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Responsible Technician: GAMDS – Environmental Training Code: N.A.

and Social Development

Target Group: All Vale staff members, individuals and Key-words: Identification, Transport, Handling,
third parties, working at Nacala Corridor. Hazardous Products

1. OBJECTIVE
This procedure establishes guidelines and criteria to eliminate, control and/or minimize the risk of damages (to
people, to the environment and to assets) during acquisition, stowage, transportation, transfer, distribution, storage,
handling, identification, usage and post-usage of hazardous products, as well as defining roles and
responsibilities for managing these products.
It also defines hazardous chemicals prohibited for purchase by Vale, its subsidiaries and affiliates in the Nacala
Corridor Project.

2. APPLICATION
This procedure applies to all implementation activities performed by Vale, its subsidiaries and affiliates in Nacala
Corridor Project that acquire, stow, store, transfer, handle, distribute, transport, use or dispose hazardous products.

3. REFERENCES
 PRO 0004 GAMDS - Waste Management
 Mozambican Law “Decreto nº 13/2006 de 15 de Junho – Regulamento sobre a Gestão de Resíduos”
 International Labor Organization ILO-OSH 2001 - Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health
Management Systems
 OHSAS 18.001:1999 - Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series
 Convention No. 170 of the International Labor Organization - Safety in Use of Chemicals;
 Stockholm Convention, May 17, 2004 provides on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) - Mozambique is a
signatory since January 29, 2006.
 Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain International Trade
in Toxic Chemicals and Hazardous Agro toxics (PIC Convention) - Mozambique is a signatory since April 14,
2010.

4. DEFINITIONS

a) Flammability: any solid, liquid, gaseous or vapor form, which when mixed with air, and in the presence
of an energy source, ignites and burns rapidly.
 Accident - It's all unplanned event that causes death, damage to health, injury, property damage
or environmental damage. (18.001:1999 - OHSAS - Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series);
 Extinguisher - Product used for extinguishing the fire.

b) Pyrophoric: Material including mixing and solution (liquid or solid), which ignites spontaneously on contact
with air without the presence of an ignition source, usually caused by a gradual increase of heat from the
oxidation or microbial action.
 Sump - area comprised by a depression, by the terrain topography or limited by dam intended to
contain any product leakage. Its internal area shall have a maximum coefficient of permeability of 10-
6cm/s, referred to 20 ° C water.
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c) Explosive: a product that responds by releasing large amounts of energy and gases when subjected
to impact, heat or other mechanism of initiation.
 Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) - is a division of the American Chemical Society responsible for
developing and maintaining a database containing information about chemical substances (www.cas.org).
 Combustion - chemical oxidation reaction, exothermic favored by an initiating energy when the
components, fuel and oxidant (typically air oxygen), are under appropriate conditions.
 Container - special receptacles designed and equipped to be transported in one or more modes of
transport (intermodal transport). They are provided with devices (hooks, rings, brackets, pulleys, and
others) in order to facilitate the movement of cargo on board the vehicle. They present a solid construction
to allow repeated usage. It performs a door-to-door transport without changing its packaging from the point
of departure to the place of arrival.
 Exposure Control - All types of precautionary measures to protect the user of the chemical.

d) Oxidizing: a product that generates oxygen in its molecular structure, in environmental conditions or when
subjected to a heat source.
 Damage - Physical injury and / or injury to health, the environment or property.
 Dykes - Massif clay, concrete or other material chemically compatible with the products stored in the tanks
with a 10-6 cm/s permeability coefficient, referred to 20 ° C water forming a drainage-basin able to contain
the calculated volume.

e) Corrosive: solid or liquid material which can cause chemical burns, with severe damage to living
tissue upon contact.
 Additive Effect - quantitatively equal to the sum of effects produced individually two or more toxic agents.
 Potentiating effect - effect that occurs when a toxic agent has increased its effect by
acting simultaneously with non-toxic agent.
 Chronic toxic effect - deleterious effect to organisms caused by physical or chemical agents that
affect one or more biological functions of organisms, such as reproduction, growth and behavior in a
period of exposure that may cover all of its life cycle or part of it.
 Packing - container aimed to protect, accommodate and preserve materials for the shipment, loading,
transportation, storage and handling.
 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – An individual device or product used by the employee, to protect
him against risks to safety and health at work.
 Emergency equipment - protective equipment such as: individual driver and assistant (if any) security
equipment, signaling equipment and insulation breakdown, accident and emergency and fire
extinguisher on the vehicle and on the load.
 Tightness - a system state which does not detected liquid and/or gases flow (from one device to
another) and which is validated using specific tests.

