From Mine Workings to Remote Offices: Practical Safety Tools from SUEK and GEROPHARM
Experts from SUEK and GEROPHARM will examine modern digital approaches to occupational health and industrial safety: from implementing ruggedized devices and automated safety barriers in heavy industry to gamification and chatbots for distributed teams.
In traditional manufacturing, safety was long perceived as a regulatory bottleneck, while stacks of paper logs and formal sign-offs on work permits created only an illusion of control without eliminating human error and recurring incidents. At the same time, companies with a geographically distributed structure face a different barrier: when employees are located in different cities, traditional safety training turns into a tedious chore, engagement drops, and critical rules simply fail to reach their audience.
Join our webinar, where Aleksandr Valiyev, Head of Department – Risk Manager at SUEK, and Valeriya Borisova, Fire Safety and OHS Specialist at GEROPHARM, will share their experience in implementing digital tools that genuinely protect people on-site and drive online engagement.
10:00 – 10:45 Digital HSE Ecosystem: Integrating Closed-Loop Safety Management into Operations
Speaker: Aleksandr Valiyev, Head of Department – Risk Manager, SUEK
Key topics:
Synergy instead of conflict. How to embed safety into operational processes: planning, work permits, and monitoring as a single mechanism rather than a regulatory bottleneck.
Digital barrier. How an automated safety navigator works: issuing tasks only after verifying the plan, hazard and risk assessment (HRA), and project documentation—eliminating human error.
Smartphone instead of a notepad. How an intrinsically safe device replaces paper logs: shift work permits, gas testing, and photo documentation in underground mining conditions.
Digital footprint instead of formal box-ticking. How structured checklists in a mobile app make operational safety inspections transparent: linking to inspection schedules (operational control, industrial safety management system, risks) and photo/video evidence.
Daily root cause analysis. How daily analysis of deviations using the "5 Whys" method eliminates systemic risks: identifying and addressing root causes rather than merely putting out local fires.
10:45 – 11:30 Safety Knows No Distance: Taking Safety Culture to the Next Level in a Distributed Team
Speaker: Valeriya Borisova, Fire Safety and OHS Specialist, GEROPHARM
Key topics:
"Doctor, we're losing him!": why does safety training falter when the team is spread across different cities?
Synergy of gamification and flexible online formats – how chatbots and visual novels turn training into a game
Online program roadmap – implementation stages, required resources, and overcoming resistance
Measurable results and future development paths