OREANDA-NEWS. March 01, 2012. The results of the personnel motivation program on labor safety were summed up in Kemerovo JSC "Azot" (which is a part of the Joint Stock Holding Company "Siberian Business Union").

 "Champion" is a personnel motivation program devoted to industrial and labor safety. It operates in every production unit of the plant. According to the program at the end of each quarter, any blue-collar worker, who takes active part in finding the solutions to the industrial and labor safety problems, can be rewarded with 5 000 roubles and be bestowed the title of a Leader. Those who are bestowed the title of a Leader 3 times in a row, become the Champions. At the end of the fourth quarter they are rewarded with 10 000 roubles.


At the end of the last year the production units entered the program one by one. As a result, 133 specialists were bestowed the title of a Leader at the end of the first year. They actively participate in finding out the risks emerging during the preparation and implementation of hazardous processes. They also teach workers during the industrial and labor safety trainings. Besides, they consult other workers on the issues of industrial safety. One of the basic criteria (there are 8 of them), which helps to evaluate the specialists' work is the determination of safer and more effective method of process task fulfillment. The personnel may as well participate in the alteration of production and process instructions (tasks and work orders) in accordance with safer and more rational method suggested.


Moreover, one Champion was bestowed the title of a Leader 4 timer in a row. The name of the champion is Ludmila Rudenko. She works as a synthesis operator in the 7th unit (Low capacity chemicals).

All in all, Low capacity chemicals unit has one of the biggest numbers of Leaders. About 50 specialists of this unit were called the Leaders. Railway department, the Unit of Chief power engineer and the Unit of instrumentation and automated control systems are among the other Champion units.