OREANDA-NEWS. December 25, 2007. From November 12th till December 12th the Works inspection of labour safety was held at Khartsyzsk Tube Works. Its differential peculiarity was increasing of the number of activities and much increased quantity of direct participants that shows overcare of administration to the questions of making healthy and safety labour conditions of personnel, reported the press-centre of Khartsyzsk Tube Works.

During the month inspection of fire safety, fire-protection trainings of combat units of shops voluntary fire troops (VFT), instruction of the personnel for labour safety issues, and also the competition for the best emblem of VFT, the best slogan and poster of labour safety, the best poem on a theme: " A Person - the factor and object of risk at manufacture" were held at the Works.

Practically all working people took part at the events of the month of labour safety and this provided the decision of the main task: maximal coverage of workers, brigades, sections, services, shops and other divisions of the Works, stimulation of their activity for securing the further improvement of work conditions at every working place.

Realization of the inspection of labour safety promoted better activity not only of chiefs and experts, but also of public inspectors of labour safety, chairmen of shop committees of trade union, members of shops' creative brigades, which were made for the period of inspection practically at all divisions of the Works. Their efforts for formation of non-standard forms of labour safety methods promotion, organisation of expository and organisational-methodical work for strengthening the industrial discipline and preventive control have brought additional points to the divisions. More than 25 000 UAH will be directed for bonus payment of active participants of the inspection.

Acting Director General of KhTW A.Borovikov has commented: "Systematic work for level raising of labour safety is conducted at KhTW. Work's Labour Protection and Labour Safety Management System has the international certificate OHSAS 18001, which accordance we confirmed in October after annual audit. Shop health unit № 3, working round-the-clock at the largest shop of the Works - Welding Shop № 2 had the basic repair, which was made for carrying out the events of the month. Influenza vaccination of 700 workers of the Works, fallen into the risk group, was held at enterprise's cost. Large complex of arrangements of labour safety is planned at KhTW in 2008 as part of Metinvest Group's strategy".