f) Toxic: Material that can cause adverse health effects if ingested, inhaled or in contact with skin, even in
small concentrations.
 Emergency form to transport hazardous products – One-sheet document containing the main risks of
the product and the essential steps to be taken in case of accident.
 Material Safety Data Sheet – MSDS (FISPQ) - A document that provides information about
various aspects of chemicals (substances or preparations) regarding the protection, the safety and the
environment. Moreover, it provides for these aspects, basic knowledge about chemicals, recommendations
on protective measures and actions in emergency situations.
 Supplier - Party responsible for making a chemical available to a user.
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g) Radioactive: Material in its natural state or created by the transformation of the atomic
nucleus generating hazardous energy: alpha, beta, gamma, X-rays, among others.

h) Gas - This is the normal physical state of a substance at 25°C and 760mmHg and a vapor pressure greater
than 2.8 kg/cm2 at 37.8 ° C (M.M.Abbott, J.M.Smith, H.C.Van Ness - Introduction to Thermodynamics of
Chemical Engineering).
 Ingredient - constituent of a chemical.
 Liquid fuel - is every liquid whose Flash Point is equal to (or superior than) 37.8 ° C and below 93.3 ° C.
 Flammable liquid – liquids or mixture of liquids containing solids in solution or suspension having a Flash
Point lower than 37.8°C and vapor pressure lower or equal to 275.6 kPa (2068.8mm Hg).
 CAS Registry Number - Represents a unique and specific identification to the chemicals listed in the
inventory of the American Chemical Society. (www.cas.org).

The hazardous product must meet at least one of the features described below:
 Danger - Source of potential harm or situation potentially capable of causing damage in terms of injuries
and diseases to humans, environmental damage, property damage, or a combination of
them (British Standard 8.880:1996).
 Organic peroxide - a organic substance that contains divalent structure "-O-O-"and can be considered as
a derivate from hydrogen peroxide, in which one or both hydrogen atoms, was (were) substituted by
organic radicals. The organic peroxide is a thermally unstable substance and may undergo exothermic self-
accelerating decomposition. Additionally, you can display one or more of the following properties: to be
subject to explosive decomposition (burn rapidly); be sensitive to shock or friction, react dangerously with
other substances, causing damage to eyes.
 Auto-ignition point - is the lowest temperature at which gases or vapors
combust the accumulated thermal energy (heat waves).
 Burning Point - is the lowest temperature, just above the Flash Point, in which the amount of vapor is
sufficient to initiate and sustain combustion (for liquids and solids).
 Flash Point - Lowest temperature of a liquid or solid, in which the vapors mixed with air atmosphere and in
the presence of a source of ignition, start the combustion reaction, but there is no sufficient energy to
maintain it.
 Chemical Compounds - Mixture or solution composed of two or more substances.
 Vapor pressure - is the pressure at a certain temperature when a liquid (that partially occupies a closed
container) has stopped its molecules to pass into the vapor phase. It is is the vapor pressure on its liquid to
avoid further evaporation.
 Hazardous products - a product that, in one or more of its forms, may have the potential to harm people,
the environment or the community in an accident involving loss of control or in activities commonly
controlled (storage, handling, production, transportation, recycling and disposal).
 Chemical - a substance or preparation.
 Chemically incompatible products - those products that, in the case of contact with each other (leakage,
packaging rupture or any other cause), show changes in their physical or chemical characteristics,
increasing the risk of causing an explosion, shedding flame or heat , formation of compounds, mixtures,
dangerous vapors or gases.
 Receiver - Party receiving a chemical from a supplier for industrial or professional, such as storage,
handling, processing, packaging or distribution.
 Hazardous waste - substances, solutions, mixtures or products that contain or are contaminated with one
or more dangerous products, for which there is no direct use, but which are transported for disposal,
recycling, reprocessing, incineration disposal, co-processing or other disposal method.
 Solid Waste - Residues in solid or/and semi-solid state, resulting from activities originated in industrial,
domestic, hospital, commercial, agricultural surroundings or sweeping services. This term also refers to
sludge from water treatment systems (those generated in equipment and pollution control facilities), as well
as certain liquids whose characteristics make it impossible to launch the public sewerage system or water
stations (requiring technical and economically solutions which are unviable in the face of best current
available technology).
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 Risk - Combination of likelihood and consequence of specified hazardous event occurs.

