South-Caucasus Railway has approved Labor Protection, Process Safety and Fire Safety Plan for 2016.
As the press-service of the Company informed ArmInfo, the document is aimed at improvement of conditions of labor protection, process and fire safety, prevention and exclusion of possible violations in these fields.
The program envisages implementation of a number of events on prevention of accidents on the railway, particularly, run over of rolling stocks on the workers. For this reason warning coloration of machines, equipment, devices and buildings located in the zone of the railway will be refreshed, warning signs will be renovated and arrangement of operating corridors through the ways will be finished.
Events on prevention of injuries caused by electricity will also be held particularly, the enterprises supplying electricity will be equipped with necessary equipment, protective means and devices.
According to the plan of improvement of labor conditions and prevention of illnesses at production site systems of lighting and water supply on various objects will be renovated, a number of seminars and tests for the engineers on labor protection and process safety will be organized.
Monitoring of conditions of labor protection will be held monthly, and a Fire Safety Month on the facilities of the railway will be held in July.
South Caucasus Railway CJSC is a 100% subsidiary of Russian Railway OJSC and the concessional manager of Armenian Railway under the Concession Agreement signed on 13 Feb 2008. The Agreement was signed for 30 years but it may be prolonged for 10 more years.