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Occupational Safety & Health ✔Correct Answer-is devoted to the recognition and control of
factors (hazards) in the workplace, which may cause death, disability, injury, sickness, or great
discomfort and inefficiency among the workers.
Focus of OSH ✔Correct Answer-Environment, Materials, Equipment, and most especially,
People
Occupational accidents occur mostly in: ✔Correct Answer-Agriculture, Mining, Construction,
Commercial fishing (AMCC)
Top 3 Industries with cases of Occupational Injuries ✔Correct Answer-1. Manufacturing
(49.7%)
2. Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles (11.4%)
3. Administrative and Support Service Activities (7.2%)
OSH (Occupational Safety and Health) ✔Correct Answer-is prevention of workplace injuries
and diseases
Accident ✔Correct Answer-An occurrence or event that is unexpected/ unforeseen,
unplanned and unwanted. And leads to loss, damage, injury, and death.
Accident Causation ✔Correct Answer-refers to the factors that are the primary reasons
behind an accident
People ✔Correct Answer-Workforce, Management of the workforce, Policies Behavior
Environment ✔Correct Answer-Physical surroundings, Natural environment, Community,
Social & legal influences
Materials ✔Correct Answer-Used, worked or made
Equipment ✔Correct Answer-Tools and Machinery
H. W. Heinrich, Domino Theory ✔Correct Answer-Study of Accidents
• 98% - Preventable (88% - Unsafe/Unhealthy Acts, 10% - Unsafe/Unhealthy Conditions)
• 2% - Non-Preventable
, Unsafe / Unhealthy ACT ✔Correct Answer-A human action that departs from a standard or
written job procedure or common practice, safety rules, regulations, or instructions.
Unsafe / Unhealthy ACT ✔Correct Answer-A violation of a commonly-accepted safe
procedures and or processes
Unsafe Acts ✔Correct Answer-• Operating equipment without authority
• Removing safety devices
• Using Defective equipment
• Using improper/Not using of PPE
• Horse-playing
Unhealthy Acts ✔Correct Answer-• Smoking cigarettes in the workplace
• Inhaling organic solvents
• Drinking alcoholic beverage during office hours
• Taking illegal drugs inside company premises
Unsafe/Unhealthy Condition ✔Correct Answer-The physical or chemical property of a
material, machine or the environment that may result in injury to a person, damage or
destruction to property and other losses; could have been guarded or prevented.
Unsafe Conditions ✔Correct Answer-• Defective tools/equipment
• Congested/blocked exits
• Inadequate warning systems
• Slippery floors
• Hazardous atmospheric condition
Unhealthy Conditions ✔Correct Answer-• Excessive noise
• Inadequate illumination/ ventilation
• Extreme temperature
As safety officers, you need to: ✔Correct Answer-•identify the unsafe/unhealthy acts and
conditions in your workplaces
•implement control measures to prevent accidents and illnesses
Labor Code of the Philippines (PD 442, 1974) ✔Correct Answer-Consolidation of labor and
social laws to afford full protection to labor, promote employment and human resources
development, and ensure industrial peace
OSH Standards (1978, amended in 1989) ✔Correct Answer-A set of mandatory rules on OSH
which codifies all safety orders issued prior to its promulgation.
Joint Administrative Order No. 2017-001 ✔Correct Answer-1. Institutionalize OSH in both
public and private sectors.