O caso Pinheiro e a responsabilidade trabalhista da Braskem

Abstract

The situation experienced by many residents of the districts of Pinheiro, Mutange, Bom Parto and Bebedouro is public knowledge due to the activities of extraction of rock salt carried out by the company Braskem. In March 2018, a seismic tremor of magnitude 2.5 mR was diagnosed in the Pinheiro neighborhood. After this event, several cracks could be found in several properties in the region. The Geological Survey of Brazil (CPRM) after surveys in the affected areas concluded that the cause of such cracks was the extraction of rock salt, which due to the lack of environmental protection measures caused soil instability. A map was then drawn up with recommendations of areas in which the relocation of an emergency action plan, which contained: escape routes, action plan of the public emergency services for possible immediate action, and a project for housing assistance for families who had to leave their homes. Due to these factors, many people not only lost the place where they lived, raised their children and acquired several personal relationships, but also lost their sources of income due to several companies that closed their doors, in addition to several small entrepreneurs who had no other option to other than closing their commercial establishments and so many other residents of the region who depended on informal commerce and made their living through fishing and collecting various inputs from Lagoa Mundaú, which drastically affected the region`s economy in addition to emotional disorders, due to social distancing of certain families and physicist, due to relocations, that it is not an easy process to have to start over.