MANUAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

1. PURPOSE

This Manual aims to inform and guide employees regarding minimum Occupational Health and Safety procedures.

2. FIELD OF APPLICATION

This manual applies to all areas of the SIMPAR and companies controlled by it ("SIMPAR" or "Company"). This document applies to all company employees who work on any Company premises.

3. DEFINITIONS

NR - Regulatory Standard of the Ministry of Labor

SESMT - Specialized Service in Safety Engineering and Occupational Medicine

CIPA - Internal Accident Prevention Commission

SIPAT - Internal Workplace Accident Prevention Week

PPE - Personal Protective Equipment

ASO - Occupational Health Certificate

CAT - Work Accident Communication

OSH - Occupational Health and Safety

COLLABORATOR / EMPLOYEE - Individual who provides services of a non-contingent nature to the Company, in a personal way, under dependence and for a salary , in accordance with the provisions of the CLT

CONNECTED IN YOU - SIMPAR Group Program aimed at Health, Well-Being, Quality of Life and Personal and Professional Satisfaction

INCIDENT - Work-related event(s) that, regardless of severity, cause or could have caused damage to health

ACCIDENT - An incident that resulted in injury, injury, damage to health or fatality.

DOCNIX - Document Management System (the processes, instructions and/or policies mentioned in this document can be found at this link: documents.jsl.com.br).

  1. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS - APPLICABLE LEGISLATION
    • Law No. 6,514, of 12/22/1977
    • Regulatory Norms - NR, of Ordinance No. 3,214, of 06/08/1978 issued by the Ministry of Labor and Employment - MTE
    • Code of conduct
  2. RESPONSIBILITIES
    5.1 It is incumbent upon the Specialized Service in Safety Engineering and Occupational Medicine (SESMT):
    • Identify and implement the most appropriate safety measures to preserve the health and physical integrity of employees;
    • Guide the various areas of the company in matters related to Work Safety;
    • Propose internal rules and regulations for Work Safety;
    • Carry out safety inspections at the facilities of SIMPAR and its
      subsidiaries, in order to avoid unsafe conditions;
    • Provide Personal Protective Equipment for all employees, according to the nature and risks presented by the service to be performed;
    • Ensure the mandatory use and correct use of Personal Protective Equipment, as well as their conservation and hygiene during the execution of the work;
  • Ensure that the Work Safety Equipment provided is suitable for the risk agents present in the work environment and has the numbers of the respective Certificates of Approval stamped;
  • Guide and train employees on work safety procedures, monitoring and inspecting compliance with the procedures;
  • Disseminate Work Safety matters;
  • Analyze and investigate the causes of accidents and propose measures to avoid their repetition;
  • Issue the Work Accident Report - CAT, according to INSS normative instruction;
  • Maintain a permanent relationship with CIPA, making the most of their observations, in addition to providing support, providing training, as provided for in NR 5;
  • Collaborate in the projects and implementation of new physical and technological facilities of the company;

5.2 It is incumbent upon the Internal Commission for Accident Prevention (CIPA):

  • Inspect the work environments, identifying and communicating situations that may bring risks to the safety and health of employees, as well as making proposals for improvements in the work environment;
  • Participate in the implementation and quality control of the necessary preventive measures, as well as in the assessment of priorities for action in the workplace;
  • Develop a work plan that enables preventive action in solving occupational safety and health problems;
  • Annually promote, together with SESMT, the Internal Week for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents - SIPAT;
  • Educate employees on accident prevention.

5.3 People and Culture/Connected in You Area is responsible for:

  • Provide assistance to the employee, the victim and the family in the event of accidents, hospitalization or death.

5.4 It is up to the Managers:

  • Guide your team members and ensure compliance with safety standards;
  • Ensure and ensure that activities are carried out in conditions of safety and hygiene, not allowing the performance of activities that expose employees to serious and imminent risk of accidents or damage to health;
  • Request technical support from SESMT, whenever necessary, to assess security conditions;
  • Participate in the analysis and assessment of accidents that have occurred and in the implementation of recommended corrective measures, if applicable;
  • Be aware of any work accident that occurred in your area;
  • Encourage the prevention of incidents and accidents at work;
  • Consult and encourage the participation of its employees in the implementation of preventive and/or corrective actions proposed resulting from incidents and accidents;
  • Ensure the availability and delivery of personal protective equipment to employees under their management;
  • Supervise, together with SESMT, the correct use of personal protective equipment by employees under its management.

5.5 It is incumbent upon the Employees:

  • Do not perform activity that exposes your safety or that of other people, including visitors and service providers, to risk;
  • Guide the person responsible for carrying out the activity, whenever there is a deficiency in the materials, equipment, tools, machines or individual or collective protection devices likely to cause an accident;
  • Notify the area manager whenever there is an unsafe condition;
  • Not access or leave the workplace by means other than those established by the company;
  • Use the personal protective equipment specified on a mandatory basis, during the time you remain in the workplace;
  • Respect existing safety signs;
  • Keep the work area and vehicles always clean and tidy, equipment and materials always in order, as well as throw garbage in the appropriate places for this purpose;
  • Use the appropriate places for personal hygiene;
  • Keep away from live wires and cables;
  • Do not use or repair any machine, electrical device or equipment for which you are not authorized and authorized by the company;
  • Ensure the conservation of protective equipment in their possession;
  • Immediately notify the person in charge and, if not possible, within a maximum period of 24 hours, the occurrence of an accident at work, even if there is no injury or absence;
  • Whenever possible, participate in the analysis of occurrences.

6. DESCRIPTIONS

SIMPAR is responsible for complying with the Laws, Regulatory Norms ( NRs ) of the Ministry of Labor and Technical and Normative Instructions of the competent bodies committed to the matter, and must ensure:

    • The professional practice of the components of the Specialized Services in Safety Engineering and Occupational Medicine (SESMT);
    • The constitution and execution of the activities of the Internal Commission for the Prevention of Accidents at Work (CIPA);
    • The constitution, training and practice of fire prevention and firefighting teams.
  • Specialized Service in Safety Engineering and Occupational Medicine (SESMT)

SESMT's objective is to promote health and protect the physical integrity of employees in their workplace, and the rule that governs this service is NR 4, approved by Ordinance No. of work. In other words, the dimensioning follows the criteria established in table II (SESMT Dimensioning) of NR 4. SIMPAR's SESMT is composed of Technicians and Occupational Safety Engineer.

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