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This ESSENTIAL describes the regulatory requirements for machine safety based on
- the specific Brazilian laws
- Regulatory Standard NR-12 Machinery and Work Equipment Safety
- for INMETRO ordinances for specific machines, machine parts and components, see "CRF BRA Machine Safety INMETRO"
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Legislation in force: |
Content of NR-12 Machinery and Work Equipment Safety
12.1 General principles
12.2 Physical arrangement and facilities
12.3 Electrical Installations and Devices
12.4 Starting, actuation and stopping devices
12.5 Safety systems
12.6 Emergency stop devices
12.7 Pressurized Components
12.8 Material Conveyors
12.9 Ergonomic aspects
12.10 Additional Risks
12.11 Maintenance, inspection, preparation, adjustment, repair and cleaning
12.12 Signaling
12.13 Manuals
12.14 Work and Safety Procedures
12.15 Design, manufacture, import, sale, lease, auction, assignment in any capacity and exhibition
12.16 Capacity Building
12.17 Other Specific Security Requirements
12.18 Final Provisions.
Annexes:
I - Requirements for the use of optoelectronic presence detectors
II - Programmatic content of the training
III - Means of access to machinery and equipment
IV - Glossary
V - Chainsaws
VI - Machines for bakery and confectionery
VII - Machines for butchers, grocery stores, bars and restaurants
VIII - Presses and similar machines
IX - Plastic injection machines
X - Machines for manufacturing shoes and similar products
XI - Machines and implements for agricultural and forestry use
XII - Crane equipment for lifting people to carrying out work at height.
Ordinance 3.214 approves Brazilian Regulatory Standards (NR) as a consolidation of occupational and health laws:
NR-1 General Provisions
NR-2 Prior Inspection
NR-3 Embargo and Prohibition
NR-4 Specialized Services in Occupational Health and Safety (SESMT)
NR-5 Internal commission for Accident Prevention (CIPA)
NR-6 Personal Protective Equipment
NR-7 Occupational Health Examination Programs - PCMSO
NR-8 Buildings
NR-9 Environmental Risk Prevention Program (PPRA)
NR-10 Safety in Electrical Installations and Services
NR-11 Transportation, Movement, Storage and Handling of Materials
NR-12 Machinery and Work Equipment Safety
NR-13 Boilers and Pressure Vessels
NR-14 Furnaces
NR-15 Unhealthy Activities and Operations
NR-16 Hazardous Activities and Operations
NR-17 Ergonomics
NR-18 Working Conditions and Environment in Construction Industry
NR-19 Explosives
NR-20 Flammable and Combustible Liquids
NR-21 Open Air Work
NR-22 Occupational Health and Safety in Mining
NR-23 Fire Protection
NR-24 Sanitary and Comfort Conditions in the Workplace
NR-25 Industrial Waste
NR-26 Safety Signs
NR-28 Enforcement and Penalties
NR-29 Health and Saftey at Docks
NR-30 Health and Safety at Water Transportation
NR-31 Health and Safety in Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Logging and Aquaculture
NR-32 Health and Safety at Work in Health Service
NR-33 Working in Confined Spaces
NR-34 Working Conditions and Environment in Naval Construction and Repair Industry
NR-35 Working at Heights
NR-36 Health and Safety at Work in Slaughter Houses and Processing Meat and Derivates
CLT (Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho) - Consolidation of Labor Laws
SECTION XI – Machinery and Equipment
Art.184 Machines and equipment must be equipped with start and stop devices and others that are necessary to prevent accidents at work, especially regarding the risk of accidental activation.
Single paragraph. The manufacture, import, sale, rental and use of machines and equipment that do not comply with the provisions of this article is prohibited.
Art.185 Repairs, cleaning and adjustments can only be carried out with the machines stopped, unless the movement is indispensable to carry out the adjustment.
Art.186 The Ministry of Labor will establish additional rules on protection and safety measures in the operation of machinery and equipment, especially regarding the protection of moving parts, distance between them, access routes to large machines and equipment, use of tools, their suitability and protective measures required when motorized or electric.
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Comment on the comparability to EU legislation: |
Brazilian NR-12 is not comparable to the EU Machinery Directive.... |