLE, Courts,
DOLE, Courts,
Dept. Orders/Circulars
Technical Guidelines
Bipartite:
Company,
Organization
CBAs,/CNAs
LMCs,
OSH
Committees
others
Company Policies,
Programs, Guidelines
Internal
Monitoring
(Bipartite)
Joint
Labor-Mgt.
Grievance
Procedure
Department Orders and Policies on OSH
DO No. , June 11, 2009
Guidelines on Influenza Virus
A(H1N1) Prevention and
Control at the Workplace
Philippines,
DO No. 04-09
Guidelines on Occupational Safety
and Health in the Ship Building,
Ship Repair and Ship breaking
Industry,
DC No. 1 – 09
Lifting Exclusion of Transportation
from Coverage of the
Occupational Safety and Health
DO 01-08
Occupational Safety and Health of
Call Center Work
DO 73-05
DO TB Prevention and Control in
the Workplace
DO 53-03
Drug-Free Workplace Department
Order
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Philippine Occupational Safety and Health
System and Programs
Prevention
Enforcement
Legal Basis
Lead agencies
Book IV Philippine OSHC
Labor Code (PLC),
Occupational
Safety and Health
Standards (OSHS),
EO 307
PLC Book III
BWC, DOLE
Regional Offices
Compensation PLC Book IV,
PD 626
and
Rehabilitation
ECC
Program
Zero Accident
Program (ZAP)
Labor Standards
Enforcement
Framework (LSEF)
Employees
Compensation
Program (ECP)
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Policy achievements, gaps:
Objective 1 of NOSH-MTP
1. A comprehensive OSH System, Structure
and Programs, but needs harmonization
2. Improved Resource Allocation towards
prevention of work-related diseases and
promotion of workers’ health, but limited by
law, needs new legislation.
3. Persistent Organic Pollutants; a natl
program exist but needs legislation
4. Globally Harmonized System of Labelling
Chemicals: same achievements, same
legislative concerns
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OSH Structure achievements,
gaps
1. With two new extension offices of OSHC; needs
more to cover 16 regions, 800,000 estabs, and 33
M workers
2. Few OSH partners in the private sector
3. Slow progress in integrating OSH in educational
systems
4. Public sector OSH difficulties in catching up
5. Interagency committees with varying degrees of
sustainability:
 Philippine National AIDS Council
 Interagency Committee on Environmental Health
 Committee on Chemical Control Order
 Committees to implement ILO Convention 176 on
Mine Safety, 182 on Child Labor, others.
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Objective 2 of NOSH-MTP:
Resources
Expected Outputs, Accomplishments, Gaps
1. Actuarial study on improved allocation of resources for
prevention
as resources stated in EO 307 is limited. Resources still highly
inadequate to cover 35 million workers
2. :Improved resources at local government unit (LGU) levels
Few LGUs have committed to support OSH in general and/or
specific aspects like drug-free workplace, school H and S
Need for progressive expansion to larger numbers of LGUs
• 3. Limited partnership with external donors for vulnerable
working populations
Systematic exploration of cooperation and funding with old
and new partners for innovative projects i.e. on OSH, decent
work and non-discrimination of the informal sector, of women
young and older workers, Overseas Foreign Workers (OFWs),11
chemical safety, OSH-MS, others .
Objective 3: Capability/Capacity Building
Expected Output, Accomplishments, Gaps
Enhanced capacity
of OSH providers
DOLE – wide and
Inter-agency
collaborative and
harmonized
programs on ZAP,
LSEF.
DOLE and ext. OSH
experts , addressing
a comprehensive
capability bldg
program in training,
accreditation,
tech.guidance and
skills up-grading
More regions/clients
served with Training
Courses, through
local and external
specialists, but
mostly by
OSHC;ideally OSHC
shld train would
focus on training
trainers , training
organizations
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New training
courses and
material:
Accomplishments
1.Psychosocial
Concerns
2.OSH in Industry
sectors
3.Piloting of OSHMS
4.Support training
materials:
• Stress Management,
• Violence and anti-sexual
harassment, Tobacco
• Drug-Free workplace
• OSH in Call Centers,
• In Shipbuilding, Ship Repair
• 100 hr. OSHMS
• Manuals, Technical Guides,
documentary films, handouts
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Capability: Observations/Gaps
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• Coverage of clients thru training, info, tech services improved
by over 500% from 2006
• But, fast expanding demand for OSH services has outpaced
availability of services
• Current OSHC/ safety training organizations/academe
understaffed to meet all capability building requirements and
demands
• a small core of trainors for OSHMS, and psychosocial issues
• Inadequate efforts in integrating OSH information and skills in
existing programs of GOs, employers/ workers groups
• Slow progress on integration of OSH courses in both
undergraduate and post-graduate degrees
• No industrial hygiene undergraduate course yet.
