Workplace Safety

BATANGAS – Sixteen factory workers were hospitalized after they were accidentally showered with a toxic chemical while inside a pipe at the Central Azucarera Don Pedro plant in Nasugbu town on Good Friday, police said.

MANILA – Search and retrieval operation continue for a miner who was trapped and killed after a mining tunnel caved in Friday in Sitio Matidao, Barangay Little Baguio, Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay.

TWO casino workers were killed when the motorcycle they were riding was rammed by a Honda Civic sedan whose driver was supposed to pick up his father, a coworker of the two fatalities.

MANILA, Philippines—A 41-year-old worker was killed on Tuesday night after he fell from the seventh floor of a condominium in Quezon City that was under construction.

MANILA, Philippines—Three construction laborers were killed while one more was hurt when they fell from the fourth floor of the building they were working on in Novaliches, Quezon City, on Wednesday.

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Six crewmembers of a cargo ship suffered second and third degree burns after a minor explosion hit the vessel while docked at the Bredco port here yesterday.

CEBU, Philippines – Three persons, including a 16-year-old boy, drowned inside a septic tank they were supposed to clean Sunday evening in Barangay Poblacion, Cordova town.

Secretary of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday directed the Employees’ Compensation Commission to prescribe the guidelines for the implementation of the Labor Code provision penalizing employers who fail to comply with any law, or to install and maintain safety devices, or take other precautions for the prevention of injury.

CEBU (Updated 12:06 p.m.) — The body of a miner who went missing after part of a coal mine in the mountain barangay of Dungga, Danao City collapsed on Saturday was retrieved Sunday morning.

CEBU, Philippines – Two people died while two others were hospitalized because of alleged gas poisoning yesterday afternoon in Talisay City.

A 22-year-old gold miner died due to gas poisoning in an abandoned tunnel in Sagada town in Mountain Province on Wednesday.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – – A miner was killed yesterday when a tunnel collapsed in Taragona, Davao Oriental at the height of heavy rains brought about by a low-pressure area.

Doing the night shift throws the body “into chaos” and could cause long-term damage, warn researchers. Shift work has been linked to higher rates of type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and cancer.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The AboitizPower Corp., through its subsidiary, the Therma South, has suspended the work of a contractor of a 645-megawatt coal-fired plant here following an accident this week that caused the death of a Chinese worker at the project site.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—A miner of Philex Mining Corp. died in an accidental discharge of mud beneath the Padcal mine in Tuba town, Benguet, three days before Christmas, prompting company officials to review safety protocols.

MANILA, Philippines–Four people were injured when a liquefied petroleum tank exploded inside a bakery in Caloocan City before dawn Thursday, a National Capital Region-Bureau of Fire Protection officer said.

MANILA – Seven people in Davao Oriental died after fire hit a paint store Thursday night. SFO2 Jessie Duarte, chief of Bureau of Fire Protection – Manay, said fire erupted at the Palomares Paint Store in Barangay Poblacion at around 11 p.m., killing employees Emily Dabaquid, Eileen Andoyo, Jessilie Cabrera, Bernadette Budadong, Jobert Tinggal, Joseph…

A helper at a warehouse in Valenzuela City was killed while he was on duty on Sunday. The Valenzuela police identified the victim as Alberto Cruz, 33, a helper at the Urrulia Trading Warehouse in Sitio (settlement) Malabo, Barangay (village) Maysan.

At least three people were injured after a part of scaffolding at a construction site in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, collapsed Saturday noon, according to a report on “News TV Live.”

Tatlo katao ang nasugatan sa naganap na pagsabog sa pagawaan ng paputok sa Lapu-lapu City, Cebu nitong Huwebes ng hapon.

Isang construction worker, patay matapos makuryente sa Pasig City – DZBB Super Radyo

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte – A miner was killed and three others were hurt in a landslide at a mining area in Compostela Valley on Thursday, police reported Friday.

DAVAO CITY — The Philippine Constructors Association, Inc. (PCA) is pushing for a law on occupational safety and health in the construction industry.

“Patay sa gas poisoning ang 53-anyos na minero sa Itogon, Benguet.” Patay sa gas poisoning ang 53-anyos na minero sa Itogon, Benguet.

Nasawi ang chief carpenter ng ginagawang condominium building sa Mandaue City, Cebu matapos siyang mabagsakan ng precast slab o malaking tipak ng bato.

Apat na trabahador sa isang tindahan ng LPG sa Davao City ang isinugod sa ospital matapos magtamo ng matinding sugat sa katawan bunga ng naganap na pagsabog.

MANILA, Philippines – A 23-year-old operator of a wire-drawing machine was found dead in an industrial plant in Valenzuela City Wednesday afternoon.

A worker was seriously injured after accidentally touching an underground power cable in Pasay City Tuesday afternoon.