REGULATION 16 – DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS

16.1. Dangerous activities and operations are considered to be those listed in Annexes 1 and 2 of this Regulatory
Standard -Regulation.

16.2. Working in dangerous conditions allows the worker an addition of 30% (thirty percent) to his salary, without the
increases resulting from gratifications, premiums or profit sharing. (116.001-0 / I1)

16.2.1. Employees may opt for the extra payment for unhealthy conditions which might be owed him.

16.3. Companies, or unions for the professional categories request from the Ministry of Labor, through the Regional
Labor Delegation, a inspection of the establishment or sector of the company, with the objective of describing and
classifying a given activity as dangerous.

16.4. The provisions in item 16.3 will not hinder the supervision of the Ministry of Labor or the holding of ex-officio
inspections.

16.5. For the purposes of this Regulation, dangerous activities or operations are those executed with explosives subject
to:
a) auto catalytic chemical degradation;
b) action of outsides agents such as heat, humidity, sparks, fire, seismic phenomena, shocks and friction.

16.6. Operations for transporting liquid inflammables or liquefied gasses, in any container or in bulk, are considered
dangerous conditions, with the exception of transporting small quantities of up to 200 (two hundred) liters for
inflammable liquids and 135 (a hundred and thirty-five) kilos for liquefied inflammable gas.

16.6.1. Inflammables in gas tanks of vehicles for their own consumption are not considered for the effects of this
Regulation.

16.7. For effects of this Regulation, a liquid fuel is considered one with a flash point equal or greater than 70ºC
(seventy degrees centigrade) and less than 93.3ºC (ninety three point three degrees centigrade).

16.8. All areas of risk foreseen in this Regulation shall be delimited, under the responsibility of the employer. (116.002-
8 / I2)

ANNEX 1

DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS WITH EXPLOSIVES

1. Dangerous activities or operations are considered to be those enumerated in Table 1, following:

TABLE N.º 1
TABLE N.º 1

ACTIVITIES ADDITIONAL 30%

a. In storing explosives All workers in this activity or who remain in the risk area.

b) transport of explosives All workers in this activity

c) operations of scrubbing cartridges for All workers in this activity

explosives

d) loading explosives All workers in this activity

e) detonation All workers in this activity

f) checking failed detonations All workers in this activity

g) burning and destroying spoiled All workers in this activity

explosives

h) handling explosives All workers in this activity

2. Workers in the activities listed above have the right to the 30% (thirty percent) increase over their salary, without the
increases resulting from gratifications, premiums or profit sharing, and they have the option of this addition for
unhealthy conditions.

3. Risk areas are considered to be:

a) locations for storing chemical powders, pyrotechnical artifacts and chemical products used in manufacturing
explosive mixtures for fireworks, to the distances given in Table n° 2:

TABLE N.º 2

QUANTITY STORED IN STRIP OF LAND TO A MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF

KILOS

up to 4.500 45 meters

more than 4.500 up to 45.000 90 meters

more than 45.000 up to 90.000 110 meters

more than 90.000 up to 225.000* 180 meters

* Maximum amount that may not be exceeded.

b) in locations for storing primers the distances are given in Table nº 3:

TABLE N.º 3

QUANTITY STORED IN KILOS STRIP OF LAND TO A

MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF

up to 20 75 meters

more than 20 up to 200 220 meters

more than 200 up to 900 300 meters

more than 900 up to 2.200 370 meters

more than 2.200 up to 4.500 460 meters

more than 4.500 up to 6.800 500 meters

more than 6.800 up to 9.000* 530 meters

* Maximum quantity that cannot be exceeded.

c) in locations for storing rupture explosives and gunpowder (black powder, brown powder, etc.), area of operations
given in Table n° 4:

TABLE N.º 4

QUANTITY STORED IN KILOS STRIP OF LAND TO A

MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF

up to 23 45 meters

more than 23 up to 45 75 meters

more than 45 up to 90 110 meters

more than 90 up to 135 160 meters

more than 135 up to 180 200 meters

more than 180 up to 225 220 meters

more than 225 up to 270 250 meters

more than 270 up to 300 265 meters

more than 300 up to 360 280 meters

more than 360 up to 400 300 meters

more than 400 up to 450 310 meters

more than 450 up to 680 345 meters

more than 680 up to 900 365 meters

more than 900 up to 1.300 405 meters

more than 1.300 up to 1.800 435 meters

more than 1.800 up to 2.200 460 meters

more than 2.200 up to 2.700 480 meters

more than 2.700 up to 3.100 490 meters

more than 3.100 up to 3.600 510 meters

more than 3.600 up to 4.000 520 meters

more than 4.000 up to 4.500 530 meters

more than 4.500 up to 6.800 570 meters

more than 6.800 up to 9.000 620 meters

more than 9.000 up to 11.300 660 meters

more than 11.300 up to 13.600 700 meters

more than 13.600 up to 18.100 780 meters

more than 18.100 up to 22.600 860 meters

more than 22.600 up to 34.000 1.000 meters

more than 34.000 up to 45.300 1.100 meters

more than 45.300 up to 68.000 1.150 meters

more than 68.000 up to 90.700 1.250 meters

more than 90.700 up to 113.300 1.350 meters

d) when dealing with barricaded or entrenched depots, for effects of delimiting the risk area the distances given in
Table n.° 4 may be reduced by half;

e) physical delimitation of the risk area is obligatory, with obstacles that impede entry of non-authorized personnel.
(116.003-6 / I2)
ANNEX 2

DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS WITH INFLAMMABLES

1. Dangerous activities or operations, that allow workers in these activities or in the risk area the addition of 30
(thirty) percent, are those:
TABLE N.º 3

a. in production, transport, processing and storage of liquefied gas. in production, transport,

processing and storage of
liquefied gas.

b. in transport and storage of inflammable liquids, liquefied gasses and empty all workers in the area of
non-degassed or decanted containers. operations.

c. in stations for refueling aircraft. all workers in these activities or

who operate in the risk area.

d. in places for loading tanker vessels, tanker wagons and tanker trucks, and for all workers in these activities or
filling containers with liquid inflammables or liquefied gasses. who operate in the risk area.

e. in places for unloading tanker vessels, tanker wagons and tanker trucks, and for all workers in these activities or
filling containers with liquid inflammables or liquefied gasses or empty non- who operate in the risk area.
degassed or decanted containers.

f. in operation and maintenance of tanker ships, tanker wagons, tanker trucks, all workers in these activities or
pumps and containers with inflammable liquids or liquefied gasses, or empty who operate in the risk area.
non-degassed or decanted containers.

g. in operations of degassing, decanting and repair of non-degassed or decanted all workers in these activities or
containers. who operate in the risk area.

h. in test operations for devices that consume gas or its equipment. all workers in these activities or
who operate in the risk area.

i. in transport of inflammable liquids and liquefied gasses in tanker trucks. driver and helper.

j. in transport of containers (in trucks), containing inflammable liquids, in driver and helpers
quantities greater than 200 liters, when not observing the provisions in sub-
items 4.1 and 4.2 of this annex.

l. in transporting containers (on trucks), containing inflammable liquids or driver and helpers.
liquefied gasses, in quantities greater than 135 kilos.

m. in operations at service stations and fuelling pumps for supplying inflammable Pump operator and workers
liquids. who operate in the risk area.

2. The following definitions are adopted for effects of this Regulation:

I. Services for operation and maintenance of vessels, tanker wagons, tanker trucks, pumps and containers for
inflammables:
a) activities for inspection, calibration, measuring, counting inventory and gathering samples in any full container;
b) security services, for arranging empty non-degassed containers, propulsion pumps in enclosed areas and for
supervision;
c) maintenance, repair, washing, painting vessels, tanks, supply vehicles and any containers full of inflammables or
empty, non-degassed containers;
d) activities of de-gassing and washing vessels, tanks, vehicles, pumps or any containers that have contained
inflammable liquids;
e) any other activities of operation and maintenance such as: services for warehouses, offices, safety inspection
laboratories, checking stocks, the medical ambulatory, engineering, workshops in general, boilers, mechanics,
electricity, welding, filling, closing and arranging any containers with substances considered inflammable, so long as
these activities are executed within the area considered dangerous, ad-referendum of the Ministry of Labor .

