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Seminars on occupational safety for employees of Norilsk Nickel

26 april 2023
The Department of Industrial Safety and Labor Protection of the Polar Branch of Norilsk Nickel organized a series of training seminars for employees of the company's enterprises, sgnorilsk.ru reports.
More than 400 employees participated in the events - from managers to ordinary workers representing the Nadezhdinsky Metallurgical Plant, the Talnakh Processing Plant, the Copper Plant and the Taimyrsky mine.
The seminars were held within the framework of the month of occupational health and safety under the slogan "Occupational safety is everyone's responsibility!".
"Our employees were introduced to the subtleties of using personal protective equipment, told what materials they are made of, as well as about new protective equipment, in particular, of domestic production, which came to replace the products of departed foreign companies. The use of safety tethers for working at height, special shoes, clothing, glasses was discussed. All this is actively used by our employees in their daily work," said Vadim Gritsko, Head of the Occupational Safety Department of the Industrial Safety Processes Department of the Polar Branch of Norilsk Nickel.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished