Hotline of power engineering specialists:
An attempt to steal electrical equipment from a power facility of IDGC of Centre – Orelenergo division ended a tragedy last weekend for a resident of Uritsky District of the Orel region.
On the night of 16 July to 17 July, a man’s body was found under one of power lines on a 10 kV overhead line section going out of the substation "Naryshkino" of Uritsky Distribution Zone of Orelenergo. The local resident of 1985, who was not working anywhere, died.
According to preliminary information, the electric trauma was received by the dead while trying to cut off the aluminum wire from the line. On this fact, law enforcement authorities are conducting a pre-investigation check. A picture of the incident is being established, and a corresponding procedural decision will be taken based on the results of the inspection.
IDGC of Centre conducts systematic work to reduce risks of injuries to third parties at power grid facilities, which includes a set of organizational, technical and awareness-raising activities. An important direction of this activity is implementation of measures to prevent theft of equipment and materials from power facilities in the regions of the company’s service area (11 subjects of the Central Federal District). It is these offenses that are often the cause of injuries and deaths of outsiders.
In all branches of IDGC of Centre, comprehensive raid inspections are carried out, including with participation of law enforcement officers, in order to prevent and detect theft. Perpetrators are brought to justice, up to the criminal one. However, despite the measures taken, because of citizens who are ready to endanger their lives in order to enrich, power engineers are not yet able to completely exclude such cases of theft.
IDGC of Centre reminds: attempts to steal electrical equipment and its components are deadly! In addition, such actions are criminally punishable. Bona fide consumers can also suffer from them, as thefts lead to power outages in apartment houses, at industrial and social facilities.
All identified damage to equipment of power grid facilities and suspicious actions of unauthorized persons near power facilities should immediately be reported to dispatching offices of their Distribution Zones or by the round-the-clock telephone of the "hotline of power engineers". The single direct number of power engineers of IDGC of Centre is 8-800-50-50-115, the call is toll-free.