CHE102

Safety Standards
Rommel B. Santos
Chemical Engineer

Safety Standards
History of Safety Standards
Government Regulations
Occupational Safety and Health Standards
(OSHS)

Safety
Safety is the state of being
"safe", the condition of being
protected against physical,
social, spiritual, financial,
political, emotional,
occupational, psychological,
educational or other types or
consequences of failure,
damage, error, accidents,
harm or any other event
which could be considered
non-desirable.

Safety
Safety can also be defined to
be the control of recognized
hazards to achieve an
acceptable level of risk. This
can take the form of being
protected from the event or
from exposure to something
that causes health or
economical losses. It can
include protection of people
or of possessions.

Standards Organizations
A number of standards organizations exist that
promulgate safety standards. These may be
voluntary organizations or government
agencies. These agencies first define the safety
standards, which they publish in the form of
codes. They are also Accreditation Bodies and
entitle independent third parties such as testing
and certification agencies to inspect and ensure
compliance to the standards they defined.

Standards Organizations
For instance, the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) formulated a
certain number of safety standards in its Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) and
accredited TV Rheinland to provide
certification services to guarantee product
compliance to the defined safety regulations.

Standards Organizations United States

American National Standards Institute
A major American standards organization is the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Usually, members of a particular industry will
voluntarily form a committee to study safety
issues and propose standards. Those standards
are then recommended to ANSI, which reviews
and adopts them. Many government regulations
require that products sold or used must comply
with a particular ANSI standard such as pumps.

Standards Organizations United States

Government Agencies
Many government agencies set safety
standards for matters under their jurisdiction,
such as:
the Food and Drug Administration
the Consumer Product Safety Commission
the United States Environmental Protection
Agency

Standards Organizations United States

Standards Organizations United States

Testing Laboratories
Product safety testing, for the United States, is
largely controlled by the Consumer Product
Safety Commission. In addition, workplace
related products come under the jurisdiction of
the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), which certifies
independent testing companies as Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL).

Standards Organizations European Union

Institutions
European Commission (EC)
European Committee for
Standardization (CEN)
European Food Safety Authority
(EFSA)
European Safety Federation
(ESF)

Testing Laboratories
The European Commission provides the legal
framework, but the different Member States may
authorize test laboratories to carry out safety testing.

Occupational Safety and Health Standards

Occupational safety and health is an area
concerned with protecting the safety, health and
welfare of people engaged in work or
employment. The goals of occupational safety
and health programs include to foster a safe
and healthy work environment. OSH may also
protect co-workers, family members, employers,
customers, and many others who might be
affected by the workplace environment.

OSHS History
The research and regulation of occupational
safety and health are a relatively recent
phenomenon. As labor movements arose in
response to worker concerns in the wake of the
industrial revolution, worker's health entered
consideration as a labor-related issue.

OSHS History

OSHS - Philippines
Article 162 The Secretary of labor shall by

Phil. Const.

Labor Code.

appropriate order set and enforce mandatory

OSH Standards to eliminate or reduce OSH
hazards in all workplaces and institute new
and update existing programs to ensure safe
and healthful working conditions in all place of
employment
Article 165 - DOLE shall be solely
responsible for the administration,
enforcement of laws, policies and programs on
OSH.
Chartered cities may be allowed to conduct
industrial safety inspection of establishments
within their respective jurisdictions.

OSHS - Philippines

Book IV, Title I

Medical, Dental and
Occupational Safety

Occupational Safety
and Health Standards,
(OSHS)1978

OSHS - Philippines
A set of mandatory OSH

standards which codifies

all safety orders being
enforced prior to its
promulgation.
It contains administrative requirements,

general safety and health rules,

technical safety regulations, and other
measures to eliminate or reduce OSH
hazards in the workplace.

OSHS - Philippines
PURPOSE

to protect every working man against

the dangers of injury, sickness or death
through safe and healthful working
conditions.

SCOPE
shall apply to all places of employment
except land, sea and air transportation
and safety in mines.

OSHS - Philippines
Some OSHS Rules
1090
1100
1120
1140
1150
1160
1170
1180
1200
1210

Hazardous Materials
Gas & Electric
Welding & Cutting
Operations
Hazardous Work
Processes
Explosives
Materials Handling &
Storage
Boiler
Unfired Pressure
Vessels
Internal Combustion
Engine*
Machine Guarding
Electrical Safety

1220 Elevators & Related

Equipment
1230 Identification of
Piping System
1240 Power Piping Lines
1410 Construction Safety
1420 Logging
1940 Fire Protection &
Control
1950 Pesticides &
Fertilizers
1970 Fees
1980 Authority of LG
1990 Final Provisions
1960 OH Services