 Labeling - Act to identifying by printing, lithography, painting, fire engraving, pressure or decal. It
includes supplement in the form of label, stamping, leaflet or brochure. This can be applied to any type
of chemical package or any other type of protective packaging.
 Label - Element that provides symbols, pictures and / or phrases framed concerning the nature, handling,
the risks and the identification of the product.
 Risk Label - label in the form of a square standing on one of its vertices (as a diamond / lozenge) with
symbols, pictures and/or framed phrases relating to the class/subclass of hazardous product.
 Safety Label – Label containing the product ID and the primary information regarding handling, storage,
emergency, transport and disposal. Should be printed or lithographed, engraved or painted with
fire, joined by pressure or decal or stamped and applied on any type of packaging of chemicals.
 Safety - No unacceptable risk of harm.
 Chemical Substances - chemical element or chemical compounds in their natural state or obtained by any
production process, including any additive necessary to ensure product stability and any impurity resulting
from the process used, but excluding any solvent which may be separated without affect the stability of the
substance or its composition change. (ABNT NBR 14.725:2005)
 Prohibited Chemical substance – these are substance whose uses are categorized as prohibited by final
regulatory actions in order to protect human health or the environment. It includes chemicals not initially
approved for use, the ones which have been withdrawn from the market by the industry, or the ones which
have been prohibited in national procedures for approval with overwhelming evidence that such actions
were taken to protect human health or the environment.
 Substance subject to spontaneous combustion - Substance subject to spontaneous heating under
normal conditions of transportation, or that is heated in contact with air, and therefore being able to be
ignited. These are pyrophoric substances and capable of self-heating. (ABNT NBR 7.501:2005).
 Barrel - portable container, cylindrical, made of sheet metal or plastic material, with a maximum capacity of
250l
 Tank - Construction for the storage of liquids with a capacity exceeding 250 L. The main types of tanks are:
vertical, horizontal, atmospheric, low pressure, surface, buried, closed, internal and elevated.
 Critical temperature - temperature characteristic of each gas, above which there is no liquid phase (MM
Abbott, J.M.Smith, H.C.Van Ness - Introduction to Thermodynamics of Chemical Engineering)
 Toxicity – Potential property of a toxic agent (to a greater or lesser extent) to provoke an adverse effect as
a result of its interaction with the body. It depends on the amount of absorbed product, the rate and site of
absorption.
 Transporter - Individual or company that transports goods and/or waste by any mode of transportation.
 Appropriate Use – Usage of a product or process in accordance with the specifications and instructions
recommended by the supplier, including information for publicity purposes.
 Steam - Is the gas phase of a substance that is liquid or solid at 25 ° C and 760 mmHg (M.M. Abbott, J.M.
Smith, H.C. Van Ness - Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics).

5. GUIDELINES AND GENERAL CRITERIA

 The final usage of new hazardous products in the Nacala Corridor Project shall involve the updating of risk
analysis associated with the packaging, transportation, transfer, distribution, storage and handling phases.
 All staff involved in these activities (acquisition, packaging, transportation, transfer and distribution, storage,
handling and use and after use of hazardous products) shall be responsible to perform them properly.
Competence criteria, based on education and/or training and/or experience, shall be established and
records shall be maintained to demonstrate compliance with the criteria specified. The staff shall also
attend updated training programs due to any change in the risks involved in these activities;
 A systematic process shall be adopted by all those involved in the management of hazardous products to
ensure that the documents / procedures relating to the subject are updated, monitored and made available
to employees responsible for the execution of these tasks;
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 Administrative control shall be adopted such as training, review of operating procedures, among others;
 Operating units shall establish specific procedures for the acquisition, packaging, transportation, transfer,
distribution, storage, handling, use and after-use of hazardous products, when necessary;
 Vale, Contractors and Subcontractors must formally designate a person responsible for hazardous
products matters and this contact should be sent to GAMDS.
 At least one copy of all Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) shall be available in the warehouse.
 Provide Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) updated copies following the hazardous chemicals (from
storage areas to the final handling).

