Track: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

Abstract

Manufacturing firecracker is one of the most hazardous field in manufacturing yet, in Philippines, prevention and mitigation programs provided for manufacturing firecrackers are limited and outdated. Hence, this study focused on the welfare of the factory workers. The study also provided general prevention and mitigation programs for manufacturing firecrackers. These prevention and mitigation programs resulted to a 56.15% RPN reduction. The reduction was achieved through the Identify, Analyze, Assess, Prevention and Mitigation phases. In the results, management, physical, and operation needed to be prioritized. And under these major risk factors were sub factors that lacks in most of the company. For management, these are provision of personal protective equipment, provision of safety training, proper labeling of equipment, provision of orientation before start of work, and safety officer in the factory. For physical, floor and wall condition (good), appropriate lighting, and proper ventilations. For operation, appropriate distance between processes, correct drying time, and lastly appropriate chairs and tables. The four general risks were assessed and given different risk responses. For accidents, control. For explosion or fire, mitigate. For both health issue and environmental issue, accept. And to prevent and mitigate the risks, different hazard controls were used, such as engineering controls, work practices, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment.