Some Experiences of Safety and Health of Work During the Modernization of TPP Rek Bitola

Abstract

In this paper the critical activities for health and safety at work during working operations for assembly/disassembly of parts under pressure were detected. After that protective measures during loading, unloading and transportation of elements at height and protective measures during working at height were discussed. Thermal power plant (TPP) Bitola is the largest electricity producer in the Republic of Macedonia with installed capacity of 3×225 MW, which provides 80 % of the total energy production in the Republic of Macedonia, with average annual production 4.200 GWh. Rehabilitation and performance improvement for TPP Bitola are provided to modernization and revitalization of turbines, generators and automation, revitalization and modernization of the boilers with NOx emissions reduction and revitalization of cooling towers, and revitalization for SOx, dust and particle emission reduction. Taking this into account in this paper some safety measures at work during the execution o…