Unauthorized crane work in the area of power transmission lines led to the tragedy

During Vladivostok failure to comply with the security of the loading operations in the buffer zone power lines caused the accident.

A man has suffered because of a violation of safety rules

The morning of May 6 in the parking lot of container on the street Dnieper crane driver, performing loading operations, brought an arrow at an unacceptably close range to the bottom wire line voltage of 110 kV. As a result, the electric arc overlap suffered slinger, who secured the cargo. With severe burns, was hospitalized.

— This tragedy should not have happened. In the preparation stage of loading operations company representatives were enough to agree terms with power of construction equipment in the protected area of power transmission lines — said the chief engineer of the seaside branch of «DRSC» Sergei Korchemagin. — Unfortunately, many business leaders who work with special equipment to neglect this rule. Thus, they are endangering the lives and health of its employees, as well as the general public.

Gross violation of safety rules when working near power lines is not the first time leads to tragedy. A similar accident occurred in Vladivostok, just three weeks ago, when the driver of the crane, performing work under the power lines, received serious burns.

Work in security zones of power lines requires compliance with safety measures. Branch «Primorsk electrical networks» reminds that for any work in the protected zones of cable or overhead power lines need to obtain approval networked organization — said VestiRegion.ru specialist public relations branch «DRSK» — «Primorsk electrical networks» Tatyana Kravchenko.