SEGURANÇA DO TRABALHO APLICADA À PROTEÇÃO DE PRENSAS MECÂNICAS E EQUIPAMENTOS SIMILARES

Abstract

This work presents legal and technical criteria for the improvement of safety conditions in the transformation industry, more specifically in stamping. NR-12 Machinery and Equipment, approved by Ordinance 3.214 / 78, of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, and its annexes define technical references, fundamental principles and protective measures to guarantee the health and physical integrity of workers and establish minimum requirements for the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases in the design and use phases of machines and equipment of all types, as well as their manufacture, import, commercialization, exhibition and assignment to any title. Through the Collective Convention to improve working conditions in presses and similar equipment in the State of São Paulo Annex II Press and Similar Equipment, it was possible to start the implementation of safety measures aimed at protecting the health and physical integrity of operators and, at the same time , guarantee and allow the entrepreneur the use of Key Coupling Presses, provided that all the safety requirements contained in this Annex are met. The design and conception of new machines and equipment requires the engineer to perceive, not only operationalization, but also preventive in order to guarantee safe operation.