DEPARTMENT ORDER NO.

13 REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST
Section 5. Construction Safety and Health Program YES Does the project have a suitable Construction Safety and Health A. Program (CSHP) duly approved by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)? Does the CSHP include the composition of the Construction A.1 Safety and Health Committee? Does the CSHP state the specific safety policies which the A.2 General Constructor undertakes to observe and maintain in the construction site? Does the CSHP provide for penalties and sanctions for safety and A.3 health violations? Does the CSHP state the frequency and content of, and persons A.4 responsible for orienting, instructing and training all workers? Does the CSHP provide for a proper construction waste disposal A.5 system? Is the cost (e.g., cost of PPE) for implementing the CSHP integrated in B. the project's construction cost as a separate pay item? Section 6. Personal Protective Equipment YES A. B. C. D. Does the employer provide all his workers the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) at his own expense? Are specialty construction workers provided with special PPE? Are all other persons who are either authorized or allowed to be at the construction site required to wear appropriate PPE? Are the PPE furnished to workers or required of other persons in the construction site adequate and of approved type (with test certificate/result)? YES A. B. C. D. Does the General Constructor have a full-time safety officer assigned as the general construction safety and health officer? Is the number of construction safety and health officers depending on the total number of workers as required by Rule 1033 of the OSHS adequate? Is the number of construction safety and health officers based on the number of heavy equipment adequate? Do the subcontractors have their own representatives/safety officers to oversee the implementation of the CSHP for their respective workforce? Have the representatives/safety officers of the subcontractors D.1 undergone the basic forty (40)-hour mandated course on Construction Safety and Health? Are all the full-time safety personnel accredited by the DOLE? NO REMARKS NO REMARKS NO REMARKS

Section 7. Safety Personnel

E.

Section 8. Emergency Occupational Health Personnel and Facilities YES Does the owner provide competent emergency health personnel A. within the worksite depending on the total number of workers as required by Department Order No. 13 (DO 13)? Are the medical facilities based on the requirements of DO 13 B. adequate? If only a treatment room is provided, do the workers have access to the nearest medical/dental clinic within five (5) B.1 kilometer radius from the workplace and can be reached in twenty five (25) minutes? Is there a written contract with the medical/dental clinic B.1.1 to attend to workplace emergencies? In the absence of a nearby hospital, is an Emergency B.1.2 Health Provider engaged to provide services to the construction site? Is the required minimum inventory of medicines, medical supplies and C. equipment as indicated in Table 47 of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) available? Section 9. Construction Safety Signages YES A. Are construction safety signages provided to warn the workers and the public of hazards in the site? A.1 on mandatory PPE usage even prior to entry to the site? A.2 on potential risks of falling objects? A.3 on potential risks of falling? A.4 on presence of explosives and flammable substances? A.5 on potential tripping/falling hazards? A.6 on potential toxic or irritant airborne contaminants? A.7 on potential risks of coming in contact with electricity? A.8 on presence of machineries and equipment? A.9 on locations of fire alarms and firefighting equipment? A.10 on instructions on the usage of specific construction equipment? A.11 on periodic safe man-hours update? A.12 others? Are the signages posted/placed in prominent positions or strategic B. locations? Are the signages regularly inspected and maintained in good C. condition? YES Are all the heavy equipment operators assigned at the project site A. tested and certified by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)? Does the General Constructor have a system of authorizing the A.1 heavy equipment operators in its project? Are only duly certified and authorized operators allowed to A.2 operate their designated heavy equipment? NO REMARKS NO REMARKS NO REMARKS

Section 10. Safety on Construction Heavy Equipment

YES Are all heavy equipment tested and certified by DOLE or its recognized B. organizations? Are all heavy equipment regularly inspected and maintained in good C. condition? Is daily routine inspection of all heavy equipment deployed at the site conducted by duly certified mechanics and operators? Does the General Constructor or the equipment owner maintain C.2 a separate logbook for data on maintenance, repairs, tests and inspections for each heavy equipment? D. Do the operators and riggers wear the necessary PPE? C.1 Section 11. Construction Safety and Health Committee YES Is there an existing and functional Construction Safety and Health A. Committee (CSHC)? A.1 Composition A.1.1 Chairperson Name : A.1.2 General Construction Safety and Health Officer Name : A.1.3 Construction Safety and Health Officers Name/s:

NO

REMARKS

NO

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A.1.4 Safety Representatives from each Sub-Contractor Name/s:

A.1.5 Occupational Health Doctors Name/s:

A.1.6 Occupational Health Nurses Name/s:

A.1.7 Other Health Personnel Name/s:

B.

Is there a regular schedule of meeting by the Construction Safety and Health Committee?

