DOLE SO3 flashcards
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- RA 11058 coverage
- A Philippine law amending the Labor Code that requires all establishments to implement OSH programs, safety officers, OSH committees, and training, with penalties for non-compliance.
- DO 198 IRR
- The Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 11058, issued as DOLE Department Order 198, series of 2018, specifying safety officer counts, committee rules, and reporting duties.
- Safety officer minimum staffing
- Under DO 198, low- and medium-risk workplaces need one safety officer per 50 workers at the smallest tier; high-risk establishments require a full-time safety officer.
- 24-hour accident reporting
- Work-related accidents causing death or serious injury must be reported to the DOLE Regional Office within 24 hours of occurrence, using the prescribed reporting form.
- OSH committee chair rule
- The OSH committee is chaired by the employer or representative, with the safety officer as secretary and worker representatives chosen by workers, including union nominees.
- PDCA safety cycle
- Plan-Do-Check-Act: plan policy and objectives, implement controls and training, check performance through inspections and data, then act through management review and correction.
- OSH program required contents
- DO 198 requires a written, employer-signed program including policy, hazard identification and risk assessment, training, OSH committee, and emergency preparedness.
- SMART safety objectives
- Objectives that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound, linked to indicators such as incident rates, inspection closure, and training completion.
- Management review inputs
- Audit results, incident trends, legal compliance status, training effectiveness, and corrective action closure are reviewed to revise objectives and allocate resources.
- Hierarchy of controls order
- From most to least effective: elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment as the last line of defense.
- Risk score formula
- Risk equals likelihood (1-5) multiplied by severity (1-5); scores of 15-25 indicate high risk needing immediate action, 5-12 medium, and 1-4 low.
- Residual risk rule
- After controls are applied, risk must be reassessed; if residual risk stays high, work requires additional controls or documented management approval before proceeding.
- Job hazard analysis
- A method that breaks a task into steps, identifies hazards at each step, and specifies controls, commonly used for non-routine or high-risk jobs.
- Inspection versus audit
- Inspections are frequent physical checks of conditions and behaviors; audits are periodic systematic evaluations of the entire OSH management system against defined criteria.
- Quarterly committee inspection
- OSH committee members must inspect the workplace at least once every three months, documenting findings, responsible persons, and corrective action deadlines.
- Root cause analysis
- A structured method such as 5 Whys or fishbone diagrams that traces an incident beyond immediate causes to underlying management system failures.
- Corrective action tracking
- Every finding receives an owner and due date; overdue actions are escalated to management review and counted as a performance indicator.
- Incident scene preservation
- Securing the scene and gathering evidence before disturbance, then interviewing witnesses separately and promptly, preserves facts needed for accurate investigation.
- Evacuation assembly point
- A designated safe location where workers and visitors report after evacuation so headcount can be verified against the roster.
- Drill documentation
- Each emergency drill is recorded with scenario, participants, evacuation time, headcount accuracy, gaps found, and assigned corrective actions with due dates.
- Extinguisher inspection cycle
- Portable fire extinguishers are inspected monthly for condition and pressure, and serviced annually by qualified personnel, with records retained.
- Emergency brigade roles
- DO 198 programs typically organize fire, first aid, evacuation, and communication teams, each trained and refreshed on defined schedules.
- Industrial hygiene hierarchy
- The sequence of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling workplace health hazards, with control decisions based on measured exposure versus limits.
- Exposure limit comparison
- Measured exposure is divided by the applicable TLV or PEL; the resulting ratio indicates risk level and priority for additional controls.
- Personal breathing zone sampling
- Air sampling collected in the worker's breathing zone during a shift, representing individual exposure better than fixed area sampling.
- Health surveillance exams
- Pre-employment, periodic, and exit medical examinations detect work-related health effects early; results are confidential and linked to exposure records.
- Hearing conservation trigger
- A hearing conservation program is required at 85 dBA time-weighted average, including audiometric testing, training, and hearing protection.
- BOSH training requirement
- Safety officers must complete the DOLE-prescribed Basic Occupational Safety and Health course appropriate to their establishment's hazard classification.
- Training effectiveness levels
- Evaluation proceeds from reaction and learning to on-the-job behavior and results such as incident rate changes, showing whether training changed practice.
- Safety culture maturity stages
- Progression from reactive compliance to dependent rule-following, then independent personal accountability, and finally interdependent team-based safety ownership.
- TRIR formula
- Total recordable incident rate equals recordable cases multiplied by 200,000, divided by total hours worked, normalizing for workforce size.
- LTIFR formula
- Lost-time injury frequency rate equals lost-time injuries multiplied by 1,000,000, divided by total hours worked; the constant differs from TRIR.