OREANDA-NEWS. December 12, 2007. PJSC “Azovstal Iron and Steel Works” took the first place in safety review-competition among Mariupol companies. According to the results of the competition, corporate newspaper “Noviy Azovtsalets” was recognized to be the best in covering safety issues, reported the press-centre of PJSC “Azovstal Iron and Steel Works”.

Safety review on the city level was held among Mariupol enterprises, institutions and organizations within Regional Agreement between Donetsk State Regional Administration, trade union organizations of Donetsk region and Donetsk Regional Organization of Employers for 2007-2008.

The event is aimed to increase the level of control and transparency of safety administration system at the companies of the city.

Review results are summarized by the city competition committee in ten groups: "Steel-Making Industry", "Machine-Building Industry", "Construction", "Light and Food Industry", "Transport", "Communications", "Housing and Communal Services", "Public Health", "Education, Science", "Mass Media", "Trade", "Culture".

Appreciation of Azovstal’s safety and industrial safety administration system at the city level substantiates Azovstal’s status as one of the best employers in the industry.

Dmitriy Livshits, General Director of PJSC “Azovstal Iron and Steel Works”, says: “One of our most important targets is to reach maximum safety level at Azovstal and to reduce accident rate in production to a zero level. Safety level is one of Azovstal management’s KPI and this in its turn means consistent operation of the plant, increase of its profitability and sustainable position of the company at the world market”.

At Azovstal the work on implementation and certification of industrial safety management system is being continued according to OHSAS 18001 standard that is one of the most widely used standards at all leading industrial enterprises in the world. For the first time in Ukraine Metinvest Group simultaneously implements world best safety standards at the largest industrial enterprises.