Gerenciamento de riscos em uma indústria de cerâmica

Abstract

In any occupational environment, in all work segments, it is possible to recognize the existing risks, either in the environment or in the conduction of processes. The framing of risks follows the labor legislation, specifically the Regulatory Norm - 1 (NR - 01), which cites five types of occupational risk, they are: physical, chemical, biological, accident and ergonomic risks. In the production process of ceramic tile, it is possible to identify some risks, such as dust, noise, and heat, due to the use of industrial machinery, which puts the operator in a considerable exposure to environmental agents, due to the maintenance and operation process of this machinery that involves unitary operations such as drying and heat transfer. The objective of this work was to recognize and analyze the existing risks in a sector of a ceramic tile factory, which present the most relevant risks, both for the employee and for production, to mitigate or eliminate them. The methodology applied makes use of risk analysis tools and the criteria established by NR01. For the first situation, two risk analysis tools were used, namely Hazop and Preliminary Risk Analysis (APR), which provided important information for the construction of an action plan for risk management and risk qualification. For the second situation it is necessary to provide guidelines for the elaboration of the Risk Management Program (RMP) that aims to recognize, qualify, and quantify the risks, and in the same way as the risk analysis tools, the study provided guidelines for the program developer together with the organization to build an effective action plan to mitigate or eliminate such risks. This study enables the Risk Management Program (RMP) developer to update it with the information required by Regulatory Standard 01 (NR-01), as it provides guidelines on how to conduct a risk survey, quantifying and qualifying the risks, and with the help of risk analysis tools it is possible to qualify the risks and put together an action plan to compose this document, as they can qualify the risks as to their severity and probability, identifying the consequences of employee exposure, giving rise to the creation of operational procedures and training. Therefore, this study enables the organization to do effective risk management.