Identifying safety as a key task, in addition to investing in the minimum power grid to minimize the risk of insecurity, Quang Tri Power Company (PC Quang Tri) has focused on implementing activities to ensure safety in production and business. Through this activity, it aims to enhance the sense of responsibility and compliance with the law for staff, workers and electricity customers.

Setting up boundary markers for the power grid safety corridor to ensure safe operation of power sources and avoid violations in electricity usage - Photo: LK

Every year, PC Quang Tri has seriously carried out training and inspection of electrical safety procedures and occupational safety and hygiene for officers and employees. The affiliated power companies maintain the implementation of occupational safety control in accordance with regulations.

Field survey of work performed according to work orders reached 100%; work permit control was 100%; approval and control of work safety on the power grid by the management unit's leaders for work orders was 100%, and for work schedules was 99.7%.

In 2023, the company will continue to maintain good performance in inspecting and reviewing work safety sites. Through inspection, 5 violations of work safety were detected with 18 individuals violating.

Maintain fire prevention, firefighting, rescue and relief drills throughout the company. Organize inspections of fire prevention and firefighting management records for 26 fire prevention and firefighting facilities, and conduct actual inspections to ensure fire prevention and firefighting safety at 4 facilities at risk of fire and explosion. After the inspection, the units promptly handled the existing problems, thanks to which no fire or explosion incidents occurred in 2023. Regularly monitor weather developments and proactively deploy response plans.

When a natural disaster occurs, the PCTT&TKCN Command Committee of PC Quang Tri has issued telegrams and documents to deploy preparation work, assigning members of the Steering Committee to monitor units in the affected area to review, support, and direct post-disaster recovery and comply with the principles of ensuring labor safety.

By the end of 2023, there were 4 natural disaster events (storms, tropical depressions, floods) affecting the power grid managed by PC Quang Tri with a total damage value of about 1,173 billion VND.

In addition, PC Quang Tri has developed a plan to propagate electrical safety among the people in many forms such as distributing electrical safety leaflets, announcements, sending emails and providing instructions on safe electricity use to each electricity customer...

Implement the propaganda plan to protect high voltage power grid corridors according to the direction of EVN and EVNCPC in many different forms. Timely detect and actively coordinate with local authorities and functional agencies in handling violations according to the provisions of law.

During the 2023 Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Action Month, PC Quang Tri participated in and won the First Prize in the OSH Competition of Quang Tri Province organized by the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. The unit also responded to the 2023 OSH Action Month with the theme "Strengthening the development of safe working procedures and measures and improving working conditions, reducing stress in the workplace"; Traffic Safety Month 2023 with the theme "Respecting the law and building a culture of safe traffic"...

In 2023, all potential risks in the production and business processes of the units have been identified, analyzed, evaluated, updated and preventive measures have been proposed. PC Quang Tri proactively coordinated with authorities at all levels, the Department of Industry and Trade, the Steering Committee for Protection of Safety of High Voltage Power Grid Works in Quang Tri province in implementing Decree 14/2014/ND-CP dated February 26, 2014 and Decree 51/2020/ND-CP dated April 21, 2000 of the Government.

Actively coordinate with press agencies to promote compliance with legal regulations on protection of high-voltage power grid works; coordinate with local authorities to promote electrical safety for people and actively clear the power grid corridor to limit violations of power grid corridors and ensure safe operation of the power grid.

To ensure people's safety and avoid unfortunate electrical accidents that may occur due to power grid system failures and violations of safety corridors, especially during Christmas, New Year 2024 and Lunar New Year, PC Quang Tri has coordinated with local authorities at all levels to promote propaganda to agencies, businesses and people in the province about behaviors that can cause unsafety to people and equipment.

In addition, the unit also proactively sends documents to businesses to grasp the legal regulations on the safety corridor of high-voltage power grid works. Inspect the power grid to detect and immediately fix existing cases on the power grid such as unsafe meter boxes, failure to ensure phase-to-ground distance; lack of numbered signs, safety warning signs on poles and power stations; slack or broken ropes; unsatisfactory ground resistance values; and prevent cases of houses and constructions violating the safety corridor of high-voltage power grids.

In particular, strengthen inspection and take active measures to force units outside the electricity sector to strictly comply with regulations on occupational safety and health and electrical safety procedures and other regulations when carrying out work related to the company's power grid.

Lam Khanh