Avaliação das condições de segurança de um edifício de laboratórios

Abstract

The present work aims to evaluate the safety conditions of a building of a higher education institution that houses some teaching and research laboratories. The assessment is made on the fire safety system compliances and the environmental risks to which servers and students of different levels of training are submitted, as well as the level of understanding and training about exposed risks. The methodology implemented was the application of a checklist formed from some items taken from the Norms of technical procedures present in the fire and panic safety code of the fire department of Paraná, and the application of a questionnaire to the users of the laboratories, in which conditions of structure, training and practices are evaluated. The results show that only items referring to fire extinguishers comply with fire regulations and that there is practically no safety training, this lack resulting in unsafe practices and lack of knowledge for a possible emergency. It is concluded that the users of these laboratories are exposed to several risks without there being a security policy and structure for emergencies, and the institution does not present an adequacy program.