Volgodonsk NPP hosts final round of labor protection contest among REA NPPs

12.11.2007 // Information Department of Volgodonsk NPP/Press service of Rosenergoatom Concern

Volgodonsk NPP is hosting final round of the annual labor protection contest among Rosenergoatom NPPs

Representatives of Rosenergoatom Concern, the Association of Manufacturers of Individual Protection Means, the Department for Control over the Execution of Labor and Protection Legislation, Rosatom’s Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department, the Research Institute of Labor Protection and Ecology, the Federal Medical-Biological Agency, VNIIAES, the Institute of Bio-Physics, Atomtrudresursi and local authorities are meeting at Volgodonsk NPP on Nov 14–15 2007 to discuss problems of labor and labor protection and to conduct the final round of the labor protection contest among the Rosenergoatom nuclear power plants.

The contest has been conducted every year since 2005 under the chairmanship of the general inspector of Rosenergoatom Concern Erik Pozdyshev.

The objective of the contest is to improve NPP personnel’s knowledge of the labor protection rules, to reveal and disseminate the best experience in the sphere, to encourage NPP personnel to work safely, to intensify injury and professional disease prevention measures, to reduce on-site injury rate.

The finalists – the best from each plant – will show their knowledge of the labor protection rules and standards and their practical skills in the following activities:

— operating cargo lifting systems;
— using instruments and devices;
— operating electric equipment;
— operating, repairing and testing equipment;
— working at high altitude;
— carrying out welding operations.