Workplace Safety

Both the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) issue suspension orders to Binictican I-Tech, Hanjin’s subcontractor, following the accident by Randy V. Datu, Rappler, May 21, 2018 SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, Philippines – A second worker in the fatal accident at the Hanjin shipyard on May 12 succumbed to…

SUBIC SHIPYARD ACCIDENT by LBG, GMA News, May 18, 2018 The work stoppage order against Hanjin Heavy Industries won’t be lifted until the firm fully complies with the conditions set by the Labor Department for the victims of last Saturday’s Subic shipyard incident that killed one worker and three others.

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The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) issued a work stoppage order (WSO) against Cebu-Manila Water Development Inc. (CMWDI) in Carmen, Cebu following the work-related death of a personnel last April 30.

By: Julius N. Leonen – @JLeonenINQ INQUIRER., Apr 27, 2018 Three people were killed in a fire that hit a commercial establishment in Sta. Cruz, Manila early Friday.

By: Greg Refraccion – @inquirerdotnet Inquirer, Apr 19, 2018 MARIVELES, BATAAN — A Chinese worker of a coal-fired power plant operated by the GN Power Corp. was killed by a steel beam that accidentally fell on his back on Wednesday in Alas-asin village here, police said.

By: Gabriel Cardinoza, Inquirer Northern Luzon, Apr 18, 2018 DAGUPAN CITY — A truck driver was killed on Tuesday night (April 17) after he was run over by a payloader in a quarry site at Tayug town in Pangasinan province, police said on Wednesday (April 18).

By: Alvin Barcelona, Inquirer, Apr 10, 2018 Nakilala na ang isa sa dalawang nasawi sa bumigay na crane sa bahagi ng Edsa sa Pasay City kaninang pasado ala-una ng tanghali.

By PEEWEE BACUÑO, BAP, GMA News, Mar 28, 2018 Sugatan ang driver at ang pahinante ng isang truck matapos itong bumangga sa isang water tank at mahulog sa palayan sa Eco-Tourism Road, Barangay Guis-Guis, Sariaya, Quezon Miyerkules ng hapon.

by Malaya, Mar 26, 2018 THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday rejected calls to criminalize employers’ failure to comply with occupational safety and health standards (OSHS).

ABS-CBN News, Mar 21, 2018 Authorities on Wednesday said another employee of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation has died from the fire that razed a portion of the Waterfront Manila Pavilion last Sunday.

by Jun Elias (The Philippine Star) – Mar 18, 2018 SAN JUAN, La Union, Philippines — Two workers were buried alive in a landslide at a construction site in Barangay Urbiztondo, San Juan, La Union on Friday.

by Leo Udtohan, Inquirer, Mar 7, 2018 TAGBILARAN CITY—Rescuers found on Wednesday the bodies of the two workers buried alive in a landslide at a quarry site at the foot of the mountain in Sitio San Isidro in Barangay Candabong in Anda town, Bohol province.

by Ador Mayol, Nestle Semilla, Mar 6, 2018 CEBU CITY—The Office of the Building Official (OBO) in Cebu City immediately ordered the suspension of all projects undertaken by J.E. Abraham C. Lee Construction and Development Inc. following the collapse of its bunkhouse, which housed more than 160 construction workers in Barangay Lahug on Tuesday.

By CNN Philippines Staff, Mar 6, 2018 Around 154 people were sleeping inside the steel bunk house along Archbishop Avenue, Brgy. Lahug, Cebu City when it collapsed. Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 6) — Five people died after a bunkhouse of a construction firm collapsed in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City early Tuesday morning.

by Vince F. Nonato, Inquirer, Mar 5, 2018 The Sandiganbayan will proceed with the graft and reckless imprudence trial of the general manager of Kentex Manufacturing Corp., which burned down in May 2015, killing 74 people, mostly workers of the slipper factory in Valenzuela City.

by Jhoanna Ballaran, Inquirer, Feb 1, 2018 Labor groups trooped to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) office in Manila on Thursday to condemn the frequent fire incidents in factories and the “worsening” labor conditions in the country.

By Samuel P. Medenilla, Businessmirror, Feb 1, 2018 Economic-zone locators throughout the country will be subjected to thorough inspection by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to check their compliance with labor and safety standards, including possible use of illegal contractualization schemes.

by Donna Lavares, ABS CBN News, Jan 18, 2018 Patay ang isang guwardiya matapos siyang tamaan ng naputol na crane hook, Miyerkoles sa Cebu City. Dead on the spot si Junrel Tenebroso matapos mabagsakan ng naputol na crane hook mula sa ika-14 na palapag ng isang construction site sa IT Park sa Cebu City.

By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV – JAN 14, 2018 DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 Jan) — Labor secretary Silvestre Bello III has revoked agreements signed with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to reacquire its functions to inspect establishments operating within the economic zones in the country on their compliance with labor standards.

By Aldwin Quitasol, InterAksyon | Jan 12, 2018, BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — A young construction worker was killed after being caught in an explosion during blasting operations for the construction of a farm-to-market road in Luba town, Abra Thursday afternoon.

by Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star), Jan 10, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte has ordered the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to revoke an agreement that supposedly provided guidelines on the implementation of labor and occupational health safety regulations.

By Tonyo Cruz, Manila Bulletin, Jan 5, 2017 Investigations are said to continue over the NCCC Mall inferno that killed 38 workers. The people of Davao City are in shock, and workers everywhere look at what the government would do to give justice to victims and to ensure workplace safety.

by ALLAN NAWAL, Inquirer, Jan 2, 2018 DAVAO CITY — One of the city fire officials sacked in the wake of the fire at NCCC Mall that killed 38 people did not question the order relieving her of her duty but said she was not among those who approved the mall’s fire safety compliance certificate…

by ABS-CBN News, Jan 02 2018 MANILA – The government agency that oversees special economic zones said on Tuesday it has ordered the suspension of the call center that figured in last month’s deadly fire in Davao City.

By Robertzon Ramirez (The Philippine Star), Dec 28, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — A construction worker died after allegedly falling from the seventh floor of the PBCom tower in Barangay Bel-Air in Makati yesterday morning.

by ABS-CBN News, Dec 28 2017 (UPDATED) Patay ang isang tubero matupos malunod sa isang underground water tank sa isang commercial building sa Makati City.

By: Allan Nawal, Frinston Lim, Tina G. Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 28, 2017 DAVAO CITY — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Wednesday declared NCCC Mall “fire safety compliant” as the death toll from the blaze that tore through the building on Saturday rose to 38 after the body of a mall security officer…

by Rodirey Salas, ABS-CBN News, Dec 28, 2017 Dead on the spot ang hindi pa nakikilalang driver at sugatan naman ang kanyang pahinante nang madisgrasya ang sinasakyan nilang 10-wheeler cargo truck, Huwebes ng madaling araw sa Davao City.

Tubero na magkukumpuni lang sana ng floating valve ng isang water tank, patay matapos malunod sa loob mismo ng tanke sa Makati City | via @LyzaAquinoDZMM