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The Cost the Non-Compliance to the Legal Requirements in a Public Work in the Field of Civil Construction Industry: a Case Study


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15866/irece.v5i5.3835

Abstract


The civil construction industry has been growing in Brazil in the recent years. However, the investments in occupational health and safety are not keeping up with that development, fact this can be seen by mean of increase in the number of work accident and occupational diseases. This article presents a case study performed in a Brazilian public work where the requirements of existing legislation were analyzed, as well as the cost of non-compliance was identified with the precepts in the event of an inspection by competent agencies, in this case, the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MTE), evaluating the Brazilian legal requirements specified in the NR-18 - Conditions and Work Environment in the Construction Industry and NR-28 - Inspection and Penalties, legislations about the rules to safety in the civil construction and inspection and penalties, respectively and also the financial gain of the company acting in a preventive manner. It is concluded that thirty-three percent of the evaluated items are non-compliance with the precepts of Brazilian legal requirement and the investments to the suitability of these items are extremely low compared to the cost of a possible oversight. It is observed that prevention really is the best option.
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Safety; Civil Construction Industry; Inspection and Penalties

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