NOTE: The information on hazardous products should be clearly available to users when acquiring and
using them, such as:
 Instructions on how to obtain and use the information on labels and on the safety data sheets;
 What to do in dangerous situations and emergencies, and precautionary measures to be taken.

Furthermore, the areas using hazardous products shall:

a) Ensure that all hazardous products are evaluated in order to determine the hazard/risk posed;
b) Provide employers with systems that enable them to obtain from suppliers information on hazardous
chemicals used at work enabling them to practice effective programs to protect workers against the
dangers caused by hazardous products;
c) Provide workers with information and training on hazardous chemicals used in workplaces and
on appropriate measures of prevention that will enable them to effectively participate in protection
programs, and
d) Establish the basic guidelines for such programs to ensure the use of hazardous products safely.

5.1. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR ACQUISITION OF HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS

 Any chemical classified as hazardous can only be purchased from reputable suppliers;
 For any hazardous product, the supplier must provide a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) considering
that it provides information concerning various aspects of chemicals (substances or chemicals) for the
protection, the safety and the environment;
 The purchase of the hazardous products (as listed in Annex 1) is forbidden to Vale, Contractors
and Subcontractors due to the existence of legal requirements as described in the table of Annex 1.

5.2. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS

 Any hazardous material must be properly labeled in order to facilitate their rapid and efficient
identification according to the classification below:

Classification of hazardous products:

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Class 1 EXPLOSIVES

GASES, with the following subclasses:

Subclass 2.1 – Flammable Gases;
Class 2
Subclass 2.2 – Non flammable, non toxic Gases;
Subclass 2.3 – Toxic Gases

Class 3 FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS

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Subclass 4.1 – Inflammable solids;

Class 4 Subclass 4.2 - Substance subject to spontaneous combustion
Subclass 4.3 – Substance that, in contact with water, emit flammable
gases.

CLASSE DESCRIPTION

Class 5 Subclass 5.1 – Oxidanting substances;

Subclass 5.2 – Organic Peroxidos.

Class 6 Subclasse 6.1 – Toxic substances (poisonous);

Subclasse 6.2 – Infected substances.

Class 7 RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

Class 8 CORROSIVES
Class 9 DIVERSIFIED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

 The labels identifying hazardous products must be affixed or placed in a position that allows immediate
visualization;
 The labels identifying hazardous products should contain information of existing active substances, their
classification and should meet international standards of identification;
 The labels shall present the risk class and the International United Nations Code in accordance
with international standards.
 The labels shall present Hommel diamond shape with its corresponding classification in order to quantify
and qualify the risks involving the handling of the identified product, according to the following picture:
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Picture 1: Hazard Diamond (Hommel Diamond)

Health risks
4 – Letal Product
3- Sever hazardous Product
2 – Moderate hazardous product
1 – Slightly hazardous product
0 – Non dangerous product or minimum risk
Specific Risk
Oxidation
Acid
Alkaline
Corrosive
Avoid water usage
Radioactive
Flammability (ponto de fulgor)
4 – Below
3 – Below
2 – Below
1 – Above
0 – Inflammable
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Reactivity
4 – May explode
3- May explode when heated or crashed
2 – Violent Chemical reaction
1- Unstable when heated
0 – Stable

5.3. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR HAZARDOUS PRODUCT STOWAGE

 Hazardous products must be stowed considering the requirements set by the supplier on their MSDS.
 The stowage can be carried in containers, drums, buckets, tanks or any other means to ensure the product
integrity and the users’ safety since the security measures are minimally adopted as mentioned in the
respective MSDS of the product.