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Capability Building
Gaps /recommmendation
Speed up process and harmonize
system in capability building,
Same with accreditation of experts
and institutions
And monitoring of expert build-up
New programs are at testing stage;
e.g on shipbuilding, call centers,
psychosocial concerns
Intense linkup with education partners
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Obj: 4 of NOSH-MTP Compliance
Expected output
Achievements
Standards
• Increased number of
establishments benefiting from
and complying with LSEF
requirements of
• LSEF outcomes updated and
reviewed
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WAIR , AMR reports updated
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Specific policies and programs
• LSEF promoted nation-wide
through DOLE ROs and BWC
• Regular monitoring with an
increase of 10 to 20% :
• WAIR report updated
• AMR report latest update
• Databases on:
HIV/AIDS
Drug-free workplace
TB, H1N1 prevention
OSH in Call centers, shipbuilding,
etc
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Compliance:
Gaps
• Limited OSH parameters
used;
• Few sanctions
• Limited scope for checking
reliability of selfassessment reports
• Limited capacity for OSH
inspection and TAV
• Procedures should be clear
for all Work Alert team
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RESEARCH:
Active Surveillance Work-Related Disorders: Results
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Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs)
most frequent 33%
Lung diseases 20%
Skin diseases 18%
Circulatory system 12%
Skin diseases 5%
Renal diseases 5%
Eye diseases 5%
Blood disorders 4%
Hearing loss 2%
Neurologic 1%
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Other Studies
Working Conditions Hazardous Workplaces
(shipbuilding, ship repair, swine, pesticide
exposure, construction, etc)
Service (Hotel and restaurants, Call Centers)
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OSH of Local Government Offices
OSH Qualities of Commercially Available
PPEs
Women in the Informal Sector,
drugs, HIV/AIDS, TB prevention, OSH in
specific sectors as in call centers,
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shipbuilding, construction, and others.
Research: Accomplishments,
Use
• basis for medium term plans and action programs;
• improving coverage/ quality of programs;
• developing training and information program on
psychosocial concerns.
• used as “Best practices” in ZAP and productivity, and
the Gawad Kaligtasan Kalusugan award
• inputs to Technical Guidelines
• aid to standard setting and enforcement of Standards
and related policies.
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Research : Gaps
• Sharing of expertise and other technical
resources, between and among research
institutions
• databases on enunciated policies and programs
of HIV, drugs, TB, Call Centers, Shipbuilding,
infectious diseases like H1N1
• regular funding resources
• interest of major funding agencies to OSH
research
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OSH Management Systems:
Selected Countries
Approach
Mandatory OSH-MS
Countries
Nationally applicable
voluntary OSH-MS
standards
China, Thailand
Promotion of national
OSH-MS models
Philippines, Japan, Korea
Enabling steps toward
improved management
Malaysia
Hongkong, Indonesia,
Singapore
Enterprise-level actions
Mandatory OSH-MS in
specified undertakings
with regulatory and
advisory measures
Widely accepted
voluntary OSH-MS
standards with
certification support
National OSH-MS
models through
a statutory body
Promotion of selfregulatory management
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OSH Programs for Vulnerable Populations
Informal Sector
• Women workers in the informal
economy
Young Workers
Child Labor
• Achievements
• Case studies, advocacy in
LGUs, network
• National Conference on
Young Workers 2003.
• research, policies, training
progs, guidelines for call
center workers, progs and
guidelines for workers in
tourism
• case studies in small scale
mine, footwear, paaling,
vegetable farming; training,23
Vulnerable Population
Achievement
• Older Workers:
• OFWs
Gaps
• case studies, local and
intl. networking,
integrated in training,
advocacy for policy
• Selected pre-departure
training training
programs for Koreabound, case studies on
HIV
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Emerging Industries, emerging Hazards and
Risks
• Call Centers
• MSDs
• Psychosocial hazards
• stress, sexual
harassment, tobacco,
drugs and alcohol,
fatigue
• New infectious diseases
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Policies,
information
(SARS, Avian flu, Ebola
programs
Reston, H1N1)
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Good Practices in OSH
National Level
 National OSH System
 NOSH Profile 2006, now updating to 09
 National OSH Medium Term Plan up to 2010, being
updated
 National Safety Award (GKK), biennial
 National and Regional OSH Congresses
 Networks (natl, regl, specialty,LGUs)
 Monitoring System
 Setting up of Extension Offices
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Good Practices on OSH
National/establishment Level
 Systematic Implementation of Capability building program of
individual safety persons/experts and workplaces (TNA,
responsive devt of training courses, piloting, finalizing,
implementing, monitoring, use of training support materials )
 From Research to Policy to Programs
 Assisting establishments in setting up an OHS program (OSHS
Rule 1960)
 Expanding networks locally and internationally
 Information Packages and mass and small media
dissemination, Internet
 Medium Term Research Agenda
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The GKK
Framework
OSH
POLICY
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OSH-MS
international
safety rating
system
OUTCOME
OSH indicators
& productivity
GOAL: To achieve ZERO ACCIDENT in the Workplace
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Establishment Entries
(total = 207)
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Number of
Entries
37
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26
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10
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1st GKK
(1997)
2nd GKK
(1999)
3rd GKK
(2001)
4th GKK
(2004)
5th GKK
(2006)
6th GKK
(2008)
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Observations of GKK
• As criteria for GKK became more stringent in 2004,
number of entries decreased
• New programs attract more attention
• Despite advocacy for social protection and decent
work, OSH remains at the bottom of priorities
• Shrinking pool of potential candidates because (they
have already participated, or actual decline in
companies)
• Fatalities and serious injuries/illnesses of previous
winners.
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Convergence with main
elements of OSH-MS
ILO Convention No. 187 Concerning
the Promotional Framework for
Occupational Safety and Health,
2006
The ILO Convention
provides guidance to
initiatives by ILO member
countries in formulating
and implementing
preventive OSH policies
and programs
National
Policy
National
System
National
Program
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Conclusion
The Philippines has gone a long way in raising OSH standards and
extending OSH protection to a growing number of its
workforce; a national and establishment system exist;
Achievements are put into perspective by observed gaps in:
• Coverage
• Data collection:
• Representation and social dialogue.
• OSH expertise and manpower:
• Much Convergence with ILO-Management System and ILO
Convention 187 and Philippine National OSH System and
Practice
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