Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) in Brazil
NR-10 regulates the safety and health of workers who interact with electricity in Brazil. NR-10 was first published in 1978, based on the French standards, and revised four times, in 1983, 2004, 2016 and 2019, to reflect the changes in Read More ...
NR-12 is a Brazilian regulation that establishes minimum requirements for the prevention of accidents and diseases related to the work with machines and equipment of all types. NR-12 was originally issued in 1978, based on articles 184 to 186 of Read More ...
NR-13 establishes the minimum requirements for the management of the structural integrity of boilers, pressure vessels, their interconnection pipes and metal storage tanks, in aspects related to installation, inspection, operation and maintenance, aiming at the safety and health of workers. Read More ...
NR-37, “Health and Safety on Oil Platforms,” was established by MTb Ordinance No. 1186 on December 20, 2018, based on Annex II of NR-30. It sets minimum safety and health requirements for work on oil platforms in Brazilian Jurisdictional Waters Read More ...
Two died and one injured after scaffolding which they were working on came into contact with power line in the North Zone of Pernambuco. Witnesses reported to the police that three men were working on a billboard when the scaffold Read More …
51-year-old employee died in a work-related accident at the JBS plant in Samambaia, in the Federal District, after he fell into a poultry processing machine. According to JBS, the accident occurred during the process of cleaning. The company also states Read More …
Statement from the Brazilian National Association of Occupational Medicine (ANAMT) regarding the outcome of the Supreme Court ruling on the production and sale of asbestos in Brazil The Brazilian National Association of Occupational Medicine – ANAMT, a non-profit civil entity Read More …
The workers from the Osasco region who had contact with asbestos at some point in their professional activities now have the assistance of an outpatient clinic at the Incor (Heart Institute), linked to the Clinics Hospital of São Paulo. The Read More …
According to data from the Secretariat of Social Security, there has been a 17% increase in the grants of disease aid for anxiety disorders in the last four years – from 22,600 in 2012 to 26,500 in 2016. Anxiety accounts Read More …
Os profissionais de saúde e segurança do trabalho podem aprender com o mundo da inteligência artificial. Uma nova “regra” foi sugerida para evitar que os Exterminadores assumissem o planeta: “Os seres humanos devem florescer”. Esta nova “regra” emergiu de um Read More …
Sociologist Juliana Oliveira of the Fundacentro, which is a research organization linked to the Ministry of Labor, defended the improvement of legislation against sexual harassment at work, a crime that could lead to two years of detention and compensation for Read More …
According to data from the Brazilian Forum on Public Security, more people died from violent crime in Brazil between 2011 and 2015 than the Syrian War in the same period. Any person can be subject to urban violence, which also Read More …
Occupational Health Reference Center (CEREST) registered 15 cases of serious accidents in Santarém, west of Pará, and 19 other municipalities in the first half of 2017. Construction accidents due to sharp instruments is at the top of the list. Accidents Read More …
A União Europeia (UA) está a ser chamada a fazer mais para abordar os distúrbios osteomusculares relacionados ao trabalho (DORT) – a doença mais comum relacionada com o trabalho na Europa. Dor nas costas, pescoço e ombro (bem como dor Read More …