OSH Management Systems National, Establishment levels, The Philippine Experience

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OSH Management Systems National, Establishment
levels, The Philippine Experience

• Dr. Dulce P. Estrella-Gust
• Implementing Occupational Safety and Health
  Standards Globally Dusseldorf, Germany
• November 4, 2009

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Objectives

• 1. Present the Philippine OSH systems, programs,
  at national and establishment levels
• 2. Discuss accomplishments, output, outcome,
  under the NOSH-Medium Term Plan 2006-10
• 3. Steps taken to adapt the OSH systems and
  programs according to
• ILO OSH-MS Guidelines, and
• ILO Convention No 187

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OSH management system

• internally consistent OSH policies,
  infrastructures, programs, monitoring and
  feedback system
• includes related arrangements geared towards the
  prevention of work-related hazards and risks
• Compliance to OSH standards, related laws and
  recent policies,
• the provision of benefits for compensation for
  work-related injuries and illnesses.

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Framework of Action for an Integrated and
Comprehensive National OSH Plan (2006-2010)
Vision All workers enjoy a better quality of
life through OSH policies and programs
Mission With the enabling capacity of DOLE,
unions, employers and other stakeholders
translate the vision into harmonized policies,
programs and standard operating procedures on OSH
through effective partnerships
Feedback
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Goal By 2010, all OSH stakeholders have the
capability to carry out cost-effective OSH
preventive programs of the highest quality
reaching out to the majority of workers in the
formal and informal sectors in all regions of the
country and to reduce work-related injuries and
illnesses by 20

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  Strategies
• harmonize OSH systems and programs, mechanisms
  with focus on
• prevention through policy, training, information,
  research,
• technical services
• - deliver quality OSH services, and mobilize
  resources

Indicative Plans of agencies and stakeholders
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Objectives of the National OSH Plan 2006 to 2010

• Policy Harmonize policies, systems, structure
  and programs on OSH
• Resource Mobilisation raise the level of
  resources for preventive occupational safety and
  health programs for both public and private
  sectors.
• Quality Services reach more workers with
  quality OSH programs.
• Compliance improve compliance of
  establishments on OSH Standards and related
  policies
• Research To carry out studies and researches
  as basis for policy formulation and the design of
  programs and provision of services
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Legal Framework Governing OSH
ORIGIN
Constitutional Convention Congress Government
Tripartite Bipartite Company, Organization
CBAs,/CNAs LMCs, OSH Committees others
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Department Orders and Policies on OSH
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Philippine Occupational Safety and Health System
and Programs
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Policy achievements, gaps Objective 1 of
NOSH-MTP

• A comprehensive OSH System, Structure and
  Programs, but needs harmonization
• Improved Resource Allocation towards prevention
  of work-related diseases and promotion of
  workers health, but limited by law, needs new
  legislation.
• Persistent Organic Pollutants a natl program
  exist but needs legislation
• Globally Harmonized System of Labelling
  Chemicals same achievements, same legislative
  concerns

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OSH Structure achievements, gaps

• With two new extension offices of OSHC needs
  more to cover 16 regions, 800,000 estabs, and 33
  M workers
• Few OSH partners in the private sector
• Slow progress in integrating OSH in educational
  systems
• Public sector OSH difficulties in catching up
• Interagency committees with varying degrees of
  sustainability
• Philippine National AIDS Council
• Interagency Committee on Environmental Health
• Committee on Chemical Control Order
• Committees to implement ILO Convention 176 on
  Mine Safety, 182 on Child Labor, others.

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Objective 2 of NOSH-MTP Resources

• Expected Outputs, Accomplishments, Gaps
• 1. Actuarial study on improved allocation of
  resources for prevention
• as resources stated in EO 307 is limited.
  Resources still highly inadequate to cover 35
  million workers
• 2. Improved resources at local government unit
  (LGU) levels
• Few LGUs have committed to support OSH in
  general and/or specific aspects like drug-free
  workplace, school H and S
• Need for progressive expansion to larger
  numbers of LGUs
• 3. Limited partnership with external donors for
  vulnerable working populations
• Systematic exploration of cooperation and
  funding with old and new partners for innovative
  projects i.e. on OSH, decent work and
  non-discrimination of the informal sector, of
  women young and older workers, Overseas Foreign
  Workers (OFWs), chemical safety, OSH-MS, others .

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Objective 3 Capability/Capacity Building
Expected Output, Accomplishments, Gaps  
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New training courses and material
Accomplishments

• Stress Management,
• Violence and anti-sexual harassment, Tobacco
• Drug-Free workplace
• OSH in Call Centers,
• In Shipbuilding, Ship Repair
• 100 hr. OSHMS
• Manuals, Technical Guides, documentary films,
  handouts

• 1.Psychosocial Concerns
• 2.OSH in Industry sectors
• 3.Piloting of OSH-MS
• 4.Support training materials

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Capability Observations/Gaps

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• Coverage of clients thru training, info, tech
  services improved by over 500 from 2006
• But, fast expanding demand for OSH services has
  outpaced availability of services
• Current OSHC/ safety training organizations/academ
  e understaffed to meet all capability building
  requirements and demands
• a small core of trainors for OSHMS, and
  psychosocial issues
• Inadequate efforts in integrating OSH information
  and skills in existing programs of GOs,
  employers/ workers groups
• Slow progress on integration of OSH courses in
  both undergraduate and post-graduate degrees
•  No industrial hygiene undergraduate course yet.

