In February, 24 employees from different subdivisions of Kamet-Steel improved their skills at a specialized industrial polygon for training in working at height.

Almost every shop of the enterprise has equipment located at a height of more than 1.3 meters. To maintain and repair it, specialists need to have certain knowledge and skills. Even the tiniest detail is of high importance - from individual "fitting" of equipment to determining safe attachment points on vertical or horizontal surfaces. And outdoors, you need to take into account weather conditions and even wind speed and direction. There are also some technicalities when working in wells or any bunkers or containers where you need to get down, secure yourself and carry out the necessary repairs. Experienced instructors teach the employees of the enterprise all these tricks.

Kamet-Steel employees were divided into four groups so that everyone could master the techniques of safe work at height. Over and over again, they pass a horizontal anchor line where they can work together, climb up, hang and descend on a vertical sling. The instructor closely monitors their actions, gives them tips along the way, and after the practice is done, the group discusses the details. How to properly attach carbines, how to move along a safety sling, what maximum weight a particular piece of equipment can withstand, how to use an energy absorber - these skills will allow employees to take risks into account in order to safely plan and perform work at height.

This is the first time that Petro Petrukhin, an electrician at the Blast Furnace Shop, has undergone such intensive training. He has been working at the enterprise for 20 years and knows its equipment very well. Some of the equipment  is located at different heights. So he is very interested in trying the new equipment and learning how to use it. He says that it is more convenient and functional. So it will be more comfortable to carry out repair work at height.