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The first inspection team from the State Council Safety Committee Office went to Tianji Group to inspect the safe production and storage of *ao acid. Author/Source: Shanxi Energy and Chemicals. Date: 2020-08-19. Clicks: 8. On the afternoon of August 14, the first inspection team from the State Council Safety Committee Office, led by Sun Guangyu, Director of the Hazardous Chemicals Supervision Department of the Ministry of Emergency Management, visited Tianji Group to conduct a thorough inspection of the safe production and storage of *ao acid. Learn from accidents and keep the safety alarm ringing. The inspection team listened carefully to Tianji Group’s in-depth reflections, as well as its rapid actions taken for self-inspection and improvement following the major explosion that occurred on August 4, 2020, in the port area of Beirut, Lebanon. Upon learning from the media about the severe explosion that occurred in the port area of Beirut, Lebanon, Tianji Group promptly used its WeChat work groups to issue urgent instructions, ordering all relevant units to carry out immediate self-inspections. On August 5, a company production scheduling meeting was held to discuss these matters in detail, and further arrangements were made to conduct special inspections aimed at learning from the lessons of the explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon. The relevant professional management departments, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, carried out self-inspections and corrective actions in areas such as basic safety management, process management, equipment management, management of major hazard sources, storage of hazardous chemicals, handling and transportation of such chemicals, special operations, training, and emergency firefighting. For all the issues identified, notices for rectification were issued as required, and efforts were made to address them promptly according to the planned schedule. The inspection team listened to the company’s opinions and suggestions on further strengthening the key aspects of the entire safety chain related to the production, sales, storage, and transportation of *ao acid an, including its safe production, safe storage, and safe transportation. The inspection team went to the *ao acid an storage site, the product packaging line, and the production control room to conduct a thorough inspection, asking questions, reviewing documents, and examining both the information available and the responses given. They also asked random questions of the *ao acid an production workers, truck drivers, and escorts, in order to assess their knowledge of safety protocols and emergency response procedures as well as their ability to handle such situations. It is understood that Tianji Group currently has two *ao acid an production units, with each unit having an annual production capacity of 200,000 tons; these units utilize French KT process technology. *The production volume of AO acid AN is determined based on sales volume. After the products are packaged on the production line, they are conveyed to the transfer platform by conveyor belts, where operators use loading machines to load the AO acid AN onto vehicles for shipment. When vehicles on site cannot load the goods in a timely manner, the *ao acid an products are unloaded for temporary storage. The temporary storage site is equipped with various safety facilities such as fire suppression systems, video surveillance cameras, devices for eliminating static electricity from the human body, infrared alarms, thermometers, and hygrometers. A strict two-person, two-lock management system is implemented.