Regulation No.3460 of 31 December 1975 Jurisdiction Brazil Year 1975 Published in Portuguese Original/other title [Portuguese] Portaria No.3460 de 31 de dezembro 1975 Serial title Diário Oficial Source 31 Dec. 1975, Vol.113, No.250, p.17332-17336. (English, French and Spanish translations published in Legislative Series, 1975-Bra.1, International Labour Office, 1211 Genčve 22, Switzerland). Descriptors [Primary] Brazil, plant health services, plant safety services [Secondary] construction industry, law, plant safety and health organization, responsibilities Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract This Regulation (entry into force: 1 Jan. 1976) requires every undertaking employing more than 100 workers to organise and establish in-plant industrial safety and occupational medical services, staffed by trained personnel on the company's payroll. Provisions concerning: degree of occupational hazard in the undertaking (based on the employment accident insurance contribution scale); number of personnel in the medical service according to the size of the undertaking; medical staff to be available at all times during shift work; special provisions concerning building construction and civil engineering worksites; qualifications of staff of the in-plant services covered by the Regulation (safety engineers; industrial physicians, industrial safety supervisors, occupational health nurses and auxiliaries); duties of the industrial safety service (study of in-plant noise, lighting, ventilation, heat conditions, vibration, toxic substances, etc.; drafting safety rules; health engineering; personal protective equipment; accident register; accident prevention; fire fighting and rescue activities, etc.); duties of the medical service (health surveillance, fatigue, absenteeism, prophylaxis, occupational health campaigns, information and training, first aid, etc.). CIS No. 77-1794 Database ID 28040