Workplace Safety

A construction worker died after falling off a bridge in Paracale town in Camarines Sur province Tuesday morning.

Two workers died in a construction mishap Monday evening at the Iglesia ni Cristo’s Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan.

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BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Mining officials are still at a loss on how one of their employees died underground last July 20.

“Patay ang dalawang tripulante matapos makalanghap ng hinihinalang sodium cyanide sa loob ng storage ng kanilang MV San Felipe fishing boat sa Taytay, Palawan.” Patay ang dalawang tripulante matapos makalanghap ng hinihinalang sodium cyanide sa loob ng storage ng kanilang MV San Felipe fishing boat sa Taytay, Palawan.

LINGAYEN, Philippines — Three men died of suffocation inside a deep well of a piggery farm in Natividad, Pangasinan shortly before noon Tuesday.

“Patay ang dalawang minero sa gas poisoning sa isang pribadong minahan sa Barangay Ampucao, Itogon, Benguet.” Patay ang dalawang minero sa gas poisoning sa isang pribadong minahan sa Barangay Ampucao, Itogon, Benguet.

SYDNEY — A study has found that for desk-bound office workers, introducing interventions such as sit/stand workstations, can reduce sitting time by over an hour each working day, leading to better health.

MANILA, Philippines — Two construction workers were injured on Tuesday afternoon after the gondola they were using to perform a finishing touch on SM Aura in Taguig City. SM Aura is SM group’s newest shopping complex.

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) – Two construction workers were rushed to a hospital following an accident at the newly built SM Aura Premier mall in Taguig City on Tuesday.

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Batangas, Philippines – Three construction workers were killed while two others were wounded in a landslide at the boundary of Laurel, Batangas and Alfonso, Cavite yesterday afternoon, police said.

MANILA, Philippines – The International Labor Organization (ILO) said about 90 percent of Filipinos are at risk of acquiring heart diseases, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and kidney ailments. These are among the ten leading causes of death among Filipinos.

MANILA, Philippines – Approximately two million people die each year due to work-related diseases while 160 million more are afflicted by non-fatal occupational illnesses, a new report of the United Nations labor agency said.

26 April 2013 – Approximately 2 million people die each year due to work-related diseases while 160 million more are afflicted by non-fatal occupational illnesses, says a new report by the United Nations labour agency, which has called for an “urgent and vigorous” global campaign to tackle the growing problem.

According to a new ILO report, prevention is key to tackling the growing number of work-related diseases, which claim an estimated 2 million lives per year.

MANILA, Philippines – Rescue workers retrieved yesterday the body of a backhoe operator who was buried alive with three other men at a sanitary landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal last Friday.

As the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines continues to grow, more and more Filipinos are finding themselves working at odd hours, risking mostly their health.

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines– A 22-year-old road worker was crushed to death by a roller while directing traffic at a road asphalting project in Barangay Uno, Jones, Isabela last Friday.

THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) and its political arm, TUCP party-list that currently has one seat in Congress, is calling on Metrowaste Solidwaste Management Corp. to provide adequate protection and ensure safe and healthy working condition for their workers.

DOLE, DOE issue orders after deadly landslide in EDC complex in Leyte TACLOBAN CITY—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Eastern Visayas and the Department of Energy (DOE) have ordered an indefinite stop to work on the site of a landslide in Energy Development Corp.’s (EDC) geothermal complex in Kananga, Leyte.

Geothermal plant mishap toll now 12 TACLOBAN CITY—Rescuers have recovered four more bodies at the landslide area inside the geothermal complex of the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in Kananga town, Leyte.

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – At least 35 percent of the country’s workforce both in the government and private sector are suffering from mental disturbance, the Department of Health (DOH) has said.

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines–The number of fatalities in last week’s landslide at the Energy Development Corp. geothermal complex in Kananga town, Leyte has risen to six with eight more workers still missing.

MANILA, Philippines—Two weeks of intermittent rains triggered a landslide late Friday morning at the Energy Development Corp.’s geothermal steam field in Leyte, claiming the lives of five workers, the company announced. Six others were still missing.

SEMIRARA ISLAND, Antique—Except for a recovered human body part, there were no signs of the five workers who were among 10 people buried by tons of soil when a portion of a wall of the Semirara Mining Corp. (SMC) open mine pit collapsed here five days ago.

MANILA, Philippines – After finding that it has violated safety regulations, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has stopped the ongoing construction at the SPC Malaya Power Corp. in Pililla, Rizal, where five workers fell to their death.

MANILA, Philippines – A man died while four others were injured in a rubber factory accident in Valenzuela City on Tuesday morning.

MANILA, Philippines – Safety in the operations of renewable energy (RE) projects should be a priority of the private sector, the Department of Energy (DOE) said.

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – Three miners drowned when sea water flooded their tunnel on Tuesday afternoon in Barangay Palanas in Paracale, Camarines Norte, police said yesterday.