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Mining was one of the first activities developed by humankind and it has been one of the pillars of the Brazil’s economy for years. Studies show that mining is responsible for the highest mortality rates related to working accidents among the economic activities from Brazil. This work consists of a case study which the aim is to analyze the impact of the OHSAS 18001 certification in the performance of workplace safety management in a gold mining company. For this purpose, were made bibliographic researches, technical visits in field, collection and critical analyze of data. The results showed that the certification process contributed significantly for the evolution of the performance of the safety management system. However, the key element to unleash the improvements was the human factor, through the high commitment level of the managers with the issue, which were reflected on the other organizational levels, providing several gains for the company.
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Environmental Risks at Work (RAT) represents the contribution of the company, provided for in item II of article 22 of Brazilian Law 8212/91, and consists of a percentage that measures the risk of economic activity, based on which the contribution is paid to finance the social security benefits arising from the degree of incidence of incapacity (GIIL-RAT) [8].
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Pignaton, A.P., Oliveira, M., Carneiro, C., Duques, A. (2019). OHSAS 18001 Certification as Leadership Commitment Factor for Improvement of the Safety Management Performance in a Mining Company. In: Arezes, P. (eds) Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 791. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_35
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