FSC Forest Certification

Forest Management & Stump-to-Forest Gate Chain-of-Custody Certification Evaluation Report | PUBLIC
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Corrective Action Request (or Observation):
Organization shall implement corrective actions to demonstrate conformance with the requirement(s)
referenced above.
Note: Effective corrective actions focus on addressing the specific occurrence described in evidence
above, as well as the root cause to eliminate and prevent recurrence of the non-conformance
FME response
(including any
evidence submitted)
A series of evidences demonstrating that guidance that had been provided to the
cooperators have been made available. The evidences of the measures that had
been taken to address the unconformity root cause have been shown as well, as
follows:
 Attendance list and photographic records of the occupational health and
safety guidance that had been provided to the cooperators. The focus of
this training was correct and adequate utilization of the individual
protection equipments;
 Instructions about PPEs and their several uses: It consists in an illustrated
informative material which details the specific applications of all the PPEs
that are employed in the forest management;
 Technical catalogue of the new models of boots that the forest
management teams wear and demonstrative of the respective tests
against snake bites that had been issued by Butantã Institute; and
 Working instructions detailing the safety officer ´s new inspection routine
in the forest management areas.
RA review
The measures that had been defined and implemented to address the
unconformity and improve the existing monitoring of occupational safety-related
issues have been made available. The measures were defined as follows:
1. Monitoring: The safety and forestry departments have reevaluated
monitoring and it has been defined that the frequency of the occupational
safety technician’s field inspections would be increased.
2. Cooperators: Guidance and recycling have been provided to the forest
management cooperators and the following topics have been covered: the
main risks that are involved in every activity and the most adequate PPEs
for every use and situation.
3. Equipments: The models of some PPEs, such as boots, have been changed.
Tall boots are currently in use they can be worn without the gaiters.
The corrective measures were deemed to be sufficient and adequate to close the
unconformity.
Status of CAR:
Closed
Upgraded to Major
Other decision (refer to description above)
X
Commented [S1]: Evan, this unconformity has already been
closed by Imaflora; therefore, I guess we should not add it here. Is it
ok?