People affected by the collapse of Dam I, at the Córrego do Feijão
mine, in Brumadinho, can apply for different types of compensation:
individual, emergency and labor. Understand the difference between
them below, find out who is eligible for each one and how to complete
the requesting claim.
Payment of compensations
Compensation proceedings are ongoing. See below the highlights
separated by fronts.
Individual compensations
5,201 agreements involving
10,560 people
Workers' compensation
1,459 agreements involving
2,493 people
Data from 06/13/2022
| Individual or family group compensation
Vale signed a Commitment Agreement with the Public Defender's Office
of Minas Gerais to expedite the payment of compensation for the
collapse of Dam I, at the Córrego do Feijão mine. This commitment
agreement serves as a parameter for compensations related to the
evacuation of the Sul Superior dams, in Barão de Cocais, and B3/B4, in
Macacos and allows residents to voluntarily negotiate their
compensations.
Deadline for requesting entry into the Extrajudicial Individual
Compensation Program
The deadline for new requests for entry into the Extrajudicial
Individual Compensation Program (civil damages) related to the
collapse of Dam B1, at the Córrego do Feijão mine, in Brumadinho,
ended on January 24, 2022.
Evacuated municipalities:
Vale communicates the deadlines for new requests for entry into the
Extrajudicial Individual Compensation Program (civil damages)
referring to emergency evacuations that occurred due to the elevation
of the emergency level of the Sul Superior dams (Gongo Soco mine, in
Barão de Cocais); B3/B4 (Mar Azul mine, in Macacos, Nova Lima
district); Forquilha III (Factory mine) and Vargem Grande (Rio de
Peixe region, Nova Lima).
| Location |
Structure that had a high emergency level |
Deadline for new requests for entry into the Individual
Compensation Program
|
Phone to schedule an entry meeting appointment |
| Barão de Cocais |
Sul Superior Dam (Gongo Soco mine) |
Feb. 07 |
(31) 99944-6773 |
| Macacos |
Dam B3/B4 (Mar Azul mine) |
Feb. 15 |
(31) 99983-9076 |
| Itabirito |
Forquilha III Dam (Factory mine) |
Feb. 19 |
(31) 99983-9076 |
| Rio de Peixe Region |
Vargem Grande Dam |
Feb. 19 |
(31) 99983-9076 |
Until the dates above, it is possible to make an appointment through a
lawyer, a meeting to join the Extrajudicial Individual Compensation
Program in these municipalities.
New requests for entrance into the Individual Compensation Program in
the Antônio Pereira District, in Ouro Preto,can still be made. Contact
by phone +55 (31) 99830-5886.
Appointments must be made via telephone call, from Monday to Friday,
during business hours (9 am to 5 pm) at the contact numbers above.
For appointment, information sent by e-mail, WhatsApp or in
list/spreadsheet format is not accepted.
Vale reinforces its commitment to those and reaffirms that requests in
progress, as well as those initiated until the deadlines for each
location, will normally follow the program procedure, with a
subsequent response from the company.
Check the documents that are mandatory:
Natural persons
Legal entity
Documentation to prove damages
The following documents must be presented at the meeting,
considering all claimants (adults and minors) who are related to
the claimed damages.
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CPF - Taxpayer Registration Number (except minors who do not
yet have CPF)
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RG - Identity Card, CNH - driver's license, work card or
passport (to verify, among other data, date of birth and
parents’ names)
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Birth certificate (for minors, if they do not have a RG)
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Custody agreement (minors with divorced parents) /
Guardianship agreement (minors with absent/deceased parents) /
Curator agreement (over 18 years old without civil capacity)
- Marital status
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Stable Union Certificate and/or Updated Marriage Certificate
(registration/record at the registry office until 01.25.2019,
to verify the matrimonial regime)
- Last change date
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Proof of residence (example: water or electricity bill for the
month of January/2019 or later, with consumption history
covering January/2019.)
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Power of attorney on behalf of all claimants and with
sufficient powers to make settlements extrajudicially
(suggestion of model can be obtained from the facilitation
office)
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Power of attorney on request for illiterate/bedridden
individual
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Copy or original of the lawyer's OAB (Order of Attorneys of
Brazil)
Official documents must be presented in the original or
notarized copies, representing the updated version of the
respective documents. Statements must be presented with a
notarized signature.
