OREANDA-NEWS. A seminar for reliability subdivision executives, safety at work department executives, executives of the regional grid company industrial control departments was held in JSC “IDGC of Center and North Caucasus” in the course of the announced “Year of Health and Safety at Work”, reported the press-centre of  JSC “IDGC of Center and North Caucasus”.

Sergei Schumacher, Technical Director of JSC “IDGC of Center and North Caucasus”, Olga Zuykova, Head of the Technical Inspection Department of IDGC, Elena Kalinina, Head of JSC “Tverenrgo” RTSS, Lev Chesnokov, Head of the JSC “Kostromaenergo”  WSRSIC and others addressed the seminar.

The seminar participants discussed the current situation in safety arrangements and marked that statistics remains high even that the total number of injuries was reduced by two compared to the previous year. 

Among the casualties 50% were injured by electric shock, 30% were hurt in road traffic accidents. Therefore, it is important to introduce systematic measures which have been planned planned in IDGC in the framework of the “Year of Health and Safety at Work”. The main targets of health and safety at work set for 2007 are equipping the power engineering staff with electric shock-proof kit as well as purchasing other modern protective means, etc.

“In all regional grid companies in the JSC “IDGC of Center and North Caucasus” service area complex programs have been developed to increase safety at work conditions, said Olga Zuykova, Head of the Technical Inspection Department of IDGC-1. The unified information feedback system through the accounting portal on health and safety at work has been applied in JSC “IDGC of Center and North Caucasus”.  A set of documents has been prepared for the implementation of a new and operable health and safety at work control system. The work results are discussed at quarterly meetings”.

Special attention is paid to unannounced inspections of work stations. Their effectiveness (reference of notes number and number of inspections) as well as troubleshooting have increased in comparison with the previous year.

The ratio average value for 2006 amounted to 1,17, and since January of the current year - 1,22. Attention was also paid to the improvement of company internal technical control.

“The work safety and reliability services and industrial control by the executive bodies, company affiliates operate in the internal technical control system, said Lev Chesnokov,  Head of JSC “Kostromaenergo” WSR SIC”. It is necessary to involve all technical services of JSC and affiliate executive bodies. This will be stated in the “Internal Technical Control Standards in JSC “IDGC of Center and North Caucasus”, the main articles of which were discussed at the seminar.
The main activities which “The Program on Accident Rate Reducing” shall be based on, as well as,   the main guidelines to be included in the standards on health and safety at work and internal technical control by Technical inspection Department were determined during the practical part of the seminar while working in groups.

The participants noted the great benefits of such a seminar.  Apart from the scheduled program they had an opportunity to discuss production issues and share experiences on a private basis.