Workplace Safety

The World Health Organisation has formally labelled burnout as a medical condition, and Filipino labour advocates want change. By: HRM Asia Newsroom | Jun 27, 2019 Unions and other labour organisations in the Philippines are calling for new strategies to address employee burnout in professional workplaces.

by Raymund Catindig (The Philippine Star), Jun 26, 2019 TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Philippines — Two farmers died of electrocution while planting palay in Sitio San Gregorio, Barangay Cabittaogan, Sta. Catalina, Ilocos Sur on Monday.

by Inquirer Southern Luzon, Jun 26, 2019 LUCENA CITY –– A 62-year-old road construction worker was killed after he was accidentally hit by a wayward cargo truck in Tagkawayan town in Quezon province on Tuesday.

CRACKDOWN IN FIRST 5 MONTHS OF 2019 By: Daphne Galvez, INQUIRER.net, Jun 25, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor (DOLE) has slapped a total of P950,000 fines to companies that failed to comply with work safety and health standards in the first five months of 2019, Senator Joel Villanueva revealed Tuesday.

by April Mier-Manjares, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 25, 2019 LEGAZPI CITY — After almost two days of retrieval operations, authorities recovered on Tuesday the bodies of two missing fishermen who drowned in an abandoned mining pit in Rapu-Rapu, Albay.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), Jun 24, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has ordered an investigation into the accident involving Eddie Garcia on the set of a television show in Tondo, Manila last month, which reportedly caused the death of the veteran actor.

by Ma. April Mier-Manjares, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 24, 2019 LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — Two fishermen drowned in an abandoned mining pit in Rapu-Rapu town in Albay province while two others were declared missing, police said.

by Joel Franco, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 22, 2019 ILOILO CITY — It was one of those freak accidents. A frozen meat factory worker was reaching for something inside a machine on Saturday morning when his hand caught the blades.

Twenty-four workers were killed, thirteen workers were injured and six missing in 18 serious workplace incidents in the Philippines in January – May 2019 – an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. Most of those killed were in Mining (seven) and Construction (four). Four workers died, eight were injured and three (corrected) were missing…

Lineman dead in fall from tree URBIZTONDO, Pangasinan, Philippines — A television lineman died after he fell from a tree while installing cables in Barangay Dalanguiring in this town on Tuesday.

by Eva Visperas (The Philippine Star), Jun 13, 2019 URBIZTONDO, Pangasinan, Philippines — A television lineman died after he fell from a tree while installing cables in Barangay Dalanguiring in this town on Tuesday.

Twenty-three workers were killed, thirteen workers were injured and six missing in 17 serious workplace incidents in the Philippines in January – May 2019 – an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. Most of those killed were in Mining (seven) and Construction (four). Four workers died, eight were injured and three (corrected) were missing from…

Brothers found dead inside Surigao del Norte Tunnel by Richmond Hinayon, ABS-CBN News, May 29, 2019 TAGANAAN, Surigao Del Norte – The bodies of two miners were recovered inside a tunnel at a private mining site in Sitio Duyungan, Barangay Laurel on Tuesday afternoon.

1 killed, 2 hurt as boiler explodes in Zamboanga City factory by Julie Alipala, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28, 2019 ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — A worker was killed while two others were wounded when the industrial steam machine or boiler inside a factory in Barangay Talisayan here heated up and exploded around 11:30 am on…

by Marc Jayson Cayabyab (The Philippine Star), May 19, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Rosemarie Magracia remembers the last time she talked with her daughter Precilla before the tragic fire in the slippers factory Kentex four years ago.

  Twenty workers were killed, eleven workers were injured and six missing in 15 serious workplace incidents in the Philippines in January – April 2019 – an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. Most of those killed were in Mining (five) and Construction (four). Four workers died, eight were injured and three (corrected) were missing…

An agricultural plane hit a live wire An agricultural plane hit a live wire during an aerial spraying activity at a banana plantation in Davao del Norte on Saturday morning, killing the pilot instantaneously. – Manila Standard tweet at 3:00 pm on Sun, Apr 28, 2019 Read: https://t.co/A8dOmJLBJt https://t.co/CeV2MaY3yR (https://twitter.com/MlaStandard/status/1122395021745909760?s=03)

Eighteen workers were killed, eleven workers were injured and six missing in 13 serious workplace incidents in the Philippines in January – April 2019 – an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. Most of those killed were in Mining (five) and Construction (four). Four workers died, eight were injured and three (corrected) were missing…

by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), May 4, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Five workers who were injured when Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga collapsed during a magnitude 6.1 earthquake have received assistance from the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC).

Lineman sa Camarines Sur, patay by Joviland Rita/LDF, GMA News, May 1, 2019 Patay matapos makuryente ang isang lineman ng cable TV habang nagkakabit ng linya sa Camarines Sur, ayon sa ulat ni Cecille Villarosa sa Balita Pilipinas Ngayon ng GMA News nitong Miyerkules.

by ABS-CBN News, Apr 27 2019 MANILA – Authorities on Saturday declared the collapsed Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga clear after finding no signs of anybody else trapped in the rubble.

by Edwin O. Fernandez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 27, 2019 SULTAN KUDARAT – A pilot survived the crash of a chemical spray plane he flying in Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat Saturday dawn. It was the second spray plane to crash in the same town in 12 days, police said.

By Armando Fenequito Jr., Manila Bulletin, Apr 27, 2019 DAVAO CITY – A pilot was killed after the aerial spray plane he was flying crashed in Davao del Norte Saturday.

  Seventeen workers were killed, eleven workers were injured and 23 missing in ten serious workplace incidents in the Philippines in January – April 2019 – an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. Most of those killed were in Mining (five) and Construction (four). Four workers died, eight were injured and 20 were missing…

Over 90 employees of quake-hit Pampanga supermart remain unaccounted for–Pineda By: Tonette Orejas – @ttorejasINQ Inquirer Central Luzon / 01:15 PM April 23, 2019 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The rest of the more than 90 employees of the ill-fated Chuzon Supermarket in Porac town in Pampanga could not be accounted for, according to Vice Governor Dennis Pineda, who…

26 April 2019 – THESE CALL CENTERS IN GLEAMING BUILDINGS MIGHT NEED TO CARE MORE ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE. — Let this employee of a big call center tell the story [translated from Pilipino]: I want to report this security officer in this big building in Ortigas, Pasig. In the 22 April earthquake, the emergency exit…

By CNN Philippines Staff, Apr 25, 2019 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 25) — The number of fatalities in the strong earthquake that hit Luzon early this week has climbed to 18, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported Thursday.

The BPO Industry Employees Network says a company that participates in earthquake drills did not evacuate its workers when the actual event happened, while another assured its employees that their building can withstand a stronger tremor by Anna Gabriela A. Mogato, Rappler, Apr 24, 2019 MANILA, Philippines – A group pushing for the welfare and…

By: Tonette Orejas – @ttorejasINQ Inquirer Central Luzon, Apr 23, 2019 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The rest of the more than 90 employees of the ill-fated Chuzon Supermarket in Porac town in Pampanga could not be accounted for, according to Vice Governor Dennis Pineda, who supervised the rescue operation at the collapsed four-storey building…

Twelve workers were killed, three workers were injured and three missing in eight serious workplace incidents in the Philippines in January – March 2019 – an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. Most of those killed were in Mining (five) and Construction (four).