Workplace Safety

DAVAO CITY, Philippines, July 24 (Xinhua) — At least four people were killed in an explosion inside a gold mine in southern Philippines on Wednesday, health authorities said on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – Four persons were injured when a steaming machine exploded inside a factory in Malabon City Tuesday afternoon.

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MANILA, Philippines – A 58-year-old man died after falling 20 feet from the roof of a building in Manila on Friday morning as he was cutting down a tree mangled by Typhoon Glenda earlier this week.

An electrician who was reported missing in a fire that razed a plywood factory in Lanao del Norte province last Thursday was found dead on Saturday.

MANILA, Philippines – It’s not the first time that workers were killed in a fire after being trapped in a padlocked building. And it might happen again if the government doesn’t move fast, a labor safety organization said.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Personnel of the Philippine National Oil Co. recovered the bodies of two coal miners who died from methane gas suffocation in a tunnel in a village in Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay last Friday, authorities said.

MANILA, Philippines–They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Two people were killed after they were hit by falling steel beams as they were inside a mess hall in a construction site in San Juan City on Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – Two persons were killed when a metal beam fell on a canteen at a construction site in San Juan City yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – A 21-year-old helper died after he was pinned by two backhoes in a warehouse in Valenzuela City Saturday morning.

MANILA – Three workers of an LPG refilling station were killed and two others were injured in an industrial explosion in Barangay Paing, Bantay, Ilocos Sur.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has slammed the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) for being remiss in its job that caused the death of eight female workers in a padlocked warehouse in Pasay City last May 29.

A worker who dodged death in a fire that razed a residential building in Pasay City complained they were locked up by their employer, making it difficult to escape, a report on GMA’s “24-Oras” said Friday evening.

At least eight people believed to be stay-in workers were killed in a fire that razed a commercial-residential building used as a DVD player warehouse in Pasay City before dawn Friday.

“Walo ang kumpirmadong patay matapos masunog ang isang warehouse sa Samonte Street, Barangay 47, San Isidro, Pasay, Biyernes ng umaga. ” (UPDATE) Walo ang kumpirmadong patay matapos masunog ang isang warehouse sa Samonte Street, Barangay 47, San Isidro, Pasay, Biyernes ng umaga.

Manila, May 30 (IANS) — Eight female workers were killed and nine injured Friday in the Philippines when a fire broke out in a warehouse, an official said.

A CARPENTER died after being electrocuted atop a house in barangay Dacudao, Calinan District in Davao City on Saturday afternoon.

“Sugatan ang isang lineman ng Meralco matapos barilin habang nasa itaas ng poste para magputol ng ilegal na koneksyon sa 13th Street kanto ng Roberto Oca sa Port Area Manila.”

MANILA – A still unidentified gunman shot and wounded Firday morning a Manila Electric Company (Meralco) lineman who was cutting illegal connections from the top of an electric post at the corner of 13th Street and Roberto Oca Street in Port Area, Manila.

Secretary of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said yesterday that safety and health programs being implemented by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in coordination with its tripartite social partners, have resulted to increased awareness on occupational safety and health (OSH) in workplaces, and decreased accidents in mining and construction.

MANILA, Philippines – Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has ordered all regional directors of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to report work-related accidents in their jurisdiction within 24 hours.

From the Department of Labor and Employment Secretary of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz has issued Department Advisory No. 01, Series of 2014, or the Occupational Safety and Health Protection Tips for Kasambahay and Employers, to protect both kasambahay and other household members from domestic work hazards.

SUBIC, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Central Luzon on Tuesday stopped the operations of the subcontractor of a Korean-owned shipbuilding company here following the death of a worker in its shipyard facility last week.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Department of Labor and Employment Central Luzon regional director Raymundo G. Agravante on Tuesday issued a Cease and Desist Order (CDO) to Finback Corporation, a subcontractor of the Hanjin Heavy Industries Corporation Philippines (HHIC-Phils), until further notice after an accident occurred at the box beam inside the trans-bulkhead at PO110-Block…

MANILA, Philippines—The militant labor group Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) challenged President Aquino to uphold and protect workers’ rights at the giant Hanjin shipyard in Subic, Zambales, after another worker died in an accident on May 1.

SUBIC, Zambales , Philippines– A worker died from burns in the latest accident that occurred at the Hanjin shipyard here, hospital sources said yesterday.

MANILA — A worker was hurt after the newly constructed flood wall in Casilik Creek in Juan Luna Bridge in Gagalangin, Tondo in Manila collapsed Sunday.

MANILA, Philippines — The Central Azucarera Don Pedro Inc. (CADPI) assured its stakeholders on Wednesday that the 16 casual workers who were injured in its sugar refinery in Nasugbu, Batangas on Good Friday have all been declared “out of danger.”

Meanwhile, in Catbalogan City in Samar, 20 employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) were hospitalized after they complained of chest pains due to fumes coming from a generator set on Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines—Sixteen workers inside a Batangas sugar cane factory were injured after a toxic chemical was poured accidentally into the water system that burned their skin.