Análise comparativa das principais alterações da NR 18.

Abstract

The civil construction is one of the sectors of the economy that most employ a large amount of labor. Due to the nature of the activities of workers inserted in this environment, there is a great need to implement measures in order to plan and organize service environments to guarantee better health and safety conditions for those involved, in order to avoid accidents and diseases. In order to guarantee better conditions for employees involved in labor environments, the Regulatory Norms serve as devices to validate these objectives. Among the Regulatory Norms, one regulation in particular stands out to govern the health and safety measures at work in the civil construction sector, Regulatory Norm No. 18. This regulation underwent changes during the years after it was implemented, and recently, in 2020, it underwent a major change in its text. With this, this work aims to explore the main changes made in the reformulated text of the new NR 18, which comes into force in 2022, through a comparative analysis with the previous wording, in addition to reflecting on how such changes can add to the management the safety and health of building environments. Changes are being presented regarding the simplification and reorganization of the text, in addition to its harmonization with other regulatory and technical standards in force, which address more precisely certain procedures. With this, this study can help professionals, students, and other stakeholders in the field to identify the main changes in the new text of NR 18. Keywords: Regulatory Standard No. 18. Civil Construction. Occupational Health and Safety. Comparative Analysis.