OREANDA-NEWS. On 12 February 2009 was announced, that IDGC of Centre, JSC summed up the results of work in the sphere of professional safety and health protection of the personnel in IV quarter, 2008.

In 2008 costs of execution of labour protection actions were 361m 191.4k roubles. In particular, 629m 19.5k roubles was spent on accidence prevention actions; 225m 520.6k roubles, on equipment of the personnel with individual protection means; 209m 69.6k, on hygienic actions for illness prevention and 51m 781.7k roubles, on general improvement of labour conditions.

Under the traumatism prevention programme, the company organised safe execution of works, preparation of the personnel for psychophysical support of their activity, provision of safe labour conditions on transport, equipment with individual protection means, development of a system of organisation of operative dispatch management, delivery of safety at switchings in electric installations and control over safety of repair and maintenance work execution.

The company continued work on equipment of the personnel with modern individual protection means. Equipment with sets of bars for installation of portable earthing system on the ground, compared to the previous accounting period, increased by 33%; equipment with heat-resistant sets by the end of 2008 increased by 95%; equipment with winter sets, by 96% and with summer sets, by 98%.

Besides, under the conditions of the autumn and winter period workers continued tests of ISN-0.4 kV state-of-the-art equipment (made by Elektropribor, ltd, Krasnodar) at the existing equipment of the branches.

In 2008 the company was developping the system of workplaces and personnel control. In particular, 11,839 teams were checked, and the indicator of checks efficiency (detected and prevented trauma risk situations) increased by 4.9%, compared to the previous reporting period.

The company continued certification of work places by work conditions. Only 68% of workplaces conform to the norms; in other cases the company organised actions on improvement of work conditions. The company executed the planned part of events on preparation of the personnel for work in autumn and winter.

The most urgent tasks of the company in labour protection are strengthening of control over observance of rules and norms, increase of production discipline of the personnel and further execution of events planned in the traumatism prevention programme of IDGC of Centre, JSC.