Dangerous chemical industry focuses on stopping production for resumption of production

On the 25th of December, the Office of the State Council’s safety committee issued the “Notice on Conscientiously Doing a Safe Production Work during the Spring Festival of New Year’s and New Year’s Day 2012”, stressing that during the holiday season, it is necessary to concentrate on conducting safety hazard investigations and special rectifications, and Good safety products and other key industries (domains) for safe production; to strengthen the safety supervision and inspection of holiday production and post-holiday rehabilitation enterprises, and strictly control the acceptance of high-risk industrial enterprises such as hazardous chemicals after the holiday.

The National Security Office pointed out that in view of the characteristics of work safety at the end of the year, various regions, all relevant departments and units should strengthen the safety supervision of key industries (domains) such as hazardous chemicals, and conduct a hidden investigation and special rectification actions before the holiday. Effectively prevent and resolutely curb the occurrence of major accidents. For the hidden troubles found in the investigation, the immediate rectification shall be immediately rectified; if it cannot be immediately rectified, the rectification shall be carried out within a time limit, and the responsibility, funds, and rectification measures shall be implemented to strengthen monitoring. Major hidden dangers must be supervised by the government. During the holiday season, special personnel should be assigned to observe and implement 24-hour strict monitoring. For enterprises that may cause serious production safety accidents or seriously endanger safe production, enterprises must be ordered to stop production and business operations.

The National Security Office stressed that it is necessary to strengthen the safety management of oil and gas companies on the job site and prevent serious accidents such as out-of-control blowout of oil and gas wells, oil and gas leaks, and platform overturning. It is necessary to strengthen the safety supervision over hazardous chemicals, civil explosive equipment, especially the production and storage of explosives, and to prevent accidents such as loss, leakage, pollution, and explosion. It is necessary to profoundly draw lessons from a series of serious accidents such as a series of coal mine gas explosions, chemical equipment leakage and explosions, as well as lessons from typical accidents such as carbon monoxide poisoning and “three in one” unit fires in limited space, and targeted special rectifications. .

The National Security Office also requested to strengthen the safety supervision and inspection of enterprises that have stopped production or post-holiday restoration during the holiday season, and strictly controlled the inspection and acceptance of high-risk industrial enterprises after the holiday. Enterprises in high-risk industries such as coal mines, non-coal mines, and hazardous chemicals should formulate and strictly implement the technical safeguard measures during the shutdown maintenance operations and post-holiday restoration during holiday seasons. Before the resumption of production, detailed work plans should be formulated and comprehensive and systematic safety should be implemented. an examination.

In addition, the National Security Office also warns of safe production under extreme weather conditions such as winter rains, snow and freezing disasters, and urges related companies to seriously carry out risk assessments, hidden investigations, and material reserves, and to strengthen inspections of major hazard sources, important facilities, and key parts. Monitoring, implementation of fire prevention and dust prevention, prevention of strong winds of cold waves, prevention of rain and snow freezing disasters, and prevention of freezing and leaking, and other safety precautions to prevent production accidents caused by natural disasters.