TRACER STUDY ON OSHC-LED BASIC OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY...

REYNOLD M. STA ANA, MD1; FAITH CARMELA A. RELENTE2; JASMIN D.C. RIVERA2 1Senior Occupational Health Officer; 2Research Analyst

Occupational Safety and Health Center 1

TRACER STUDY

ON

OSHC-LED BASIC OCCUPATIONAL

SAFETY AND HEALTH (BOSH)

TRAINING PARTICIPANTS

FROM

JANUARY 2013 TO DECEMBER 2015

Department of Labor and Employment

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER 2

INTRODUCTION

• Tracer study - research instrument for assessment of educational and training programs.

• Identify the outcomes and effects of BOSH participants after completion of the 5-day mandatory course.



METHODOLOGY

• descriptive study - 2,257 participants

• BOSH trainings from January 2013 to December 2015.



• respondents = 320 (response rate = 14%)

• respondents:

– 218 males (68%)

– 102 females (32%)

– 24-61 years old

– mean age = 37 years.

DATA and FINDINGS


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DATA and FINDINGS Figure 1: Distribution of BOSH Participants per industry type.

22%

17%

13%

6% 6% 5% 5%

4% 4% 3% 3%

3%

8%



DATA and FINDINGS Figure 2: Most Common Reasons of Participants Attending BOSH.

46%

33%

14%

3% 3%

I chose to attend the trainingfor professionalimprovement

I was assigned by mysupervisor

I wanted to become a safetyofficer

To comply with DOLErequirements

Company/job requirement



BOSH Topics

Total

N = 320

Mean Rank

Personal Protective Equipment 2.72 1

Unsafe Acts and Conditions 2.70 2

Housekeeping 2.61 3

Occupational Health 2.60 4

Fire Safety 2.55 5

Materials Handling and Storage 2.48 7

Safety and Health Inspection 2.49 6

Electrical Safety 2.41 9

Machine Safety 2.38 10

Industrial Hygiene 2.42 8

Accident Investigation 2.37 11

OSH Programming and Legislation 2.24 12

Employees' Compensation Program 2.24 13

DATA and FINDINGS Table 1: BOSH participants’ ranking of mostly learned BOSH topics.



DATA and FINDINGS Table 2: BOSH participants’ ranking of mostly applied knowledge and skills learned.

Application of Knowledge and Skills Learned Total

N = 320

Mean Rank

I became aware of the Philippine statistics on accidents, injuries, and illnesses of

establishments. 2.33 14

I understood the causes of accidents, injuries, and illnesses. 2.68 3

I learned to identify unsafe acts and unsafe conditions in the workplace. 2.73 1

I learned 5S and how to arrange and organize things in the workplace. 2.64 5

I know how to use the fire extinguisher. 2.66 4

I learned how to identify the appropriate type of fire extinguisher. 2.53 7

I learned practical measures to prevent electrical injuries. 2.43 12

I can identify machines that need guarding. 2.52 8

I learned to distinguish the appropriate type of PPE that is needed in my

workplace. 2.73 1

I can identify existing and potential safety and health hazards and risks in my

workplace. 2.70 2



DATA and FINDINGS Table 3: Facilitating factors (N=320)

Facilitating factors OSH Personnel Non-OSH

Personnel

Communication 1 1

Creation/Establishment of Safety and Health Committee 2 3

Monitoring and evaluation of OSH activities by Safety and Health

Committee 3 7

Top management support in OSH programs and activities 4 2

Employee participation 5 5

Management is open to new methods/innovations 6 9

Implementing personnel qualification 6 6

Employee acceptance 7 4

Prior experience with OSH 8 10

Training in OSH is seen as a priority 9 8

Company has adequate resources 10 11

Technical assistance given by the government 11 12



DATA and FINDINGS Table 4: Hindering factors (N=320)

Hindering factors OSH Personnel Non-OSH

Personnel

Company has inadequate resources 1 1

No technical assistance given by the government 2 2

Employee resistance 2 3

Training in OSH is not a priority 3 6

Employee’s non-participation 4 2

Management is not open to new methods/innovations 5 5

No prior experience with OSH 6 4

Not implementing personnel qualification 6 7

Non-support of top management in OSH programs and activities 7 10

No Safety and Health Committee 8 9

No monitoring and evaluation of OSH activities by Safety and

Health Committee 9 5

Lack of communication 10 8



DATA and FINDINGS Table 5: Participants’ responses after attending the course (N=320)

After attending the BOSH Training TOTAL

(N=320)

I recognized the need to have OSH policies and programs in my company. 89 %

I recognized the need to improve OSH in my company. 88 %

I planned to incorporate a safe and health workplace in my company. 86 %

It helped me to formulate and promote OSH Policies and Programs in my company. 83 %

It enabled me to implement safety and health policies and programs in my company. 81 %

I am able to advise and assist my company in complying with the provisions of the OSH Standards 80 %

It gave me confidence in carrying out my duties as a safety officer in my company. 71 %

It helped me to qualify as a safety officer in my company. 66 %

I was designated by management to be the company's safety officer. 56 %

I am able to assist the management in the submission of DOLE reportorial requirements. 62 %

I am able to perform periodic appraisal/assessment of the implementation of OSH programs in the workplace. 61 %

I became interested to apply as an accredited OSH practitioner. 68 %

I was hired by the company as a safety officer 29 %

I applied to become an accredited OSH practitioner. 24 %



• The top 5 BOSH topics that were mostly learned by the respondents were:

(1) Personal Protective Equipment

(2) Unsafe Acts and Conditions

(3) Housekeeping

(4) Occupational Health

(5) Fire Safety.

• The 5 most applied knowledge and skills learned were: (1) identification of unsafe acts and conditions in the workplace and distinguishing appropriate type of PPE needed

(2) identifying safety and health hazards and risks

(3) understanding causes of accidents, injuries, and illnesses

(4) use of fire extinguisher

(5) housekeeping.

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DATA and FINDINGS



• Communication and inadequate resources are the most

important facilitating and hindering factors.

• After attending: – I recognized the need to have OSH policies and programs in my company. 89%

– I recognized the need to improve OSH in my company. 88%

– I planned to incorporate a safe and health workplace in my company. 86%

– It helped me to formulate and promote OSH Policies and Programs in my company. 83%

– It enabled me to implement safety and health policies and programs in my company.

– 81%

– I became interested to apply as an accredited OSH practitioner. 68%

– I was hired by the company as a safety officer 29%

– I applied to become an accredited OSH practitioner. 24%


DATA and FINDINGS



CONCLUSION • Respondents gained much knowledge in varied topics especially on:

• unsafe acts and unsafe conditions

• identification of occupational health hazards

• personal protective equipment

• housekeeping

• fire safety.

• The objectives of the training were met since BOSH topics learned from the training are essential to awareness, appreciation, and application of OSH policies and programs to their respective companies.

• The level of technicality of the topics, capacity of the participants to apply what they learned plus the facilitating and hindering factors influenced the degree of implementation of OSH to their workplaces and have an effect for their decision to apply for OSH practitioner.



• An in-depth study on the outcome of BOSH participants who were interested to apply as an accredited OSH practitioner.

• Increasing the retrieval rate.

• Strengthening implementation of Department Order 16 series 2001.

• Promoting the advantages and benefits of being an OSH practitioner through an attractive career path.

• Developing and implementing measures to strengthen linkages and partnership with industries through networking and supporting job referral system with industries needing BOSH graduates and OSH practitioners.


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