Akhmetov improves safety at its mines

This is stated in the message, "Krasnodonuglya." The company notes that the promotion of active work in the area of labor motivation miners responsible attitude to safety requirements. Also, "Krasnodonugol" is developing a set of measures to further cool the air in an individual faces a high temperature conditions. In addition, the leadership of the task before the end of 2011 to develop and implement a program to implement the positioning of personnel and equipment of mobile equipment. It will conduct an automatic continuous monitoring of location of people and vehicles in the underground part of the shaft, underground transport warn the driver about the appearance of people on the route, to optimize underground transport, to facilitate search and identification of the person rescuers in case of emergency. "The main task of management is to ensure that mine the strictest observance of safety rules by each of the mine workers and the introduction of developed and approved by enhanced programs to ensure industrial safety … first of all – for additional training of workers safety and involvement in efforts to improve the safety of each production," – said CEO Krasnodonuglya Alexander Potapenko. In this case, the cost of labor protection measures in the company until the end of 2011 amount to more than 80 million hryvnia. "The task which Mr. Akhmetov put in front of management and control by personally – do honorable work miner safely as possible. Working on it today, all services 24 hours a day "- says spokesman Rinat Akhmetov Elena Dovzhenko. According to Dovzhenko, Akhmetov is well aware of an extremely high degree of complexity in Ukrainian coal mines. "That's why investing in the most modern infrastructure and technology to ensure safety is a major challenge for managers of holding companies" – said the spokesman. In turn, Head of Department for Supervision on ventilation and dust-mode pits Eugene Stepanovski noted that the first measure, which must implement the company – is a strict adherence to the existing regulatory framework for occupational safety. However, he praised the additional labor protection measures that are going to introduce "Krasnodonugol", including the awarding of the miners. "Stimulation – a big plus. After all, the most progressive system of punishments and rewards – a punishment or encouragement of the ruble, "- said the expert. Besides, he added that the additional technology offers "Krasnodonuglya" will be important to complement eniem to existing standard measures of labor protection in the industry. Stepanovsky said "Krasnodonugol" and the previously characterized by attention to work safety in its mines and the company's actions received positive evaluations from Gosgorpromnadzora. As reported Ukranews, 29 July 28 miners were killed in an explosion on part of the mine Krasnodonuglya "Sukhodolsky East." The expert commission established cause of the accident in a mine explosion methane-air mixture. Source: Ukranews