Machinery safety: NR-12
The Brazilian standard that decides whether a machine may run. We help you prove it, with documents signed by an engineer registered in Brazil.
Why NR-12 matters
NR-12 is one of the standards most frequently enforced by Brazilian labour inspectors. It has its own requirements for guards, safety devices, controls, emergency stops, manuals and training. CE marking is not enough: in Brazil, what counts is compliance with NR-12.
A non-compliant machine can lead to fines, civil and criminal liability after an accident, and the machine being shut down.
NR-12 (Machinery and equipment) applies to all machines used in Brazil, new or used, made in the country or imported. It is backed by arts. 184–186 of the CLT. Where there is serious and imminent risk, labour inspectors can shut the machine down (NR-3).
Our NR-12 services
They can be contracted together or separately.
NR-12 risk assessment
Risk assessment of each machine, with risk rating before and after the measures and an action plan.
Learn more →Machinery inventory
The up-to-date list of machines that NR-12 requires you to keep available to inspectors.
Learn more →NR-12 compliance report
Inspection of the machines against the standard, with non-conformities and an action plan.
Learn more →Who signs
Dario Cini, electrical engineer and occupational safety engineer, graduated from the University of Caxias do Sul, with more than 10 years of work in the industry of Rio Grande do Sul.
Professional registration: CREA-RS 211.450 (public check on the CREA-RS website).
Company: Cini Engenharia, CNPJ 25.268.313/0001-56 (check with the Brazilian Federal Revenue).
Every job is delivered with an ART, the registration of technical responsibility at CREA required by Law 6.496/1977: the name of the engineer in charge stays tied to the document.
Let us talk about your plant in Brazil
Tell us what you need: we reply with a written proposal covering scope, schedule and cost, before any site visit.