Workplace Safety

KUALA LUMPUR – Six Filipino workers died at a water treatment plant in Malaysia’s eastern state of Sabah after they inhaled poisonous gas while cleaning a tank, according to reports Tuesday.

Mercury, cyanide peril people ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR: Mercury and cyanide used by illegal miners searching for gold is threatening the environment and health of thousands of villagers in the southern province of Zamboanga Sibugay. And small-scale miners have been operating over the past decade in the province, particularly in Diplahan—a remote mountain town where tunnels…

MANILA, Philippines – Banana growers in Davao have gained the support of the Church in their appeal to the government not to ban aerial spraying for banana plants in the region.

MANILA, Philippines – Five construction workers were buried alive after the land they were digging collapsed on them in a construction site in a Cagayan de Oro City subdivision yesterday, authorities said.

MANILA, Philippines – A 28-year-old welder died after he was reportedly electrocuted while doing repairs on a ship docked at the North Harbor in Manila Tuesday afternoon.

MANILA, Philippines—Chemical manufacturer CAWC Inc. has shut down its manufacturing plant in Pasig City after a fire hit the facility on Thursday, leaving two workers injured.

DAVAO CITY: Communist insurgents killed a gold mine worker and abducted his two brothers in a raid on a village in the southern Filipino province of Compostela Valley, security officials said on Sunday.

MANILA, Philippines – Two men were injured when an explosion occurred in a chemical factory in Pasig City Thursday, fire authorities said.

LE HAVRE – Three seafarers have died of food poisoning on an oil tanker traversing the Channel between Britain and Europe, French maritime authorities said Wednesday.

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Banana growers in Davao have appealed to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo not to ban aerial spraying. According to them, aerial spraying in banana plantations should not be banned due to several reasons.

Two workers died after they reportedly inhaled toxic fumes while fixing the walls of a cistern in a building at the Ortigas Center in Pasig City last Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – Five laborers were taken to the hospital after they had difficulty breathing while sealing the cracks inside an underground water tank in Pasig City yesterday.

THE NUMBER of non-farm employees injured while on duty declined by a fifth in 2007, latest data from the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) showed.

MANILA, Philippines – A chemical leak on a barge undergoing repairs killed three workers and prompted authorities to close schools and move to safety nearly 2,000 residents in Bauan, Batangas Tuesday night, authorities said.

Please allow me to indulge on the tragedy that struck our family last week. My nephew Miguel D. Ramos, a medical intern at St. Luke’s Medical College survived the blazing fire that hit the Cabiao Community Center in Nueva Ecija last Tuesday. Unfortunately, his three female group mates did not make it. They were all…

The management of the South Korean firm Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines Inc. assured President Gloria Arroyo on Thursday that Filipino workers in its shipyard in Subic Bay Freeport are safe.

MANILA, Philippines – A construction worker died after he was pinned down by a concrete wall that collapsed while work was in progress along Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City early evening Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines—Two truck drivers were abducted by a still unidentified group in Sulu province last Monday, the provincial police chief said on Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines  Unidenified assailants kidnapped 2 Filipino construction crew who were driving a truck used for a US-funded road project in Barangay Lunggang, Maimbung, Sulu last Monday.

CABANATUAN CITY, Philippines—Three medical students from Metro Manila were killed Tuesday in a fire that gutted a community clinic in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, police said.

MANILA, Philippines – Manufacturing firms and other workplaces in the country are now a lot safer for workers, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported.

TWO laborers were hurt when the roof and ceiling of a 90-year-old warehouse along M.C. Briones St. in front of the new Cebu City Hall building collapsed yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – A 40-year-old miner died reportedly in an accident at La Suerte Small Scale Mining Gold Mining Industry in Barangay Bulo in Buenavista in Quezon province on Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines – A waiter was killed in a fire that destroyed a row of establishments along Sucat Road in Parañaque City yesterday morning.

MANILA, Philippines – Two Filipino seamen arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport yesterday after suffering third-degree burns when their cargo ship’s boiler exploded as they were fixing it on Jan. 11.

MANILA, Philippines—As many as three out of 10 government employees have mental health problems, a recent survey has found out. The most common mental disorders found among state workers were depression and anxiety disorder, which require professional intervention, said Dr. Edgardo Tolentino Jr. of the Philippine Psychiatric Association.

Fifteen passengers were injured in an accident involving two buses on the northbound lane of Edsa in Quezon City Friday evening, according to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD).

MANILA, Philippines – A seasoned diver of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sacrificed his life yesterday afternoon while helping in the retrieval of the remains trapped inside the sunken ferry M/V Catalyn B.

MANILA, Philippines – A 47-year-old woman died while her husband was seriously injured when they were hit by a steel roller that broke from a ship about to leave the port in Manila yesterday.