Temporary structures as a complete package – just like the scaffolding solutions In addition, we have instructed that respirators should be used in situations where work is performed for longer than 15 minutes, and where there are other team members at a distance of less than one metre,” Says Olli Eskelinen. “At the moment, we operate in such a way that our own staff dines in the canteen building and the contractors in a tent for about 80 people. Meals are staggered and the number of people in all social spaces is monitored, both inside and outside. By limiting the number of tables in the pre-decorated dining tent, we have ensured, among other things, that safety distances are fully realised. We are using Kataja Event’s tents as a dining area for the contractors, for example. “The implementation of the safety distances has required temporary solutions. How will the success of the maintenance standstill and the safety of employees be ensured in Siilinjärvi during the coronavirus epidemic? Six weeks and 200-300 external workers in the same factory area as their own employees. Safety distances in order for 80-person tent dining At the end of these outages, the partners, including scaffolding installers, will move to the mine outage,” says Olli Eskelinen. In the autumn, sulphuric acid and energy production stands still at the Siilinjärvi site, then the phosphoric acid plant. “During annual maintenance, every work phase is important so that the work goes according to plan, safely and efficiently. The Siilinjärvi open pit mine is Finland’s largest, and its phosphorus, which is extracted from apatite ore, is further processed into fertiliser. In addition to the production plant, Siilinjärvi is home to the only phosphate mine in Western Europe, which is the source of the pure phosphorus in Yara Finland's fertilisers. The main products of the Siilinjärvi factories are fertilisers and phosphoric acid.