INTRODUCTION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RULES AT A WIND FARM

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/alcance.v26n3(Set/Dez).p247-260

Keywords:

Sistema de Gestão, OHSAS 18001, ISO 45001, Controle de riscos.

Abstract

The creation of the Program of Incentives for Alternative Sources of Electrical Energy (Programa de Incentivo às Fontes Alternativas de Energia Elétrica - PROINFA) has attracted multinational companies to expand and diversify the Brazilian energy matrix through renewable energy sources. Alfa Engenharia, a fictitious company of German origin, came to Brazil in 2006 and built two wind farms in the state of Ceará, in the northeast region of the country. In Brazil, OHSAS 18001 or ISO 45001 certification is not required for the implementation of wind farms. The company had a health and safety management system that was not certified. However, it had not reported any accidents involving an employee’s leave of absence for more than five years. In September 2013 this reality changed. A worker was on leave for fifteen days, negatively impacting Alfa Brazil's "Work Safety" record. Asked by the head of the parent company, which had registered its last accident in 1993, the company's general director, Carla Damares, has a dilemma: whether to adopt more rigid controls in its current management system or to request international certification?

Author Biographies

JAINARA ALVES DE CARVALHO, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Pós-Graduação em sistema de gestão integrado

MARIA VALÉRIA PEREIRA DE ARAÚJO, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Doutora em Administração pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB (2004). Professora Associada do Departamento de Administração da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN. Pesquisadora do grupo de pesquisa Gestão de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação e Coordenadora da Base de Pesquisa do Método do Caso. Tem experiência nas áreas de Administração de Turismo, com ênfase em: Mercadologia, Logística, Formação Profissional, Gestão Educacional, Casos para Ensino e PBL.

MARIA ISABEL DE MEDEIROS BRITO, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Graduação em Administração

TÚLIO MEDEIROS XAVIER, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Estudante de administração

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Published

2019-11-25

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 3(Set/Dez) (2019)

Section

Case for Teaching

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