Health and safety training for employees

In 2023, more than 58,400 of the Company’s employees took mandatory health and safety training with a subsequent knowledge check at education centres.

In the reporting year, the Company arranged for 214 of its line employees and managers to take advanced professional training in New Approaches to Managing Health and Safety at the Russian Academy of Railway Transport of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT) focusing on practical recommendations for providing a safe operational environment.

Russian Railways devised and implemented a system of assessment sessions for middle managers. In 2023, there were 477 assessment sessions covering more than 14,000 middle managers; 444 moderators of assessment sessions from among health and safety specialists received training.

Efforts continued to test managers of the Company upon their appointment. In 2023, at the Environment and Technosphere Safety Department, a total of nine managers were tested, while at the branch level, 714 managers were covered by the testing.

The Central Committee of the Russian Railways on Health and Safety Examinations among Managers held six meetings. In addition, the Central Committee invited for ad hoc examination 12 managers of the Russian Railways units where fatal occupation injuries took place or health and safety violations were identified. Regional committees take similar efforts.

In 2023, 192 branch employees of the Company’s operational department underwent retraining in health and safety taking a 256 hour programme at the Corporate University.

In 2023, training sessions continued with a view to fostering the safety culture. In 2020–2023, these covered 400 employees of the Company’s central and regional management levels.

Health and safety railcars

Russian Railways has 14 health and safety railcars, which are part of a single system to train railway employees. Health and safety railcars are mobile training facilities designed, among other things, to provide on‑site methodology and organisational support in training and examinations in health and safety using audio, video, and computing equipment, as well as help with prevention measures in health and safety directly at line enterprises.