Workplace Safety

BAGUIO CITY: Two young farmers died and six others were hurt when a lightning struck them while planting rice in Purok San Bernabe, Barangay Malayugan in Flora, Apayao province.

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga  , Philippines – Two construction workers were buried alive when heavy rains triggered a mudslide on a mountainside in Olongapo City Monday afternoon, authorities said.

MANILA, Philippines – Four laborers working on a 27-floor condominium project’s elevator system were killed while another worker was severely injured after falling several floors below at the height of the heavy downpour on Friday night in Quezon City.

MANILA, Philippines—Four laborers working on a condominium project’s elevator system were killed Friday evening in Quezon City when the frame they were standing on on the building’s 27th floor gave way at the height of a rainstorm, police and witnesses said.

Province of Siquijor (26 May) — Over 1,645 workers from the small and medium scale enterprises in the island is expected to attend the Training and Advisory Visits (TAV) which will be conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)within the month of May this year.

ILOILO CITY , Philippines  – An investigation is underway into the cause of an explosion in a firecracker factory in Arevalo district here last Sunday afternoon that left four people, including the factory owner, dead and six others injured.

SANTA, Ilocos Sur – A construction worker was killed and his co-worker seriously injured in a landslide near the approach to the newly-built President Quirino Bridge in Barangay Banaoang, here, police reported Saturday.

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Smoke, sparks and popping sounds much like what’s heard during the New Year came from the ceiling in front of the Provincial Election office in Bacolod City at 11:05 a.m. Friday.

Cebu City – A Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Region 7 official admitted the agency can only conduct at least one routine inspection of firms a year in the region to see if such firms are complying with labor regulations. This is far from ideal, according to DoLE 7 Regional Director Elias Cayanong, but…

THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has called on government to impose stricter measures on private employers who disregard the safety and health of workers, after the tally of accidents in 22 worksites totaled 51 deaths and eight injuries since January this year.

CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is again searching for new batch of establishments and individuals for the seventh Gawad Kaligtasan at Kalusugan (GKK) award.

The Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP Party List # 178) the largest worker’s party in the country and its sister organization the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Labor Center led government, employer and union representatives and other sectors in calling for the ratification of ILO Convention No. 187 on Promotional Framework on Safety…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment lamented on the non-cooperation of the victims of the recent construction site tragedies in Cebu City to their investigation.

MANILA, Philippines—Fire hit a three-story garment factory in Valenzuela City early Thursday, authorities said.

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday ordered DCD Construction to stop work on the building for the expansion project of Aegis People Support at the AsiaTown IT Park after a portion of the building collapsed on Saturday.

Manila (27 April) — “The workplaces have become increasingly dangerous place for workers. The five new deaths in Cebu construction and 10 others from mining accidents in Nueva Vizcaya this April alone, showed continued disregard for workers’ safety and health and with safety standards and laws. How many more workers have to die before we…

Workers, employers and governments mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work each year as part of an international campaign to promote safe, healthy, and decent work. This year, it is focussing on emerging risks at the workplace and new forms of prevention in a changing world of work. ILO Online spoke with…

CEBU, Philippines – A non-government organization, which seeks to promote health and safety development in a workplace, together with workers, artists and other groups will “paint the town red” on Wednesday, April 28, in commemoration of the Workers Memorial Day.

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Two construction workers were injured when the flooring at the fourth level of a call center building under construction at the Asiatown IT Park in Barangay (Village) Lahug here collapsed Saturday night.

CEBU, Philippines – Criminal charges were filed yesterday against employees of CYC Construction in relation to the collapse of a firewall of a mall undergoing construction, which killed five workers about two weeks ago.

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , Philippines  – Ten small-scale miners were buried alive in an illegally constructed tunnel in a gold-rich mountain village in the province’s eastern Kasibu town last week, belated reports said.

CEBU, Philippines – Personnel of the Cebu City Police Office will head to Carmen to get the affidavits of the families of the construction workers killed and injured in last week’s tragedy in Barangay Tisa.

Brussels, 8 April 2010 – In three weeks time, on the annual International Commemoration Day on 28th April, workers and trade unions around the world will commemorate those who have lost their lives, were injured or fell ill due to unsafe, unhealthy or unsustainable work. This year, the focus of activities is on the role…

CEBU, Philippines – The Cebu City Police Office will file criminal charges against the owner of the construction firm, employer of the five construction workers who died in last Tuesday’s tragedy in barangay Tisa.

The five construction workers killed when the fire wall of the Gaisano Capital building they were constructing collapsed were not wearing hard hats and had no safety harnesses when they were dug out of the rubble, the Cebu City Disaster Coordinating Council (CCDC) said in its initial report.

BATANGAS CITY, Philippines – A security officer died and 10 others were injured, when a group of vendors tried to resist the demolition of the old public market in Cuenca town, Batangas, Thursday morning, police said.

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Five construction workers died while five others were badly injured when the wall of a building undergoing construction in Barangay (village) Tisa collapsed early Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines – Five construction workers were killed and 6 others were injured after parts of a new mall in Cebu City collapsed before dawn Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines – Three miners were killed in a mining accident in Luneta village, Itogon, Benguet Tuesday night, officials said.

The workplace is the fertile ground for tubercolosis, or TB,  the sixth  leading cause of death and illness in the Philippines, a Labor official said Thursday.