Health & Safety Compliance

Here is how this works in practice. Our health-and-safety leads deliver risk assessments, safety briefings, and on-set tracking against the full Portuguese occupational-safety stack. Lei n.º 102/2009 on Occupational Safety and Health as the foundation, ACT (Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho) inspection frameworks for working hours and rest minimums, DGS (Direção-Geral da Saúde) health-ministry guidance on workplace health, and ANEPC (Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil) emergency-preparedness liaison for evacuations and mass-gathering crew calls.

Here is the breakdown. Certified técnicos de segurança HST attend stunts, special effects, water work, height work on Belém Tower or Sintra Pena Palace heritage exteriors, drone operations under ANAC certification, and electrical setups at Tobis Portuguesa, Estúdios Valentim de Carvalho, LXmedia Studios Lisbon, Atalaia Studios, and RTP Studios. We file pre-production safety dossiers with city câmaras and route emergency evacuation plans to Hospital de Santa Maria Lisbon, Hospital de São João Porto, Hospital Garcia de Orta Almada, and regional hospitals in Faro Algarve, Funchal Madeira, and Ponta Delgada Azores.

Here is the short of it. Portuguese on-set safety has matured through the global shoots boom — Indiana Jones 5 partial 2023 sequences with Spielberg/Mangold scale safety teams. Netflix's 1899 in 2022 running joint Babelsberg-Portugal protocols on Vol Stage virtual production. Ira Sachs' Frankie in 2019 working Sintra UNESCO heritage safety constraints. Glória Netflix-first in 2021 setting Portuguese broadcast-drama safety norms. Rabo de Peixe Azores São Miguel in 2022 running island-isolation safety protocols on volcanic terrain.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Stunt rigging, pyrotechnics under IGAC and ANEPC oversight, water-safety divers on Algarve Praia da Marinha cliff shoots, big-wave coastal safety at Nazaré Praia do Norte where 86-foot Garrett McNamara record waves roll in winter, and altitude safety on Madeira Pico do Arieiro and Azores Pico Island volcanic summits all carry logged protocols. Each safety package logs Segurança Social-registered HST staff, 23 percent IVA invoicing, ICA cash-rebates spend groupings, and CNPD/RGPD compliance on injury reporting.