The following documents must be presented at the meeting, for
legal entity claims that are related to the claimed damages.
- Individual taxpayer's registration number - CNPJ card
- Articles of Incorporation / Bylaws
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In the case of a Public Limited Company, documentation proving
the powers of the company's representative (for example:
minutes of the Board of Directors' meeting or the
Shareholders' Meeting)
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Power of attorney on behalf of the Company, with sufficient
powers to make settlements in the extrajudicial scope
(suggestion of a model can be obtained from the facilitation
office)
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Copy or original of the lawyer's OAB (Order of Attorneys of
Brazil)
Official documents must be presented in the original or
notarized copies, representing the updated version of the
respective documents. Statements must be presented with a
notarized signature.
In order for the request for compensation to be dealt with more
quickly and effectively, it is important that the claimant
appears at the facilitation office supported by all
documentation capable of proving the facts described in his/her
narrative, as well as the damages, loss suffered and their
values.
This documentation can be composed of official documents
(proving ownership, income, certificates, etc.), as well as
photos, receipts, videos, among others that demonstrate the
situations and alleged losses.
Official documents must be presented in the original or
notarized copies, representing the updated version of the
respective documents. Statements must be presented with a
notarized signature.
Check the contacts of the Individual compensation offices:
- Brumadinho
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Defensoria Pública [Public Defense Office]
Rua Oligisto 197, bairro Ipiranga, Brumadinho.
Opening hours: 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm, Monday to
Friday.
Vale Office
During the period of social distancing currently required,
people interested in continuing their extrajudicial compensation
claim online can contact us through the telephone numbers below:
(31) 99600-7242, (31) 99648-6483 or (31) 98445-8059
- Macacos
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Contact for appointment: (31) 3916-6721 or 99830-5886 Interested
parties must be accompanied by the Public Defender's Office or a
lawyer.
During the period of social distancing currently required,
people interested in negotiating their individual compensation
can start or continue the claim online, by contacting us at
the phone number below:
(31) 99983-9076
- Barão de Cocais
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Contact for appointment: (31) 3837-7861 or 99944-6773Interested
parties must be accompanied by the Public Defender's Office or a
lawyer.
During the period of social distancing currently required,
people interested in negotiating their individual compensation
can start or continue the claim online, by contacting us at
the phone number below:
(31) 99944-6773
- Belo Horizonte
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Contact for appointment: (31) 3916-6725 or 99983-9076 Interested
parties must be accompanied by the Public Defender's Office or a
lawyer.
During the period of social distancing currently required,
people interested in negotiating their individual compensation
can start or continue the claim online, by contacting us at
the phone number below:
(31) 99983-9076
| Emergency Payments
In October 2021, Vale concluded the escrow deposit of the total amount
foreseen for the Income Transfer Program - R$ 4.4 billion - adjusted
by the IPCA until August 2021 and deducting operating costs and
emergency payments between June and October 2021, as provided for in
the Comprehensive Reparation Agreement signed in February this year
between the Government of Minas Gerais, Federal and State Public
Prosecutor’s Offices, State Public Defender's Office and the company.
This is the definitive solution for the emergency payment made by Vale
to those affected by the collapse of the Brumadinho dam. As of
November 1st, the terms of the new Income Transfer Program, created
and managed by the Justice Institutions, without the participation of
Vale, will take effect. The Justice Institutions are responsible for
defining participation criteria, payments and program management. As
disclosed on the website of the Government of Minas Gerais – (www.mg.gov.br), doubts regarding the PTR can be clarified through the exclusive
service channel of FGV:
PagamentoPTR@fgv.br.
How to proceed in case of cancellation of registration and return of
amounts received improperly
Those interested in returning amounts received improperly must deposit
the amount received in Vale's current account. After making the
deposit, they must go to one of Vale's
Compensation Registration Centers (PRI)
, in possession of a photo identification document, to deliver the
deposit slip.
If you do not have a Vale Compensation Registration Center (PRI) in
the city, you will need to go to the nearest Registration Center.
After delivery of the deposit slip.
