Actions from Copel Geração e Transmissão
Guided by its Occupational Health and Safety policy, Copel Geração e Transmissão (Copel GeT) has as a guideline that everyone is responsible for safety and understanding that all accidents can be avoided.
Several actions are developed throughout the year always guided by the risks raised. Among these actions we highlight:
- Annual meetings promoted by the safety area with the participation of technicians and safety engineers and representatives of CIPA of Copel GeT, for alignment of pertinent themes and exchange of good practices of each one of the areas. In addition to these themes, lectures are held with reference professionals in the occupational safety sector according to the theme of each year's safety campaign.
- VCO Mobile - Behavioral Verification in risky activities, carried out by filling out an online form that registers whether all the safety procedures are being followed. With the implementation of VCO Mobile, the data is entered directly into the application, allowing for real-time analysis. VCO Mobile saves time, increases reliability, centralizes the management of recorded data, standardizes forms and occurrence reports, and speeds up decision making for the correction of any deviations identified in the areas, in addition to supporting the definition of priorities for the managers' actions regarding occupational health and safety.
- Conducting workshops for outsourced employees, in which Copel's safety indicators are demonstrated and the understandings regarding the safety and health guide for contractors are aligned.
- Safety Campaign focused on the risks identified by means of the Environmental Risk Prevention Program (PPRA), by CIPA, the Emergency Brigade, by the employees during Sectorial Safety Meetings, and also by the Risk Hunt application, where the employees can report the risks they have identified.
Integrated Management System
Copel Geração e Transmissão S.A. seeks excellence in specialized services for the operation and maintenance of power plants, with a commitment to
- Preventing occupational injuries and diseases, mainly caused by traffic and electricity;
- Adopt a preventive systemic approach in order to eliminate hazards and reduce risks, with the aim of preventing accidents and ensuring safe and healthy working conditions;
- Promote consultation and encourage worker participation in forums and environments suitable for information and discussion of occupational health and safety issues;
- Protect the environment, through the prevention of pollution, especially that caused by industrial oils, the optimization of material, water and energy consumption, and the environmentally correct disposal of waste
- Rationalize costs;
- Optimize the indices of availability and reliability;
- Meet the relevant legal requirements and other applicable requirements; and
- Implement continuous improvement in the performance of quality, health and safety, and the environment, in alignment with corporate policies and guidelines.
In the scope of Work Safety, Copel GeT’s three largest plants have the certification in the OHSAS 18001:2007 standard – Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, according to the scope “Energy Generation Infrastructure operation and maintenance processes”.
The certified plants are:
- UHE GBM – Gov. Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto Hydroelectric Plant (Foz do Areia);
- GNB – Gov. Ney Aminthas de Barros Braga Hydroelectric Power Plant (Segredo); and
- GJR – Gov. José Richa Hydroelectric Power Plant (Salto Caxias).