5.4. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS

 The transport of hazardous products must be conducted with its corresponding Emergency Form,
where information must be described to support the service to potential environmental accidents and other
information relevant to safety and security. It shall contain contact telephone numbers for possible
emergencies;
 The requirements set by the supplier on the MSDS shall also be considered for the transport of hazardous
products,
 All personnel involved in the transport of hazardous products must have received specific training on it and
must be duly registered in the Health and Occupational Safety of the company contracted to perform the
acquisition, the transport or the handling of these products;
 The handling and transport of hazardous products shall be controlled through a registry or document
indicating where and how much of it is actually stored;
 Pipes or pipelines used to transport hazardous products must be properly identified in order to enable the
recognition of its contents. Places containing several pipelines carrying hazardous products shall be
identified with different colors and signs and the MSDS the products being transported shall be exposed;
 The practice of labeling shall be adopted for all packages, containers and storage tanks as considered
appropriate by national or international standards. This labeling should clearly identify the product
transported, the degree of dangerousness and risk to the environment;
 In the specific case of the road and rail transport, the vehicles must be properly identified and must
contain material and personnel trained to answer to any environmental accidents evolving the load;
 Hazardous products must be shipped in their original packaging or in packaging which were considered
safe, by the manufacturer, to transport the substance;
 The transportation of explosives must meet international standards which are specific to this activity.

5.5. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS TRANSFER AND

DISTRIBUTION
 The transfer and/or distribution of hazardous products shall be controlled through a register or
document supported by specific procedure established by its responsible area;
 Pipes or pipelines used to transfer and distribute hazardous products must be properly identified with the
aim of identifying the contents according to item 5.4;
 Vehicles or equipment to be used must be properly identified considering the products shipped on it
and they shall also provide materials and equipment to answer any environmental accidents.
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5.6. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR HARZADOUS PRODUCTS STORAGE

 Hazardous products storage areas must have natural or forced ventilation systems (general dilutive or
local exhaust);
 Storage areas for hazardous products must have waterproof floor, waterproof dam divided by chemical
compatibility, prevention systems and fire fighting;
 Storage areas for hazardous product must have Emergency Response Plans and shall be equipped
with trained personnel, materials and equipment for compliance with any environmental accidents;
 All packages, containers, drums and tanks storages shall be properly labeled in a visible place in order to
allow a quick identification of stored products. The arrangement of containers in the storage area shall
consider the chemical compatibility among the products in order to reduce the potential of reactions of
explosion, heat or flame release, and formation of compounds, mixtures, gases or dangerous
vapors. Table of Chemical Incompatibility below shall be considered as a reference.

Table of Incompatible Chemicals

The following table of Chemical Incompatibility must be considered to transport and storage hazardous products.
Key to Table:
X = Incompatible
A = Incompatible for subclass 2.3 products which present inhalation toxicity LC50<1000 ppm
B = Incompatible only for subclass 4.1 products with the following numbers: ONU 3221, 3222, 3231 and 3232
C = Incompatible only for subclass 5.2 products with the following numbers: ONU 3101, 3102, 3111 and 3112
D = Incompatible products only for subclass 6.1 from the packing group
E = In case of chemical incompatibility within the same class or subclass of hazardous products, such as the
incompatibility between acids and bases (class 8), the shipper must inform the carrier in writing (by an emergency
form, a security label, a MSDS and/or any other document.
F = In case of chemical incompatibility between these classes / sub classes must inform the shipper to the carrier in
writing, may be by means of a form of emergency, security label, material safety data sheet (MSDS) and / or any
other document.

Notes:
A) mixtures of cyanide or cyanide must not be transported with acids.
2) In the case of subclass 2.3, the inhalation toxicity (LC50) shall be indicated on the Emergency Form of the
hazardous product.
3) The chemical mismatch is indicated by the letter X. If the letters A, B, C and D, must be found above the legend
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Class and
2.1 2.2 2.3 3 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.2 8 9
Subclass