Deposits must be made in an identified way, containing the CPF of the
person responsible for the return, through the Bank DOC [Credit
Document], TED [Electronic Transfer Available] and bank transfer
modalities. Deposits via envelope or at the branch cashier do not have
identification and therefore should not be used.
| Workers' compensation
On July 15, 2019, Vale and the Public Labor Prosecution Office of
Minas Gerais signed an agreement through which the discovery phase of
the Public Civil Action was ended. From this date onwards, the
families of workers who were victims of the dam I collapse, at the
Córrego do Feijão mine, in Brumadinho, will be able to qualify for
compensation, starting the execution of the individual agreement.
Workers Compensation with family members of victims
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Parents, spouses or companions and children of deceased
workers will receive, individually, R$ 500,000 for moral
damages. Siblings will receive R$ 150,000
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There will be the payment of an additional insurance for work
accident in the amount of R$ 200,000 to parents, spouses or
companions and children, individually
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There will also be the payment of material damages to the
group of dependents, whose minimum value is R$ 800,000
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A daycare allowance in the amount of R$ 920 per month will be
paid for children of deceased workers up to 3 years of age,
and education allowance in the amount of R$ 998 monthly for
children between 3 and 25 years of age
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Lifetime health insurance will be granted for spouses or
companions and for children up to 25 years of age
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The agreement also provides stability to Vale workers and
outsourced workers, assigned to the Córrego do Feijão Mine on
the day of the dam collapse, and to survivors who were working
at the time of the collapse, for a period of 3 years, counted
from January 25, 2019, can be converted into pecuniary
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On August 6, 2019, Vale will deposit at the disposal of the
court the amount of R$ 400 million as collective moral damages
Workers Compensation with surviving or hired workers
In March 2020, as a result of the collapse of Dam I, of the
Córrego do Feijão mine, in Brumadinho, Vale and six Unions*
signed an agreement in the Public Civil Action for the purpose
of paying compensation to the hired and surviving workers.
*Trade unions involved:
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Union of Workers in Heavy Construction Industries of Minas
Gerais – SITICOP;
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Union of Employees in Collective Meal Companies of Minas
Gerais – SEERC/MG;
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Union of Employees in Cleaning, Conservation and Urban
Cleaning Companies in the Metropolitan Region of Belo
Horizonte – SINDI ASSEIO RMBH;
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Union of Employees of Safety and Asset Surveillance Companies
- SESVESP, etc. of Minas Gerais;
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Union of Workers in Production, Organization and Event
Projects Companies in the State of Minas Gerais –
SINTETOPE/MG;
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Federation of Workers in the Construction and Real Estate
Industries of the State of Minas Gerais – FETICOM/MG.
Assumptions for receiving the reparation
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The surviving employees, who are the Vale and outsourced
workers who were working at the Córrego do Feijão Mine at the
time of the B1 dam collapse, (10/25/2019 at 12:28 pm),
regardless of the formal functional role, will receive
R$100,000 for moral damages, R$150,000 for material damages
and psychiatric and psychological treatment, in an accredited
network, until January 2022 or while the employment contract
that already includes the same benefit lasts;
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The hired employees, who are those workers, both for Vale and
outsourced, with an active contract on 01/25/2019, and who
actually worked at the Córrego do Feijão Mine, although they
were not in that establishment at the exact moment of the B1
dam collapse, and who are not hired in other Vale units or in
other locations defined by their employers, even if,
occasionally, they have provided services at the Córrego do
Feijão Mine and/or Jangada, they will receive R$ 40,000 for
moral damages, R$ 40,000 for materials damage;
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Employees on leave, which are those workers, both for Vale and
outsourced, who, on the date of the B-1 dam collapse
(01/25/2019), were on leave for more than 30 (thirty) days,
will receive R$ 20,000 for moral damages, R$ 20,000 for
material damages.
How do I register to receive workers' compensation?
The family members covered by the agreement signed may use union
lawyers, private lawyers or even look for the Sector of Hearing of the
Labor Court of Betim (MG), to join the Public Civil Action, whose
claim has the number 0010261-67.2019.5.03.0028 and is being processed
at the 5th Labor Court in Betim (MG).
Check out more information and the main questions and answers about
workers' compensation
Do you want to know more about reparation actions in Brumadinho and
region?
Access the Accountability page and check out photos, videos and the
main data on the performance since the collapse of Dam I of the
Córrego do Feijão mine.
Click here
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