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Social | Safety and Commitment to Life
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Safety and Commitment to Life
Commitment to life is a value for our organization. Safe work is a critical tool for preserving the health of our employees. Associated with health promotion actions, this binomial results in a healthy work environment.
Commitment to employee health during the pandemic After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the pandemic in March 2020, we internally established an Organizational Response Structure (EOR), based on the Incident Command System (ICS) management tool. This provisional structure, formed by our employees, began to guide uniform actions to prevent and combat the advance of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus and to mitigate its consequences on all possible fronts. We acted quickly and adopted a series of measures to preserve the health of our employees in the operational and administrative areas. The initiatives are in line with the recommendations of the WHO and the Ministry of Health and aim to contribute to efforts to mitigate the risks of the disease. Preventive measures were adopted, such as: (i) extensive testing, with 631,843 tests being carried out on employees by December 2021; (ii) pre-boarding and pre-shift health monitoring, reinforcement of hygiene measures, distancing and mandatory use of a mask at the units; (iii) reduction in the number of personnel on board platforms, rigs and other vessels to the extent necessary for the safe operation of each unit; (iv) intensified inspection of compliance with prevention standards in all offshore or onshore operational units, with audits in all units and immediate correction of any deviations; (v) return to face-to-face work implemented in stages (since October 2021), in accordance with the context of the pandemic; (vi) awareness and guidance for employees on individual care; (vii) health monitoring and access to telemedicine services, automatic authorization of the two main tests related to Covid-19 (RT-PCR and Serology), coverage for home collection of exams and Covid-19 control rooms for monitoring cases. All employees were instructed to report any symptoms immediately. We shared specific communication channels (24-hour call center and e-mail), as well as an online form for self-reporting of suspected symptoms. We monitor suspected cases and their contacts since the first report, taking all preventive measures to avoid contagion, guiding employees and applying real-time RT-PCR testing (real-time polymerase chain reaction preceded by reverse transcription - RT- qPCR), when indicated by the health team. For the offshore sector, considering the special confinement characteristic, we have adopted even more rigorous measures, always maintaining constant contact with regulatory bodies, service companies, and other entities in this sector to align practices. We implemented monitored home isolation and screening by health professionals in preboarding platforms, with the suspension of boarding for those who showed any symptoms in the previous fourteen days, as well as performing diagnostic tests before boarding. A dedicated health team is used to evaluate all employees with symptoms on board and provide for the immediate unboarding of suspected cases and their contacts. PETROBRAS
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | 2021
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