(SSST Ordinance No. 12, of November 12, 1979)
List of activities involving biological agents, whose hazardous conditions are characterized by qualitative assessment.
Maximum Unhealthy Conditions
Work or operations involving permanent contact with:
- patients in isolation due to infectious-contagious diseases, as well as objects used by them that have not been previously sterilized;
- meats, glands, viscera, blood, bones, hides, hairs, and excretions of animals carrying infectious-contagious diseases (anthrax, brucellosis, tuberculosis);
- sewage (sewers and tanks); and
- urban waste (collection and processing).
Medium Unhealthy Conditions
Work and operations involving permanent contact with patients, animals, or infectious-contagious material, in:
- hospitals, emergency services, wards, clinics, vaccination posts, and other establishments intended for human health care (applies only to personnel who have contact with patients, as well as those who handle objects used by these patients, not previously sterilized);
- hospitals, clinics, vaccination posts, and other establishments intended for the care and treatment of animals (applies only to personnel who have contact with such animals);
- contact in laboratories with animals intended for the preparation of serum, vaccines, and other products;
- clinical and histopathology laboratories (applies only to technical personnel);
- autopsy, anatomy, and histoanatomopathology offices (applies only to technical personnel);
- cemeteries (exhumation of bodies);
- stables and horse barns; and
- deteriorated animal residues.
DEGREES OF UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS
| Annex | Activities or operations exposing the worker | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Annex 1 | Levels of continuous or intermittent noise exceeding the tolerance limits set in the Table in Annex 1 and item 6 of the same Annex. | 20% |
| Annex 2 | Levels of impact noise exceeding the tolerance limits set in items 2 and 3 of Annex 2. | 20% |
| Annex 3 | Exposure to heat with IBUTG values exceeding the tolerance limits set in Tables 1 and 2. | 20% |
| Annex 4 | (Revoked by Ordinance MTE No. 3,751, of November 23, 1990) | |
| Annex 5 | Levels of ionizing radiation with radioactivity exceeding the tolerance limits set in this Annex. | 40% |
| Annex 6 | Compressed air. | 40% |
| Annex 7 | Non-ionizing radiation considered hazardous due to an inspection conducted at the workplace. | 20% |
| Annex 8 | Vibrations considered hazardous due to an inspection conducted at the workplace. | 20% |
| Annex 9 | Cold considered hazardous due to an inspection conducted at the workplace. | 20% |
| Annex 10 | Humidity considered hazardous due to an inspection conducted at the workplace. | 20% |
| Annex 11 | Chemical agents whose concentrations exceed the tolerance limits set in Table 1. | 10%, 20%, and 40% |
| Annex 12 | Mineral dust whose concentrations exceed the tolerance limits set in this Annex. | 40% |
| Annex 13 | Activities or operations involving chemical agents considered hazardous due to an inspection conducted at the workplace. | 10%, 20%, and 40% |
| Annex 14 | Biological agents. | 20% and 40% |