COVID-19 | Unipro PJSC Annual Report for 2020

167thousand rubles

was spent on PPE
and disinfection

Since the beginning of March 2020, weekly work of the central (under the leadership of the CEO of the Company) and local (under the leadership of the Directors of the Branches) anti-crisis head offices has been arranged at the Moscow Representative Office and the branches of Unipro PJSC. Action plans were developed according to two scenarios subject to the level of spread of the new coronavirus infection.

Scenario 1: Increased Readiness

Common activities

employees work remotely

teleworking/leave for employees at risk (over 65 years old, having chronic conditions)

limitation of business trips

daily non-contact monitoring of the body temperature of employees

electronic log to track contact of employees with those COVID-infected

testing of the staff when returning from leave/business trips, as well as third parties before visiting Unipro production sites
Organization of work

division of staff flows from different production units

social distancing at workplaces and public areas (warning marks)

increase in the electronic interaction, i.e. remote reception and handover of shifts by operating staff, telephone/video communication, Skype conferences, etc.

special areas for receiving and handing over documents that are equipped with bactericidal irradiators
Performance monitoring

daily rounds of the workplaces by the heads of the branches and structural subdivisions

video surveillance in vehicles transporting the branch employees

Personal protective equipment and disinfection

providing employees with respiratory protective equipment, gloves and antiseptics

additional installing of dispensers with sanitizers in the territory of branches and offices

equipping the premises with bactericidal air irradiators

every shift wet cleaning of service and industrial premises, public areas, vehicles
Communication campaign (notifying the employees)

of the need to observe precautionary measure, rules of personal and public hygiene

of the clinical signs of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection and of the actions to be taken if such signs are manifested in the employee and/or their family members and in the employee at the workplace

on the rules for using overalls and PPE

As of 31 December 2020, Unipro PJSC recorded:

685

COVID-19 cases
of its own staff,
of which 2
were fatal

636

employees of the company
were discharged and returned to work

549

COVID-19 cases
of the contractors’
staf

525

contractor’ employees returned to work

Scenario 2: Readiness for Isolated Operation of the Branch (a fallback scenario in case the authorities declare an emergency Common activities situation in the region of presence)

A step-by-step plan for the transition of the branches to the isolated operation was approved
The opportunities for temporary residence of the employees (rotation system) were determined
The premises required for accommodation, residence and leisure of the staff were prepared
The organization of catering for the employees of the branches and the contractors was thought out
The issue of testing the employees for COVID-19 was elaborated before the isolated operation of the branch started