Workplace Safety

by Minka Klaudia Tiangco, Manila Bulletin, 3 Jan 2020 Two people died while four others were injured after a bus plying Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City caught fire Sunday.

2020 Yearender Sixty workers were killed, six injured or ill, in twelve* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-December 2020, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. One incident in agriculture, another in a mill warehouse, three in  construction, one construction worker on the way to work,  one March medevac airplane incident, one…

by Cet Dematera (The Philippine Star), 17 Dec 2020 LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — Two workers were buried alive and two others were injured in an accident at a construction site in this city on Tuesday.

by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), 14 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Adverse health impacts linked to air pollution could more than double in Metro Manila and four other provinces in Luzon should proposed coal-fired power plants be switched on, a study of an independent research group projected.

by Raymund Catindig (The Philippine Star), 12 Dec 2020 TUGUEGARAO, Philippines — Eighteen health workers of the Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC) and six linemen of the Cagayan Electric Cooperative were among the latest confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 recorded in this town yesterday.

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by ABS-CBN News, 23 Nov 2020 MANILA – The owner and contractors of the construction project at the Skyway Extension site in Muntinlupa are liable for the collapse of a steel girder last Saturday, an official of the labor department said Monday.

by Carla Gomez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 23 Nov 2020 BACOLOD CITY —- The Kabankalan City Hall in Negros Occidental was closed to people since Friday, Nov. 20, after at least 18 employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

by Vanne Elaine Terrazola, Manila Bulletin, 21 Nov 2020 Senator Joel Villanueva has called on the Department of Labor and Employment to immediately deploy labor inspectors at the ongoing Skyway Extension project in Muntinlupa City to determine if there were lapses in the safety protocols at the construction site.

By the Inquirer Staff, 16 Nov 2020 The death toll from the deadliest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has risen to 69, with 12 people still missing, while many areas remain submerged in Cagayan province, in the northern region worst hit by flooding in 45 years, officials said on Sunday.

by Harris Julio, ABS-CBN News, 12 Nov 2020 Patay ang isang nurse nang maaksidente ang sinasakyang ambulansiya sa national highway sa bayan ng Penablanca, Cagayan nitong Huwebes ng umaga.

by Jigger J. Jerusalem, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 Nov 2020 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines — The local government of Valencia City in Bukidnon province ordered the temporary closure of a mall after one of its workers tested positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and infected 18 others.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 6 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — To ensure compliance with health protocols and labor laws, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) continues to monitor online the various private establishments nationwide.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 28 Oct 2020 Workers test positive for COVID-19 MANILA, Philippines — Philex Mining Corp. and Apex Mining Co. Inc. have suspended operations in their mine sites after some employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

PHILEX MINING CORP$PX – 2-day suspension of ops – COVID outbreak at Pascale site– PX will close for at least two days to implement “measures to minimize risk of transmission”– 1,000 emps and family exposed– Early testing @ 9.5% positive rate — Merkado Barkada (@MerkadoBarkada) October 26, 2020

by Ben Serrano (The Philippine Star), 14 Oct 2020 BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — Five treasure hunters were reportedly buried alive when the tunnel they were digging in Purok Casting, Barangay Bayan, Marihatag, Surigao del Sur collapsed on Monday.

by ABS-CBN News, 13 Oct 2020 MANILA (UPDATED) – Two workers died after a steel framework fell off a column at a bridge construction site along the Subic Freeport Expressway (SFEX) Tuesday.

by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), 11 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The number of healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 has hit 10,000, but a majority of them have recovered, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.

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by Elizabeth Marcelo (The Philippine Star), 3 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — An executive of a Valenzuela footwear factory where 74 people – mostly workers – were trapped and killed in a fire in May 2015 has been acquitted of criminal charges, along with three officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

by Katrina Hallare, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Business groups are asking the government’s task force against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to exempt workers from the wearing of face shields in their workplaces, arguing that the protective gear affects productivity.

Fifty-five workers were killed, four injured or ill, in nine* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-August 2020, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. One incident in agriculture, another in a mill warehouse, three in  construction, one construction worker on the way to work,  one March medevac airplane incident, one June quarantine…

by: Northbound Philippines News Online, 18 Sep 2020 MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has deployed around 5,000 inspectors to ensure workplaces’ compliance with occupational health and safety standards for Filipino workers.

By Patricia B. Mirasol, BusinessWorld, 14 Sep 2020 Migraines cost businesses millions of dollars. In Singapore, a study showed that migraines, a neurological condition that can cause debilitating head pain, cost the Singaprean economy SGD1 billion per year. In Malaysia, the productivity loss at work due to migraines was nearly 20-fold higher for presenteeism (showing…

Fifty-one workers were killed, four injured or ill, in seven* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-July 2020, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. One incident in agriculture, another in a mill warehouse, one in a construction area, one construction worker on the way to work,  one March medevac airplane incident, one…

by Cesar Ramirez, Raymund Catindig (The Philippine Star), 4 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Three men were electrocuted in separate incidents in Pangasinan and Cagayan over the weekend.

Forty-five workers were killed, four injured or ill, in six* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-June 2020, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. One incident in agriculture, another in a mill warehouse, one in a construction area, one construction worker on the way to work, one quarantine incident, one medevac airplane…

by Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star ), 18 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives under the leadership of Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has decided to suspend the chamber’s sessions temporarily as cases of employees being infected by the coronavirus disease 2019 have reached 44 since mid-March.

By: Christia Marie Ramos, INQINQUIRER.net, 17 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Janitors, security guards and maintenance men working in public hospitals should also receive hazard pay from the government as they face similar health risks as medical frontliners amid the pandemic, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Monday.

by Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat, Manila Bulletin, 17 Aug 2020 Large and medium-sized private companies are required to designate a temporary isolation facility for employees needing further assessment for probable COVID infection, according to the latest Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) by the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Trade and Industry.