Workplace Safety

MANILA, Philippines – A worker was killed while four others were injured when a tornado struck a construction site at the sanitary landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal last Sunday.

MANILA, Philippines – Two construction workers were injured after chunks of a wall they had been tearing down fell on them at a construction site in Barangay San Antonio, Makati City yesterday.

Compliance with safety standards and labor laws at Heavy Industries is the focus of the “Big Brother, Small Brother” program Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines (HHICP) and the Department of Labor and Employment have forged.

MANILA, Philippines – Two construction workers were injured when a section of a wall they were tearing down at a construction site collapsed Saturday morning, the authorities said.

LEGAZPI CITY ,Philippines  – Two miners drowned in Barangay Palanas in Paracale town in Camarines Norte Sunday morning after sea water seeped through the mining pit they were digging , police said.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: British white-collar workers who spent 11 hours or more at work each day doubled their risk of depression as those who worked seven to eight hours a day, said a study published on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Sunday reported a surge in the number of companies and contractors implementing their own occupational safety and health (OSH) programs last year.

ANTIPOLO City: A construction worker died while 5 others were severely injured when a portion of a perimeter wall of a billboard along Marcos Highway in Masinag collapsed on them Wednesday. Police identified the fatality as Allan Platado, while his injured fellow construction workers were Anthony Ginucor, Dexter Algullo, Jonjon Cabaro, Jeric Pabor, and Crispin…

ANTIPOLO City — A construction worker died while five others were severely injured when a portion of a perimeter wall of a billboard along Marcos Highway in Masinag collapsed on them yesterday.

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Dec. 20 (PIA) — The regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 8 Atty. Forter G. Puguon said that four companies in Eastern Visayas were among those who received DOLE’s nationwide Safety Milestone (SMILE) Recognition Awards.

Larry Ortega, 23, of Caloocan City writhed dying as thousands of volts of electricity surged through his body while six of his co-workers were injured after hitting a live wire at their Valenzuela City work site last December 5. Investigation said that the victims were working with a round steel bar when they accidentally hit…

BACOLOD CITY—Two persons were seriously wounded on Friday when firecrackers exploded inside a makeshift factory in Sitio Kahilwayan, Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran town, 60.3 kilometers south of here.

TACLOBAN — Some 40% of establishments in Eastern Visayas were found violating Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS), an official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said, citing preliminary inspection reports.

QUEZON CITY, Nov. 4 (PIA) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), through its attached agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) launched today (Nov. 4) the e-OSH, to enable more workers to have access to occupational safety and health (OSH) courses.

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MANILA, Philippines – Less than a month after suspending its operations following the death of six of its workers in an accident, the Singaporean-owned ship repair facility in Zambales has resumed operations.

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THE Philippine Economic Zone Administration was blamed by the Occupational Safety and Health Center for being overprotective of foreign firms at Subic Freeport and not allowing safety inspections that could had prevented the accident that led to the death of six steel workers hired by Keppel Shipyard.

NIOSH research shows that workers at call and dispatch centers may face several hazards, including acoustic trauma from a sudden spike in noise levels and background noise from an incoming call.

The Singapore-based Keppel Subic Shipyard, the employer of the six Filipino workers who died in an accident while working on a container ship in Subic, Zambales some two weeks ago, was found to be non-compliant of the country’s safety standards.

Keppel Subic Shipyard on Wednesday released the initial report made by the task force created by the company to investigate the accident in which six workers died and several others injured.

Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, in a privilege speech on Monday, revealed that the Keppel Subic Shipyard did not have a good track record when it comes to on-site accidents.

MANILA, Philippines – Singaporean-owned Keppel Subic Shipyard Inc. violated certain safety regulations at the time of the accident that resulted in the death of six workers, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.

Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada yesterday moved to have the upper chamber step into the Keppel Subic Shipyard accident that killed six of its workers and se-riously injured several others, following reports the company has not lifted a finger since the incident took place last Friday.

MANILA, Philippines – A Singaporean-owned ship repair facility in Zambales has temporarily suspended its operations while investigation into an accident, which killed at least six of its workers, is ongoing.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) should conduct a thorough investigation on the “tragedy” at the Keppel Shipyard in Subic, Zambales where at least six workers were killed and many others were injured after a huge, tons-heavy steel platform in the area collapsed, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada yesterday said.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) should conduct a thorough investigation on the “tragedy” at the Keppel Shipyard in Subic, Zambales where at least six workers were killed and many others were injured after a huge, tons-heavy steel platform in the area collapsed, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada yesterday said.

SUBIC, Zambales, Philippines  – Five workers were killed and at least eight others were seriously injured, some of them reportedly losing their legs, in an accident at the Keppel ship repair facility in this town yesterday morning.

MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – The number of shipyard workers killed in an accident at the Keppel Subic Shipyard in Subic, Zambales Friday morning has risen to 6.

MANILA, Philippines—Five shipyard workers in Subic died while eight others were injured after the platform they were standing on fell Friday, police said.