Issues of Ensuring Safety of Work in the Deep Sewage Wells

P.M. Grigoryan, A.V. Ignatov, A.V. Broslavetc

Occupational safety requirements to be followed during work performance in the sewage manhole using gas detectors are reviewed in the Article. Comparison of different methods for gas content control using hose and pump, as well as measuring cell and cable had been performed. It is proposed to select gas detectors depending on the manhole depth. Main requirements to gas detectors are specified, which can be used in the deep sewage manholes.

About the Possibility of Terminating Licensing Activity on Conducting Industrial Safety Expertise

V.K. Shalayev

In the new Federal Law «On Licensing of Individual Types of Activity» the Provision about possible termination of licensing activity on conducting industrial safety expertise does not contain relevant legal norm.

The New Law on Licensing

N.S. Sidorova, O.I. Melnikova

Basic Provisions of the new Federal Law dated May 4, 2011 № 99-FL «On Licensing of Individual Types of Activity» are reviewed in the Article.

Specifics of Civil Liability Insurance for Hazardous Production Facility Owner in the Form of Questions and Answers

S.V. Gusar

The most typical questions and answers to them with the relevant comments due to coming into force of the Federal Law dated July 27, 2010 № 225-FL are provided in the Article.

Forecasts of Methane Abundance and Gas Balance of Working Areas at Intensive Development of Coal-Beds

V.S. Zaburdyaev, R.O. Smirnov, N.I. Ustinov, A.V. Braitsev

Disadvantages of methods, specified in the Guidelines on designing ventilation of coal mines (1989), on defining the volumes of methane emissions from the developed coal layers and the coal broken in the face are given in the Article. The recommendations on improving the mentioned methods are also provided here.

Coal Mining Accidents in the Historical Russia and in the World

A.I. Grazhdankin, A.S. Pecherkin, M.A. Iofis

The industrial history of the national Ministry of Coal Mining Industry had accumulated the unique scientific and practical knowledge on preventing major industrial accidents. In the postindustrial period — after reorganization and restructuring of the Russian coal mining industry — new knowledge, tragically half open by the accidents, stopped entering the wide scientific-practical circulation, and was not working for preventing future industrial threats. The present day the acute shortage is observed of obtaining and implementing the results of native scientific research — the witness of the above stated is the chapter of major post-Soviet coal mining accidents.

The Problem of Ensuring Safety of Gas Discharge to the Atmosphere at the Facilities of Natural Gas Transportation and Storage

A.V. Zavgorodnev, A.V. Melnikov, V.S. Safonov

The problem was raised of ensuring explosion safety during gas discharge at gas pipelines and compressor stations prior to conducting repair works. The necessity is shown of using modern methods of mathematical simulation of gas discharge to the atmosphere at unscheduled operating modes. The recommendations are given on prevention of emergency situations during gas discharge through vents at gas pipelines and compressor stations.

The Improvement of Normative Regulation of Safety for Oil and Gas Complex Production Facilities

S.N. Mokrousov

The basic problems of regulation of safety for oil and gas complex of Russia are specified, the trends of normative base are proposed in the Article.

Hazards Analysis and Quantitative Risk Assessment of Ethylene and Propylene Production Facility

D.I. Nazarenko, A.A. Afanasyeva, F.P. Sokolov, V.A. Samsonov, D.E. Iwanow,T.V. Gromova, T.N. Shvetsova-Shilovskaya

The results of hazards analysis and quantitative risk assessment of ethylene and propylene production facility are given in the Article.