OREANDA-NEWS. 22 - 24 September the 2nd annual safety management system inspection audit for compliance with International Standard OHSAS 18001:2007 was carried out at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih. The audit was carried out by specialists from QSCert-Ukraine B.V. based in the Netherlands. They visited 19 units at coke and steel facilities of the plant and at mining department including open and underground mining. They focused on inspection of arrangement of healthy and safe working conditions, production household improvement, preventing of occupational injuries and diseases at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih. The key emphasize was set on readiness of the plant to prevent emergency connected with danger to life and health of employees and their capability of reacting to similar situations immediately and competently. A preliminary result showed that ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih had confirmed validity of the certificate for one more year. The auditors marked high level of health and safety at the plant particularly existence of large quantity of visual propaganda helping to assure outreach and following health and safety and fire protecting rules, improving prevention of occupational injuries and diseases. The auditors marked also existence of many of safety signs, preventing possible risks.

Oleg Kirilenko, General Manager for Audit of Health and Safety Management System, H&S Department: "Health and Safety Management System is an integral part of common management system of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih. It comprises organization of measures helping to prevent or minimize effect of negative production factors on people. Our plant implements Fatality Prevention Standards. One of areas in this activity is validity of International Standard OHSAS 18001:2007. This certificate was received by our plant long ago. This validity points that occupational safety efforts at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih comply with international requirements. Every year we confirm validity of certificate and similar audits at the plant serve this purpose."

Natalya Kravchenko,Director of QSCert-Ukraine B.V.: "Our company and ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih are partners for 20 years as far as the first international certificate was given to the plant in 1994. For this period of time there were a lot of changes both here at the plant and at our audit company. Nevertheless our cooperation and development dynamics remain unchanged. For these years health and safety conditions at the plant have changed for much better. There is no comparison of what was in the past and what is now. For example safety level of personal protective equipment, overalls, computer availability level, automation of management of technology processes, variety of accident prevention measures. Over the last years all these areas made determined shoot forward and are developing actively."