– identification of hazards, risk assessment and determination of controls;
– mapping of legal requirements;
– breakdown of goals and programs.
Health and safety are highly relevant themes and strategic pillars in MRS’ management, with goals present in the corporate roadmap and targets deployed to all operational areas. The Company adopts a management model is based on ISO 45001, the international standard for the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) and Regulatory Standards (NRs – acronym in Portuguese) as guidelines for the performance of activities associated with rail traffic, maintenance and administrative operations.
In 2021, MRS implemented an S+ (Soc) system that allows an interface with the government platform, called eSocial, to send information related to the health and safety of employees, such as an Occupational Health Certificate (ASO – acronym in Portuguese), Work Accident Reporting (CAT – acronym in Portuguese), risk assessment, GHE (Homogeneous Exposure Group – acronym in Portuguese), PPP (Professional Social Security Profile – acronym in Portuguese) and social security leave. The Company also has a safety management system (SGS) for controlling railroad and personal occurrences, which is part of the corporate goals. Performance parameters related to the topic, established in 1996 in the first concession agreement signed with ANTT, were never breached.
Through the Hazard and Damage Survey (LPD – acronym in Portuguese) tool, the Environmental Risk Prevention Program (PPRA – acronym in Portuguese) and field audits, MRS ensures the quality of the processes for identifying hazards and assessing the risks found. Field audits are performed on a monthly basis by work safety technicians and, based on these, corrective and opportunity actions are implemented to ensure the continuous improvement of processes. The Company’s Disciplinary Regulation provides for the punishment for those who hide the reporting of personal or railway occurrences, in addition to a penalty in the calculation of variable compensation.