THE BEST LABOR PROTECTION OFFICE

Ulba Metallurgical Plant took 1st place in the republican competition Senim-2022 in the nomination of The Best Labor Protection Office.

Senim is the only competition in Kazakhstan for professionals in the field of labor protection among the employers of our republic. It is held annually by the International Center of Financial and Economic Development in conjunction with the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the support of the Federation of Trade Unions.

The awarding of Senim-2022 competition winners had been performed on May, 26 in Nur-Sultan as part of the X International Conference and Exhibition on Labor Protection and Industrial Safety KIOSH 2022. As the organizers noted, KIOSH-2022 acts as an effective dialogue platform to unite the interests of government bodies, industry associations, unions and business entities.

The presentation submitted by UMP JSC for the competition contained a description of the whole work at the plant in the field of labor protection. The main purpose - zero injuries - is met by the implementation of the best world practices in the field of industrial safety at the enterprise. These are 7 golden rules of the Vision Zero concept, the Industrial Safety Code of UMP JSC, the system of rewarding and motivating employees for improving the industrial safety culture, the Zero Tolerance concept, the system for registering hazardous actions, hazardous conditions, incidents without consequences and conducted behavioral audits of security, LoTo system (blocking hazardous energy sources), the work of the training group.

The presentation also provided a detailed description of the Industrial Safety Management software package (SP ISM), which was developed jointly by the information technology center, the production safety director office and other divisions of the plant. The program allows to register, classify and analyze dangerous actions, dangerous conditions and incidents without consequences. SP ISM is constantly being developed and improved.

Evgeniy Chumin, Director - Production Safety:

“We took part in this prestigious competition for the first time. And won immediately! I would like to congratulate all employees of the plant on this honorary award and thank everyone for the contribution you make to the work towards achieving our common purpose - zero injuries!