These are work activities that involve a high risk of harm to personnel or facilities if something goes wrong. At Órgano Síntesis, hazardous work includes:

• Confined Spaces: Activities carried out in enclosed areas with limited lighting or ventilation. Example: cleaning a cistern.
• Opening Process Lines: Intervening in piping systems. Example: modifying a pipe that connects two reactors.
• Maintenance of Equipment That Has Contained Substances: Work performed on equipment such as tanks, boilers, filters, among others.
• Maintenance of Pressure Vessels: Work on equipment operating under positive or negative pressure, such as boilers.
• Transfer of Hazardous Substances: Moving a substance from one container to another. Example: unloading a tanker truck.
• Work at Heights: Activities performed more than 1.80 meters above floor level.
• Welding, Oxy-Fuel Cutting, and Related Activities: Modification of metal structures. Example: welding a handrail.
• Maintenance, Repair, or Installation of Electrical Equipment and/or Substations: Activities carried out to ensure the proper operation of critical electrical equipment. Example: annual maintenance of electrical substations.

Those who perform, request, or supervise hazardous work must remain highly alert and take all necessary precautions. However, it is also important for all other coworkers, even if they are not directly involved, to know what type of work is being carried out.

This helps them stay away from hazardous areas and avoid accidents that can occur simply due to a lack of information.

In hazardous work, any moment of negligence can become a real risk.