Sistema de gestão de segurança e saúde no trabalho para indústrias petroquímicas

Abstract

The excessive number of accidents in the petrochemical industry and the worldwide disasters reported by the media lead organizations to realize that competitiveness and profit are not enough. They must also demonstrate an ethical and responsible attitude to safety and health in their work environments. The Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS) is considered to be an effective instrument for improving the working environment and one of the possible alternatives for the evolution of the management of the integrated system. The objective of the research is to present relevant information that can be used by medium and large companies during the conception, implementation and continuous improvement of their SGSST. It aims to demonstrate the operation of the SGSST of a petrochemical industry presenting the main results identified during the process of implementing improvements in the system. We conducted a qualitative research, in a company case study, where the researcher is a member of the researched group (action research). The results presented aim to make SGSST more efficient, by analyzing what activities can be modified in order to continuously improve working environment conditions, as the company case study considers safety and health at work as a key factor in the overall evaluation of the performance of the organization.