Workplace Safety

Stress-busting tips Stress in the workplace is often a response to lack of control and fear — fear of not being able to handle certain situations or deliver a promise, fear of not being able to live up to a certain criteria and as a consequence, losing careers, jobs and business opportunities. But while stress…

In a letter dated September 13, 2011, SAMAHAN, the association of workers at the $1.6-billion shipyard project of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Philippines Inc. in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, have called attention to the fatal accidents in Hanjin shipyard, which are reminiscent of the series of accidents that happened there from 2008 to 2009.…

MANILA, Philippines – A worker was killed while another was injured when the house they were helping to demolish in Makati City collapsed Tuesday night.

The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work to be held in Istanbul on 11-15 September provides a major forum to discuss the latest safety and health challenges in the world of work. ILO Online spoke with Seiji Machida, Director of the ILO’s Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment…

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Aug. 26 (PIA) -– Industries have to put in place standard safety programs to help prevent or eliminate accidents from happening.

Three miners died and four others were injured in a landslide in Compostela Valley province. Municipal and provincial disaster relief response teams were dispatched to the Sitio Tagutong, Barangay Manurigao, New Bataan.

MANILA, Philippines – Three local miners killed and four others were wounded in a landslide in Compostela Valley, authorities reported today.

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – A 40-year-old man died while 10 others were hospitalized after they were electrocuted in a western Cagayan town Saturday morning, reports said.

Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels attacked a mining site in Bukidnon province, killing three miners and seriously wounding seven others, even as authorities continue to look for one missing worker, a police official said Sunday.

MANILA, Philippines – A forklift operator died when three logs fell on him at the pier zone in Tondo, Manila early morning yesterday.

When we think of “hazardous” occupations we usually think of people who work with heavy machinery, technicians who handle toxic chemicals, race car drivers, medical professionals who treat infectious diseases, firemen and policemen. Office workers don’t usually come to mind, but they also face health risks even in the most secure and comfortable-looking work environments.

MANILA, Philippines – Almost all construction sites in Metro Manila are not adopting occupational safety and health standards (OSHS) and considered hazardous workplaces, the labor department has learned.

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines – A worker of Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp.-Philippines died when he got thrown off a speeding forklift at the company’s ship repair yard at the Subic Bay Freeport, police said yesterday.

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CEBU, Philippines – A 55-year-old welder accidentally fell from a building where he was working Friday night. The victim, Desiderio Avanceñe, a native of Barangay Barili and a resident of Barangay Sambag 1, fell from the rooftop of a building owned by a bank along Osmeña Boulevard. The building is still under construction.

At least three construction workers were reported dead while two others are still being treated in the hospital due to suffocation while they were inside a septic tank in Batangas yesterday. The fatalities were identified as Romulo Fernandez, Nardito Igloso and Ronald Alimbo.

Three construction workers died while two others were hospitalized after they were suffocated inside a septic tank before noon Wednesday in Batangas province.

A plumber working for a contractor of a water concessionaire died of electrocution in a freak accident while working on a pipeline project in Pasay City before midnight on Monday.

Two miners, both minors were recovered dead in a tunnel of mining firm in Aroroy town, Masbate province last Wednesday night. Search and rescue teams were able to find the bodies of Nober Deonan and Antonio Reviro both residents of Uson, Masbate. Arroyo chief of police Inspector Christian Jesus Huelva believed that the victims died…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A repair station in the Philippines that services planes for nearly 50 airlines around the world has shown a pattern of stubborn problems that safety experts say underscore concerns about the airline industry’s outsourcing of maintenance to facilities in developing countries.

MANILA, Philippines – A worker died of severe head and body injuries after falling off the roof of a factory yesterday in Valenzuela City.

The National Secretariat for Social Action, Justice and Peace of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP-NASSA) on Tuesday appealed to President Benigno Aquino 3rd to resolve the work safety issues brought to its attention by workers of a Korean ship-building company based in Subic. Fr. Edu Gariguez, CBCP-NASSA executive secretary, said the government…

Did you know that the position of your keyboard, the height of your office chair and even the angle at which your computer monitor tilts, can have an impact on your health? In fact, both employers and employees are probably not aware that occupational hazards are quite common in the workplace.

DAVAO CITY: Two people, including a Chinese, were killed during an accident inside a gold mine in southern Philippines, police said Tuesday. The disaster happened inside a small-scale mining shaft in Del Pilar village in Agusan del Norte province late Saturday, according to Chief Superintendent Reynaldo Rafal, police chief for Caraga region where Agusan del…

MANILA, Philippines – A stay-in worker died when a fire broke out at a clothing store along Aurora Boulevard in Cubao, Quezon City before dawn yesterday.

Although working in a call center is a blessing to some, it is a curse for many. I remember I covered in this column why many do not last in call centers one of which is the “unpredictable” nature of the job. A worker has to face the fact that he doesn’t “own” his time…

At least 12 people including a ship captain were injured when a cargo vessel exploded and caught fire in Pasacao, Camarines Sur on Wednesday evening, police report disclosed.

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines  – A cargo vessel loaded with some 40,000 liters of gasoline exploded near a private port in Pasacao, Camarines Sur Wednesday afternoon, leaving all its 12 crewmen and a 11-year-old boy injured, the Coast Guard said yesterday.

CEBU, Philippines – Two men were trapped inside a stone quarry in barangay Calagasan, Argao town in the southern part of the province since yesterday morning.

MANILA, Philippines – Nine people were hurt when a cargo vessel exploded and caught fire near an oil depot off Ragay Gulf in Pasacao, Camarines Sur late Wednesday evening.