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Two workers died at Navapolatsk thermal power station

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Two workers died at Navapolatsk thermal power station

Today at 11 a.m. an accident took place at the feed pipeline while repair works were carried out.

Charter97.org website has received information from a visitor about an accident at Navapolatsk thermal power station which resulted in fatalities.

“It is the second accident in one and a half months,” he added.

The chief engineer of Navapolatsk thermal power station Mikhail Padvorny has confirmed the fact of the accident and shared its details with a journalist of charter97.org.

“Today at about 11:20 a.m. an accident at the feed pipeline of Navapolatsk thermal power station took place. The works for replacement of a valve were carried out by contracting organisations. A steam and water mixture’s ejection happened, allegedly from a feed pipeline which works with a temperature parameters of 196-1970. As a result an abrupt pressure decrease took place in a water feed pipeline, which caused stoppage of the mechanism, as water supply stopped.

A brigade of a contracting organisation was at the site of works, and two workers received a fatal trauma. According to the currently available information, a welder (born in 1980) and fitter of the 5th grade died. There is no additional information. A commission is working there now, and following the results of its investigation, the reason of the tragedy is to be established, and after that additional information would be provided,” he informed.

Photo: novopolotsk.by

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