Industrial hygiene and safety regulations

Code of economic activity according to decree 1607 of July 31, 2002, from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, by which the classification table of economic activities for the General System of Labor Risks is adopted:  9411.

Description of the economic activity according to Decree 1607 of 2002: 9411 Activities of business associations and employers.

Prescribes the following regulation, contained in the following terms:

ARTICLE 1.The company commits to comply with the current legal provisions aimed at ensuring mechanisms that guarantee timely and adequate prevention of workplace accidents and occupational diseases, in accordance with articles 34, 57, 58, 108, 205, 206, 217, 220, 221, 282, 283, 348, 349, 350, and 351 of the Labor Code, Law 9 of 1979, Resolution 2400 of 1979, Decree 614 of 1984, Decree 1072 of 2015, Resolution 1111 of 2017, Resolution 2013 of 1986, Resolution 1016 of 1989, Resolution 6398 of 1991, Law 1562 of 2012, Law 776 of 2002, Resolution 1401 of 2007, Resolution 3673 of 2008, Resolution 736 of 2009, Resolution 2646 of 2008, Law 962 of 2005, Resolution 1956 of 2008, Resolution 2566 of 2009, Resolution 2346 of 2007, Resolution 1918 of 2009, and other regulations established for this purpose.

ARTICLE 2.The company is obliged to promote and guarantee the establishment and functioning of the Joint Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (COPASST), in accordance with the provisions of Decree 614 of 1984, Resolution 2013 of 1986, Resolution 1016 of 1989, Law 1562 of 2012, Law 776 of 2002, Resolution 1401 of 2007, Decree 1072 of 2015, Resolution 1111 of 2017, and other regulations established for this purpose.

ARTICLE 3.The company commits to allocate the necessary resources to develop permanent activities, in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health management system, prepared in accordance with Decree 614 of 1984, Resolution 1016 of 1989, Decree 1072 of 2015, and Resolution 1111 of 2017, which includes, at a minimum, the following aspects:

1. Preventive and Occupational Medicine Program, aimed at promoting and maintaining the highest degree of physical, mental, and social well-being of workers in all trades; preventing any harm to health caused by working conditions: protecting them in their employment from risks generated by the presence of harmful agents and procedures; placing and maintaining the worker in an activity consistent with their physiological and psychosocial aptitudes.
2. Occupational Hygiene Program, aimed at establishing the best conditions of basic environmental sanitation and creating procedures that lead to eliminating or controlling risk factors that originate in the workplace and that may cause diseases, discomfort, or accidents.
3. Industrial Safety Program: a set of activities and techniques aimed at identifying, preventing, controlling, and/or correcting all factors present in the work environment or in equipment, tools, machines, etc., as well as maneuvers or attitudes of workers that cause workplace accidents.

ARTICLE 4.The existing risk factors in the company are constituted according to the exposure due to the processes or activities carried out in the company. Mainly by:

Type of risk	Risk standards
Biological	Viruses – Bacteria generated by entering bathrooms and contact with personnel previously located in different contaminated environments.
Physical	General artificial lighting and natural lighting and non-ionizing radiation (ultraviolet: exposure of personnel working outside the organization and use of microwaves).
Chemical	Liquids (products used for cleaning and disinfection by responsible personnel) and particulate matter present everywhere in the organization.
Psychosocial	Organizational management (style of command, payment, hiring, participation, induction and training, social welfare, performance evaluation, change management), Characteristics of the work organization (communication, technology, work organization, qualitative and quantitative demands of the work), Characteristics of the social work group (relationships, cohesion, quality of interactions, teamwork), Task conditions (mental load, task content, emotional demands, control systems, role definition, monotony, etc.). Person-task interface (knowledge, skills related to task demands, initiative, autonomy and recognition, identification of the person with the task and the organization, Work schedule (breaks, overtime, rest)
Biomechanical	Posture (prolonged maintained: 8-hour administrative work schedule) and repetitive movement (typing and answering phones).
Safety conditions	Mechanical (Equipment: use of computers, printers, phones, cell phones and tools: pencils, pens, cookers, staplers, scissors, hook removers, hole punchers, guillotine), Electrical (static from connection of electrical equipment), Locative (systems and means of storage), work surfaces (slippery), conditions of order and cleanliness, (object falls), Technological (explosion, spill (chemical products used for cleaning and disinfection), fire), Traffic accidents, Public (thefts, robberies, assaults, attacks, public order, etc.).
Natural phenomena	Earthquake, Tremor, Gale, Landslide, rains and hailstorms

PARAGRAPH. – In order for the risk factors contemplated in this article not to translate into work accidents or occupational diseases, the company exercises its control at the source, in the transmission medium or in the worker, in accordance with the provisions of the company's Occupational Safety and Health management system, which is communicated to all workers in its service.

ARTICLE 5.  The company and its workers will strictly comply with legal provisions, as well as the technical and internal standards adopted to achieve the implementation of preventive medicine and work activities, hygiene and industrial safety, that are consistent with this Regulation and with the company's Occupational Safety and Health management system.

ARTICLE 6.  The company has implemented an induction process for the worker in the activities they must perform, training them regarding the prevention and safety measures required by the work environment and the specific work they will carry out.

ARTICLE 7.This Regulation will be displayed in at least two visible places in the company, whose contents are made known to all workers at the time of their entry.

ARTICLE 8.This Regulation comes into effect and remains in force from the signature of the legal representative and its publication and as long as the company maintains, without substantial changes, the existing conditions at the time of its approval, such as economic activity, production methods, locative facilities or when governmental provisions are issued that modify the rules of the Regulation or that limit its validity.

This regulation is stipulated as proposed by Law 962 of 2005, art. 55 “suppression of the review and approval of the Hygiene and Safety Regulation by the Ministry of Social Protection.” Article 349 of the Labor Code will read as follows: «Employers who have ten (10) or more permanent workers in their service must prepare a special hygiene and safety regulation, no later than three (3) months after the start of operations, if it is a new establishment. The Ministry of Social Protection will oversee compliance with this provision.»

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FRANCISCO JOSE LLOREDA MERA
LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE
20 – 04 – 2018