Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), together with the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), steps up on raising awareness on Basic Occupational Safety and Health Standards (BOSH) Course.
OSH standards are mandatory rules and standards implemented to eliminate, if not reduce occupational hazards in every workplace. It provides protection for each worker from dangers of injury, illness, physical harm or death while doing one’s job.
Those establishments engaged in air, land and sea transportation are not covered by OSH standards except their garages, dry docks, port hangars, maintenance and repair shops.
Every organization or place of employment covered in the OSH manual as amended in 1989 is to be inspected at least once yearly to determine compliance with OSH standards. (PIA)