OREANDA-NEWS. On 28 August 2008 was announced, that IDGC of Centre had summed up the work for the first half of the current year, including in the field of  labour safety. As a whole, in this direction the Company performed all planned actions; as a result it showed good results: compared to the first half of the year 2007, the traumatism rate on workplaces has decreased  1.5 time.

 Costs for  labour safety in IDGC of Centre, JSC  for the first half of the year 2008 equalled 104m 839k roubles.

Equipment of teams with sets of bars for grounding of overhead lines from the earth surface has increased by 15 %; equipment of the personnel with heat-resistant suits, by 7 %. In total, in the first half of the year the Company invested over 846k roubles for acquisition of individual protection means.

The Traumatism Prevention Programme has been implemented and is operating in the Company. Under its performance in the first half of the year 2008 the Company performed active work on personnel training, maintenance of safe working conditions on transport, application of individual protection means, development of a system of  organisation of operative dispatch management and safety maintenance at switchings in electric power installations.

During this period, 78 % of the total number of workplaces subject to certification was certified.

It is necessary to note that a direct line on  labour safety was opened in the Virtual Reception at IDGC of Centre’s corporate web site www.mrsk-1.ru/client/answer/faq , where each employee,  worker of a contract organisation or  inhabitant may  ask a question, share a problem in the field of  labour safety and  receive quickly consultation of experts.

Decrease in the level of industrial traumatism, preservation of health and life of the personnel  will remain priority problems of the Company till the end of 2008.