In 1993 a truck struck a repair after it ran through a fence around a manhole, and he still suffers serious health problems. Now the well owners put concrete blocks around the spot or ask patrol officers to protect repair workers from danger. Thieves often stole manhole covers and sold them to recycling companies in the early 1990s, the city reported. Though people still swipe the covers, the lids are turning up at recycling centers less frequently. Maybe non-ferrous metals are not on such a demand any longer, said Katsurin.
Workers face risks just climbing down into the septics, or manholes for the sewage system.
Two men died in 1995 when they were asphyxiated while working in a poorly ventilated hole. Merger may help crisis By Heidi Brown Amid crisis-level power cuts, krai Deputy Energy Minister Victor Kudryavy has initiated several changes to the krai s energy complex, he announced. But he predicts that Vladivostok is still not out of the dark and blames consumers for much of the problem. This means only one entity, instead of two, will pay taxes, lowering the price for consumers. Nazdratenko has also ordered the middleman municipal electricity providers to transfer responsibilities to the monopoly Dalenergo.