DOLE LABOR ADVISORY No. 20 series of 2021

OSH Personnel in Stand-Alone Micro Health Care and Related Facilities

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 𝐎𝐒𝐇𝐂 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝐎𝐒𝐇 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

WESTERN VISAYAS – A total of (17) dental practitioners from the Philippine Dental Association (PDA) were the participants of the virtual 10-hr Basic OSH Training for Safety Officer 1 dated November 23-24, 2021. This training is pursuant to the Republic Act No. 11058, otherwise known as the “Act Strengthening the OSH Standards and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof,” and its implementing rules and regulations (DOLE Department Order No. 198-19).

The Philippine Dental Association (PDA) is a non-stock, non-profit association of professional dentists that maintains the standards of the dental profession through progressive dental education, encourages scientific researches and programs, and safeguards dental health supporting sound dental health legislation and public health programs in the Philippines.

The training program was welcomed by the OSHC Unit VI OIC, Mr. Melveen M. Melocoton and OSHC - Health Control Division Chief, Doctor Maria Beatriz Villanueva.

“Hopefully all throughout this training, you will be able to find ways on how to assure the safety and health of our clinics, and clients as well, while we are trying to incorporate the new normal to our workplaces,” emphasized by Mr. Melocoton.

“I hope you would be sharing your best practices amongst yourselves because this is a homogenous training intervention being given to dentists, and you have similarities in some operations, you have similarities in what you are doing… I hope you will actively participate and share experiences with one another on how you were able to cope with the guidelines set by the government. Take this opportunity and grow from whatever it is that you will be learning here and enhance your competence,” added by Dr. Villanueva.

As it is important to provide safe services to their clients, it is also vital that dental professionals must develop their OSH policies and programs to ensure safe and healthy working conditions to evade themselves to any hazards that could result to harm or endanger them.

Pursuant to the directive of DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III to enhance workplace health and safety, and ease the burden on micro, and small enterprises (MSEs) especially in this time of pandemic, the OSHC will continue to conduct series of mandatory BOSH training schedules for MSEs in need of safety officers for both compliance and the adoption of a zero-accident culture in their workplaces.

#R6OSHCHAMPIONS 

#CertifiedSafetyOfficers1

𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 & 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 (𝐒𝐇𝐎) 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐒𝐇 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫

(1) Undergo training on Occupational Safety and Health and related programs;

(2) Act as the focal person of the agency in the implementation of programs to eliminate hazards in the workplace and to correct and/ or amend risky and/ or unsafe work practices;

(3) Serve as Secretary to the Safety and Health Committee, and as such he/she shall:

(a) Notify members of the meetings

(b) Prepare minutes of the meeting;

(c) Submit to the head of agency a report of the activities of the Committee including the recommendations made thereof;

(4) Report on the occurrence of accidents; and,

(5) Coordinate all safety and health training programs for the agency management and employees.

SOURCE: CSC-DOH-DOLE Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 series of 2020 - OSH Standards for the Public Sector: Chapter VII-H

𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲/𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗦𝗛 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿

The representatives of the accredited employee organization, or in its

absence, a registered employee organization within the agency, shall:

(1) Support the agency in carrying out the provisions of the standards and report to Management any work hazards that can be observed in the workplace;

(2) Participate/Cooperate in activities initiated by the Safety and Health Committee;

(3) Assist their agency in the conduct of safety and health inspection or other OSH programs;

(4) Gather occupational safety and health related concerns/issues and elevate the same to the OSH Committee for discussion and appropriate action; and

(5) Negotiate for better working conditions in their workplace as the provisions stated herein guarantee no infringement of the rights of the employees’ organizations to negotiate for such.

SOURCE: CSC-DOH-DOLE Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 series of 2020 - OSH Standards for the Public Sector: Chapter VII-J

 The Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) Western Visayas organized a meeting with regards to the creation of the Guimaras OSH Network via teleconference using the Zoom Application dated November 17, 2021.

The agenda of the meeting were the rationale of the creation of Guimaras OSH Network, the Department of Labor and Employment Department Order 313 series of 2019, and the volition for a coordinator of Guimaras OSHNET.

