Levantamento do custo do não cumprimento dos preceitos da NR-18 em uma obra pública

Abstract

In an increasingly competitive industry, the search for costs reduction in Construction has been intensifying in recent years. However, when considering Occupational Health and Safety, if costs are cut inadvertently or investments are not performed for a full compliance to the regulations, the employer may be further burdening its business. This paper aims to depict the compliance level of a civil work of public initiative, located in Curitiba, Paraná, to the regulations of NR-18, based on the NR-28, which regulates the government inspections on the referred matter. To accomplish that goal, a case study was conducted, using a checklist based on the NR-18 content. Throughout this paper, the aim was to present the main concepts which must be considered for further impact analysis on occupational accidents and those of financial sort, as a way to emphasize the need for the full compliancy to the referred regulation. It was 67,54% the compliance level percentage to the applicable items proposed on the checklist, considering the actual phase of the work. It was also noticed that the cost to adequate the work to the referred regulation is below 10% of those applicable in fines and penalties.