Rule 1980 Implementing Agency: DOLE Legal Basis of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards

Rule 1980

Legal Basis of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards

• Book IV, Title I

Chapter I

Medical and Dental Services

Chapter II

Occupational Safety

Legal Basis of the Occupational Safety and Health and Standards

Occupational Safety and Health Standards, (OSHS)1978

A set of mandatory OSH standards which codifies all safety orders being enforced prior to its promulgation.

• 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.