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Capability Building Gaps /recommmendation 

•   Speed up process and harmonize system in
  capability building,
• Same with accreditation of experts and
  institutions
• And monitoring of expert build-up
• New programs are at testing stage e.g on
  shipbuilding, call centers, psychosocial concerns
• Intense linkup with education partners

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Obj 4 of NOSH-MTP ComplianceExpected output
Achievements

• Standards
• Increased number of establishments benefiting
  from and complying with LSEF requirements of
• LSEF outcomes updated and reviewed
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•  WAIR , AMR reports updated
• Specific policies and programs

• LSEF promoted nation-wide through DOLE ROs and
  BWC
• Regular monitoring with an increase of 10 to 20
  
• WAIR report updated
• AMR report latest update
• Databases on
• HIV/AIDS
• Drug-free workplace
• TB, H1N1 prevention
• OSH in Call centers, shipbuilding, etc

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Compliance

•  Limited OSH parameters used
• Few sanctions
• Limited scope for checking reliability of
  self-assessment reports
• Limited capacity for OSH inspection and TAV
• Procedures should be clear for all Work Alert
  team

• Gaps

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RESEARCHActive Surveillance Work-Related
Disorders Results

• Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs)
  most frequent 33
• Lung diseases 20
• Skin diseases 18
• Circulatory system 12
• Skin diseases 5
• Renal diseases 5
• Eye diseases 5
• Blood disorders 4
• Hearing loss 2
• Neurologic 1

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Other Studies

• Working Conditions Hazardous Workplaces
  (shipbuilding, ship repair, swine, pesticide
  exposure, construction, etc)
• Service (Hotel and restaurants, Call Centers) -.
• OSH of Local Government Offices
• OSH Qualities of Commercially Available PPEs
• Women in the Informal Sector,
• drugs, HIV/AIDS, TB prevention, OSH in specific
  sectors as in call centers, shipbuilding,
  construction, and others.

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Research Accomplishments, Use

• basis for medium term plans and action programs
• improving coverage/ quality of programs
• developing training and information program on
  psychosocial concerns.
• used as Best practices in ZAP and productivity,
  and the Gawad Kaligtasan Kalusugan award
• inputs to Technical Guidelines
• aid to standard setting and enforcement of
  Standards and related policies.

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Research Gaps

• Sharing of expertise and other technical
  resources, between and among research
  institutions
• databases on enunciated policies and programs of
  HIV, drugs, TB, Call Centers, Shipbuilding,
  infectious diseases like H1N1
• regular funding resources
• interest of major funding agencies to OSH
  research

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OSH Management Systems Selected Countries
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OSH Programs for Vulnerable Populations

• Informal Sector
• Women workers in the informal economy
• Young Workers
• Child Labor

• Achievements
• Case studies, advocacy in LGUs, network
• National Conference on Young Workers 2003.
• research, policies, training progs, guidelines
  for call center workers, progs and guidelines for
  workers in tourism
• case studies in small scale mine, footwear,
  paaling, vegetable farming training, policies,
  tech assistance to ILO C 138 and 182

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Vulnerable PopulationAchievement Gaps

• Older Workers
• OFWs

• case studies, local and intl. networking,
  integrated in training, advocacy for policy
• Selected pre-departure training training programs
  for Korea-bound, case studies on HIV

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Emerging Industries, emerging Hazards and Risks

• Call Centers
• New infectious diseases (SARS, Avian flu, Ebola
  Reston, H1N1)

• MSDs
• Psychosocial hazards
• stress, sexual harassment, tobacco, drugs and
  alcohol, fatigue
• Policies, information programs

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Good Practices in OSHNational Level

• National OSH System
• NOSH Profile 2006, now updating to 09
• National OSH Medium Term Plan up to 2010, being
  updated
• National Safety Award (GKK), biennial
• National and Regional OSH Congresses
• Networks (natl, regl, specialty,LGUs)
• Monitoring System
• Setting up of Extension Offices

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Good Practices on OSHNational/establishment Level

• Systematic Implementation of Capability building
  program of individual safety persons/experts and
  workplaces (TNA, responsive devt of training
  courses, piloting, finalizing, implementing,
  monitoring, use of training support materials )
• From Research to Policy to Programs
• Assisting establishments in setting up an OHS
  program (OSHS Rule 1960)
• Expanding networks locally and internationally
• Information Packages and mass and small media
  dissemination, Internet
• Medium Term Research Agenda

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OSH POLICY
The GKK Framework