YES Does the Construction Safety and Health Committee perform the C. following functions: plan, develop and oversee the implementation of accident C.1 prevention programs for the construction project? direct the accident prevention efforts for the construction C.2 project in accordance with these rules and the CSHP? initiate and supervise the conduct of brief safety meetings or C.3 toolbox meetings everyday? review reports of safety and health inspections and accident C.4 investigations? C.5 prepare and submit to DOLE reports on committee meetings? provide necessary assistance to government inspecting C.6 authorities in the proper conduct of their enforcement and other activities? C.7 initiate and supervise safety and health training for employees? develop and maintain a disaster contingency plan and organize C.8 such emergency service units as may be necessary to handle disaster situations? perform all duties provided in the CSHP or those that are C.9 necessary and incidental to the fulfillment of their duties herein Section 12. Safety and Health Information YES Does the General Constructor conduct the following methods of A. providing safety and health information to the workers with regards to construction site hazards and control measures? A.1 Training A.2 Orientation A.3 Toolbox Meeting A.4 Others Have all workers deployed in the construction site undergone a oneday safety and health awareness seminar/orientation conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC), Bureau of Working B. Conditions (BWC) or other concerned offices of DOLE or by safety training organizations or other institutions DOLE has accredited or recognized? Do trainings and instructions provided to the workers regarding C. general safety and health measures include: C.1 basic rights and duties of workers at the construction site? means of access and egress both during normal work and in C.2 emergency situations? C.3 measures for good housekeeping? location and proper use of welfare amenities and first-aid C.4 facilities? proper care and use of PPE and protective clothing provided the C.5 workers? C.6 general meaures for personal hygiene and health protection? C.7 fire precautions to be taken? C.8 action to be taken in case of any emergency?

NO

REMARKS

NO

REMARKS

YES requirements of relevant health and safety rules and C.9 regulations? D. Are toolbox meetings conducted daily? D.1 Are documents such as attendance reciords available? Does the General Constructor provide specialized instruction and E. training to: E.1 operators of lifting appliances? E.2 drivers of transport equipment? operators of earth moving and materials-handling equipment E.3 and machinery? E.4 any equipment of specialized or dangerous nature? E.5 workers engaged in erection or dismantling of scaffolds? E.6 workers engaged in excavations? E.7 workers handling explosives or engaged in blasting operations? E.8 workers engaged in pile-driving? E.9 workers engaged in compressed air, cofferdams and caissons? workers engaged in the erection of prefabricated parts of steel E.10 structural frames and tall chimneys, and in concrete work, form work and other such work? E.11 workers handling hazardous substances and materials? E.12 workers as signalers? E.13 other workers as may be categorized by TESDA? Section 13. Construction Safety and Health Training YES A. Have all safety personnel in the construction project attended and completed the forty (40)-hour training course? Do all full-time safety personnel attend a minimum of sixteen (16) B. hours of continuing construction safety and health training per year? YES Does the General Constructor submit the required monthly A. construction safety and health report to the BWC or DOLE Regional Office concerned? A.1 Does such report include: monthly summary of all safety and health committee A.1.1 meeting agreements? A.1.2 a summary of all accident investigations/reports? periodic hazards assessment with corresponding remedial A.1.3 measures/actions for each hazard? In case of any dangerous occurrence or major accident resulting in death or permanent total disability, did the employer notify the DOLE B. Regional Office within twenty-four (24) hours from the time of occurrence? After the conduct of investigation of such accident, did the B.1 employer submit a report to the DOLE Regional Office using the DOLE/BWC/HSD-IP-6 form?

NO

REMARKS

NO

REMARKS

Section 14. Construction Safety and Health Reports NO REMARKS

Section 15. Construction Workers' Skills' Certificates YES Have all construction workers involved in critical construction A. operations as qualified in Section 15 of DO 13 undergone mandatory skills testing and certification from TESDA? Section 16. Workers' Welfare Facilities YES Does the employer provide the following welfare facilities in order to A. ensure humane working conditions: A.1 adequate supply of safe drinking water? Is the drinking water stored in closed containers from A.1.1 which the water is dispensed through taps or cocks? Is the container of the drinking water cleaned and A.1.2 disinfected at regular intervals not exceeding fifteen (15) days? Are notices or signage conspicuously posted in locations A.1.3 where water sources are not fit for drinking purposes? adequate facilities for changing and for the storage and drying A.2 of work clothes? A.3 adequate accommodation for taking meals and shelter? suitable living accommodation for workers, and as may be A.4 applicable, for their families? separate sanitary, washing and sleeping facilities for men and A.5 women workers? NO REMARKS NO REMARKS

Prepared by: (Name and Signature) Position: Company: Date: