Análise comparativa entre normas de segurança do trabalho brasileira e portuguesa nos canteiros de obra

Abstract

The construction sector is one of the areas with the highest number of accidents and deaths in the world, so it is important to understand the work safety. After the signing of the Reciprocity Agreement between Brazil and Portugal, where it establishes conditions for admission of engineers registered in Confea system in the Order of Engineers of Portugal and similiar. The knowledge of security standards is necessary for the foreign engineer to have theoretical foundation for the practice of their activities, and the work safety standards in Brazil and Portugal were analyzed consecutively conducting a comparative analysis between them, with the goal of verifying differences and propose measures. With this analysis it was possible to verify that despite the large number of safety standards at work in the construction sites, some are outdated and are different from the current requirements. Although the Brazilian and Portuguese standards are very similar in some specific points they present conditions and different methods for the same situations. It was verified the need for constant evolution of standards to follow the technological development and needs.