II. Services for operation and maintenance of vessels, tanker wagons and tanker trucks, and containers with liquid
inflammables or liquefied gasses: activities for inspection of any leakage points in the system of storage for
distribution, and measurement of tanks by processes of direct escape; supervision services; maintenance of the
installations for the tanker truck fleet, within the area and around the normal or eventual escape points;
d) activities for decantation, degassing, washing, repair, painting, and aeration of tanks, cylinders and bottles full of
GLP;
e) any other activities of maintenance or operations executed within the areas considered dangerous by the Ministry of
Labor.

III . Storage of inflammable liquids in tanks or containers:

any activity executed within the safety basin for the tanks; arrangement of drums or cans or any other activity executed
within the building for storage of inflammables or in open areas with containers full of inflammables, non-degassed or
decanted.

IV. Storage of inflammable liquids or liquefied gasses, in tanks or containers:

a) arrangement of containers or any other activities executed within the storage building for inflammables or in open
areas with containers full of inflammables or non-degassed or decanted materials.
V. Operations at service stations for supplying inflammable liquids:
a) activities directly linked to fuelling vehicles with internal combustion engines.

VI. Other activities such as: maintenance, lubrication, washing vehicles, mechanicals, electricity, sales offices and
management, ad referendum the Ministry of Labor.

VII. Filling any containers (drums, cans), with inflammable liquids:

a) activities of filling, closing and arranging cans or boxes of cans.

VIII. Filling any containers (cylinders, bottles) with inflammable liquefied gasses:
a) activities of filling, weighing, inspection, stowing and arrangement of cylinders or bottles full of GLP;
b) other activities executed within the area considered dangerous, ad referendum do Ministry of Labor.

3. Risk areas are considered to be:

ACTIVITY RISK AREA

a Oil wells in gas production. A circle of at least 30 meters radius, centered on the wellhead.

b Processing units at refineries. A strip of at least 30 meters surrounding the operation.

c Other locations of the refinery where operations A strip of at least 15 meters surrounding the operation.
are carried out with inflammables in a state of
volatilization or the possibility of volatilization
resulting from defects in the safety and valve
closing system.

d Inflammable liquid tanks The entire safety basin

e Raised tanks for inflammable gasses A circle of diameter of 3 meters centered on the probable
leakage point (valve, tap, measuring device for leaks, gaskets).

f Loading or unloading inflammable liquids Keeping 15 meters from the key during operations, with
contained in vessels, lighters and flatboats. extension equal to the length of the vessel.

g Fuelling aircraft The entire areas of operations.

h Filling tanker wagons, tanker trucks and tanks A circle of 15 meters radius centered on the hatch for filling
with inflammable liquids. tanks.

i Filling tanker wagons or tanker trucks with A Circle of 7.5 meters centered on the possible leakage points
inflammable liquefied gasses. (valves and taps).

j Filling containers with inflammable liquefied A circle of 15 meters centered on the filling nozzles.
gasses.

l Filling containers with inflammable liquids in A circle of 7.5 meters radius centered on the filling nozzles.
open spaces.

m Filling containers with inflammable liquids, in The entire area of the space.
enclosed spaces.

n Maintenance of tanker vehicles, tanks, pumps and The location of the operation in addition to a strip of 7.5
containers that contain inflammable liquids. meters breadth around the external points.

o Degassing, decanting and repairing containers Location of operation in addition to a strip of 7.5 meters
used in transport of inflammable materials. breadth around the external points.