2.1 E F A F B F F F C D F F F

2.2 F E F F B F F F C F F F F

2.3 A F E A A ou B A A A A ou C F F A F

3 F F A E B F F X C D F F F

4.1 B B A ou B B B B B B B ou C B ou D B X B

4.2 F F A F B E F F C D F X F

4.3 F F A F B F E F C D F X F

5.1 F F A X B F F E C D F X F

5.2 C C A ou C C B ou C C C C C C ou D C X C

6.1 D F F D B ou D D D D C ou D E F D F

6.2 F F F F B F F F C F E F F

8 F F A F X X X X X D F E F

9 F F F F B F F F C F F F E
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 The packaging, containers, drums, tanks and buckets shall be stored in covered areas, with access
control, well ventilated, with safety signs to identify the risks of accessing the site and
the containers placed on pallets on the concrete base or other material that prevents leaching
and percolation of substances to the soil and groundwater;
 The storage area must have a contention and/or drainage system and liquid collection in order to
control spills or leaks of products. The systems shall have a volumetric capacity compatible with the
quantity of products stored plus an additional 10% of the total volume stored;
 Vale and all Contractors and Subcontractors shall implement a system to ensure control and monitoring of
access to areas where hazardous chemicals are being stored;
 Dangerous products classified as flammable or combustible liquids, liquefied petroleum gas and
other flammable gases which are stored in surface tanks or equipped with emergency vents must consider
the table below when their disposal in storage areas are concerned:

DISTANCE FROM THE TANK TO

MINIMUM DISTANCES FROM
TANK CAPACITY (liters) THE DIVISION OF NEIGHBORING
TANK TO PUBLIC ROADS
PROPERTY
Above 250 to 1.000 1,5m 1,5m
Above 1.001 to 2.800 3m 1,5m
Above 2.801 to 45.000 4,5m 1,5m
Above 45.001 to 110.000 6m 1,5m
Above 110.001 to 200.000 6m 3m
Above 200.001 to 400.000 15m 4,5m
Above 400.001 to 2.000.000 25m 7,5m
Above 2.000.001 to
30m 10,5m
4.000.000

Above 4.000.001 to 7.500.000 30m 13,5m

Above 7.500.001 to
50m 16,5m
10.000.000
Above 10.000.001 or more 52,5m 18m

 The distance between two storage tanks of liquid fuel shall not be less than 1(one) meter.
 The minimum distance between two (2) different storage tanks for liquid fuels (or any other fuel storage)
shall be 6.00 m (six feet).
 All surface tanks shall have devices to release excessive internal pressures caused by exposure to a heat
source.
 Hazardous products classified as flammable or combustible liquids (stored in surface or air tanks and
with total volume exceeding 120 m3) shall have fixed systems for fire fighting;
 In order to store hazardous waste, the procedures contained in PRO 0004 GAMDS - Waste Management
shall be followed.

5.7. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR HANDLING AND USING HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS
 All staff involved in handling hazardous products must receive specific training, considering the
requirements specified in each product MSDS;
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 The handling of hazardous products must be made according to special procedures set by the health and
safety departments of the company responsible to execute this activity preventing any damage to the
containers/packaging as well as leakages and/or spills;
 The area where hazardous products handling shall be performed must be protected, isolated and
properly labeled to avoid accidents.
 Hazardous products storage areas must have natural or forced ventilation systems (general dilutive or
local exhaust);
 A system to ensure controlled and monitored access to areas where hazardous chemicals are
being handled must be implemented.

5.8. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR POST-USAGE OF HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS

 The procedures to be adopted for post-usage of hazardous products are contained in
the PRO 0004 GAMDS - Waste Management, regarding their classification, segregation,
collection, temporary storage, internal and external transportation and final disposal.
 Specific MSDS requirements must be considered in the treatment and disposal of products waste
(including their packaging).

6. ANSWER EMERGENCIES
 Vale, Contractors and Subcontractors shall: 1) implement specific procedures for emergency response, based
on the information contained in the respective MSDS, 2) establish a safe refuge for their employees, and 3)
have adequate equipment to effectively combat the fire and contain spills and/or leakages.
 All equipment and materials used in emergency response to hazardous products must
have systematic inspection and maintenance specific in order to ensure full readiness for use.
 The system provided for fire combat as well as personal protective equipment required
for effective service to environmental emergencies must meet the specific requirements from the
International Occupational Health and Safety.

7. ANNEXES

It displays the list of chemicals whose usage was banned from Vale activities considering environmental, health and
safety legal requirements and best international practice.

2011-GAMDS-RG-PC
N-PRO0008-RG0001_MZ_Engl.xlsx

8. DOCUMENT ELABORATION:

Alan Rangel Environmental Analyst DICV

Alexandra Bispo Environmental Analyst DICV
Marco Aurélio Froes Social and Environmental Manager DICV