Mr. Ruderic B. De Juan was appointed as the coordinator of the said network. Mr. De Juan will also be the temporary person-in-charge to be coordinated in relation to the facilitation on the creation of the Guimaras OSHNET while the formal election of officers is not yet officiated.

The meeting was attended by numerous OSH professionals coming from various establishments, in both private and public sectors. OSH advocates who wanted to be a part of the OSHNET Guimaras may join to this group page: https://tinyurl.com/y6yvtnvy

#R6OSHChampions

 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗨𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦 𝗢𝗦𝗛-𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚

The Occupational Safety and Health Center Regional Extension Unit 6 will be organizing a meeting in relation to the creation of the OSH Network in Guimaras Province on 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 (𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠-𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠).

We are gladly inviting all of OSH professionals (Safety and Health advocates, officers, OSH practitioners & consultants) in the province of guimaras to attend this 2-hour meeting. This meeting will be attended also by Safety Officers 1 who completed their BOSH for SO1 training this year from Guimaras province produced by OSHC REU 6. 

During the meeting, the following agenda will be tackled:

1. Rationale of Creation of Guimaras OSH-Network

2. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Administrative Order no. 313 series of 2019: Strengthen the operations of Occupational Safety and Health Networks (OSHNets) throughout the country.

This is an online meeting hosted through Zoom Application. The Occupational Safety and Health Center REU 6 will send the meeting link through your respective email address.

Kindly accomplish the survey and initial member's profile form below:

https://forms.gle/cPf1RACV8iMJLuuM6

 𝘿𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 & 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙤𝙗-𝙊𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙎𝙃 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧

(1) The institutional contractors or contract service providers must ensure that their employees deployed in government agencies are provided with medical coverage and they must meet the requirement as provided in the CSC-COA-DBM Joint Circular No. 1, s. 2017 dated June 15, 2017, as amended by CSC-COA-DBM Joint Circular No. 1, s. 2018. Heads of the receiving government agencies where the said job order or contract of service employees are deployed shall only provide medical assistance in case of emergency.

(2) Follow all instructions on work safety given by the agency/employer in compliance with the provisions of the Standards and make use of all safeguard and safety devices provided by their employer.

SOURCE: CSC-DOH-DOLE Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 series of 2020 - OSH Standards for the Public Sector: Chapter VII-G

 𝑨. 𝑫𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝑺𝑯 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓

(1) Cooperate with the agency in carrying out the provisions of this Guidelines and report to the Safety and Health Committee any work hazard that may be observed in the workplace;

(2) Follow all instructions on work safety given by the agency in compliance with the provisions of the Standards and make use of all safeguard and safety devices provided by the agency;

(3) Participate/Cooperate with the Safety and Health Committee on OSH programs, initiatives and activities; and

(4) Support government agencies in the conduct of health and safety inspection or other programs.

SOURCE: CSC-DOH-DOLE Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 series of 2020 - OSH Standards for the Public Sector: Chapter VII-F

 Sugod sang nag halog ang community quarantine status sa na sambit nga syudad, kadungan man sini ang pag sugod bukas sang mga salon, parlor kag mga barbershops. Halos masubra sa lima (5) man kabulan nga wala maka bukas kag maka oparte ang mga nasambit nga establisyemento tungod kinahanglan nila mag sunod sa community quarantine guidelines.

To avoid the spread of the deadly virus, employers and employees shall follow the DTI guidelines on minimum health protocols for barbershops & salons:

1. No personnel with COVID-19 symptoms or with exposure to COVID-19 patients shall be allowed to work; 

2. No wearing of pieces of jewelry (e.g., rings, bracelets, watches, earrings, exposed body piercings); 

3. Observance of proper personal hygiene (e.g., clipped fingernails, observance of company-imposed personal sanitation); 

4. Mandatory wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE) including, but not limited to: - Face mask,  Face shield,  Eye glasses, Gloves and Hair caps 

5. Mandatory wearing of closed shoes; 

6. Observance of the proper disposal of single-use supplies (e.g., cotton balls, popsicle sticks, tissue); 

7. Observance and enforcement of the client-personnel interaction protocols; 

8. Mandatory declaration of health and whereabouts prior to every duty in case contact tracing becomes necessary; and 

9. Frequent handwashing/sanitizing.

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