p Tests on machines that consume gas and their Location of operation in addition to a strip of 7.5 meters
equipment. around its external points.

q Fuelling with an inflammable The entire area of the operation, covering, at least, a circle of
7.5 meters centered on the pump and a strip of 7.5 meters
breadth on both sides of the machine.

r Storage of containers that contain inflammable A strip of 3 meters around the external points.
liquids or that are empty, not degassed or
decanted, in open spaces.

s Storage of containers that contain inflammable The entire area of the space.
liquids or that are empty, not degassed or
decanted, in closed spaces.

t . Loading or unloading containers containing Keeping 3 meters from the edge of the key during the
inflammable liquids or empty containers that are operation, with extension corresponding to the length of the
not degassed or decanted transported by vessels, vessel.
lighters and flatboats.
4 – The following are not considered dangerous for purposes of receiving the salary addition:

4.1 – handling, storage and transport of inflammable liquids in packaging that is certified, simple, composed or
combined, so long as the limits given in Table I below are obeyed, independently of the total number of packages
handled, stored or transported, always obeying the Regulations issued by the Ministry of Labor and Employment,
Standard NBR 11564/91 and the legislation for dangerous products related to the means of transport used;

4.2 - handling, storage and transport of containers of up to five liters, sealed at the factory, containing inflammable
liquids, independently of the total number of packages handled, stored or transported, always obeying the Regulations
issued by the Ministry of Labor and Employment and the legislation for dangerous products related to the means of
transport used.

TABLE I

MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS PACKAGES

Combined Packages
Internal Package External Package Group of Packages* I Group of Packages * lI Group of Packages * III

Drums of :

250 kg 400 kg 400 kg

Metal

250 kg 400 kg 400 kg

Plastic

150 kg 400 kg 400 kg

Plywood

Fiberglass
75 kg 400 kg 400 kg

Boxes
250 400
kg kg
Steel or Aluminum
150 400 400 kg
kg kg
Natural wood or
400 kg
plywood
75 400
kg kg 400 kg
Glass containers with more than 5 and up to 10 liters; Plastic with more than 5 and up to 30 Chipboard
liters; Metal with more than 5 and up to 40 liters.
75 400 400 kg
Cardboard
kg kg
60 kg
Flexible Plastic
60 60
kg kg 400 kg
Rigid Plastic
150 400
kg kg

Barrels

Steel or
Aluminum 120 kg 120 kg 120 kg

Plastic 120 kg 120 kg 120 kg

 Simple Packaging
Group of Packages * Group of
Group of Packages * III
I Packages * lI

Drums

Steel, non-removable lid 250L

Steel, removable lid 250 L** 450 L 450L

Aluminum, non-removable lid 250 L

Aluminum, removable lid 250 L**

Other metals, non-removable lid 250 L

Other metals, removable lid 250 L**

Plastic, non-removable lid 250 L**

Plastic, removable lid 250 L**

Barrels

Steel, non-removable lid 60 L

Steel, removable lid 60 L**

Aluminum, non-removable lid 60 L

Aluminum, removable lid 60 L** 60 L 60 L

Other metals, non-removable lid 60 L

Other metals, removable lid 60 L**

Plastic, non-removable lid 60 L

Plastic, removable lid 60 L**

Maximum Capacity for Inflammable Liquid Packages

Composed Packages

Group of
Group of Group of
Packages *
Packages * I Packages * III
lI

Plastic with external steel or aluminum drum 250 L 250 L 250 L

Plastic with external drum of fiberglass, plastic or plywood

120 L 250 L 250 L
Plastic with external crate or box made of steel, aluminum or wood
or external box made of plywood, cardboard or rigid plastic

Glass with external drum made of steel, aluminum, fiberglass, 60 L 60 L 60 L

plywood, flexible plastic or in boxes made of steel, aluminum, wood,
cardboard or plywood

60 L 60 L
60 L

* According to definitions in NBR 11564 - ABNT.

** Only for substances with viscosity greater than 200 mm2 /sec.