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Hazardous chemicals manufacturing enterprises can experience accidents due to many different factors, resulting in significant impacts. In particular, in the following 10 situations, the probability of accidents is very high; hazardous materials companies must be extremely vigilant! http://p8.itc.cn/images01/20201016/176c48f314884174b6c4191b3e288362.png1. New employees are prone to accidents. New employees generally lack a strong sense of safety. As they are new to work, they are not very familiar with the precautions related to safe production, and they lack the necessary training in safety matters, which makes accidents likely to occur. Recommendation: Providing necessary safety training for new employees is an effective way to reduce the incidence of accidents among them. 2. Taking shortcuts in adventure leads to trouble. It regards the necessary safety regulations, safety measures, and safety equipment as obstacles to achieving its goals. For example, not wearing a safety helmet to stay cool, entering dangerous areas to save time, removing safety devices to increase production, and starting work without obtaining a fire permit in order to proceed quickly. Accidents are very likely to occur this way! Recommendation: Strengthen employee training; especially for high-risk positions, operations must be carried out in accordance with regulations – taking risks is absolutely not acceptable! 3. New processes are prone to accidents. In an effort to save time and speed things up, projects are often rushed into operation, tested, and put into use, which in turn leads to tragedies. Recommendation: Before adopting new processes, technologies, materials or using new equipment, professional technicians and safety managers should conduct hazard assessments and safety system analyses in advance. It is necessary to provide safety training to operators and relevant personnel, and they must pass the assessment before they can take up their duties. 4. Accidents are likely to occur during rush periods. During this period, workers often work continuously, and fatigue can easily lead to *inherent violations of regulations. Some employees sometimes believe that following the requirements outlined in safety procedures will waste time and hinder progress; as a result, they try various ways to alter or simplify the standard operating procedures, and *inherent violations of regulations lead to accidents. Suggestion: When assigning tasks, it is necessary to take into account both the requirements and the possibilities; tasks should not be added arbitrarily or the deadline shortened. If it is found that employees are \"taking on tasks while ignoring safety\", they must be ordered to stop working immediately. 5. Accidents are likely to occur when finishing work. After a day of work, employees expend a great deal of physical strength and energy, and it is only natural for them to hope to finish work early and rest. At this time, it is also common for one’s mind to wander and focus to wane at work, leading to *inherent violation behaviors. As the task approaches its end and everything has been safe so far, people’s vigilance regarding accidents tends to slacken. Recommendation: Leaders at all levels within the enterprise, especially team leaders and safety officers, should provide frequent reminders and constant supervision at this time to ensure that all employees maintain a high level of vigilance. http://p2.itc.cn/images01/20201016/6eafc01b043a41fc8cbeda80a613d084.png6. Fighting at work can easily lead to accidents. During working hours, playing around or frolicking in the work area, being inattentive while operating mechanical equipment, or talking to people who are working can easily lead to accidents. Recommendation: Strictly enforce the rule that running, jumping, playing, fighting, and engaging in activities unrelated to one’s job are prohibited in the workplace. 7. Accidents are likely to occur during night work. Nighttime operations are a period when safety accidents occur frequently, as lax management and complacent attitudes among employees create blind spots. When carrying out tasks alone, workers are prone to *inherent violations of rules, as they are separated from the group, relax their standards for themselves, and become complacent in the absence of supervision. Recommendation: Enterprises should strictly implement the systems of having leadership personnel on duty and on site during shifts. During night shifts, inspections should be intensified, with a focus on key areas, critical processes, and important positions, to ensure that problems are detected and addressed promptly. It is necessary to provide employees with enhanced safety training, help them overcome any sense of complacency that may arise during night shifts, and encourage them to adhere to safety regulations and procedures strictly. When assigning employees to carry out tasks alone, it is essential to explain the tasks clearly, provide safety and technical instructions as well as conduct a risk analysis, and assign a person with a strong sense of responsibility to act as a supervisor. 8. Accidents are likely to occur due to concurrent operations. When two or more units (teams) carry out work simultaneously in the same production area at the same time, factors such as some external workers’ lack of familiarity with the production area, poor coordination, and mutual interference can easily lead to accidents. Recommendation: In accordance with the Work Safety Law, when two or more production and business entities carry out their activities in the same work area and there is a risk to the work safety of one another, they shall enter into a work safety management agreement. This agreement should specify each party’s responsibilities regarding work safety management as well as the safety measures to be taken, and it should also designate dedicated work safety officers to conduct safety inspections and coordinate efforts. 9. Accidents are likely to occur in adverse weather conditions. Production safety is constantly affected by meteorological factors such as high temperatures, heavy rainfall, typhoons, and severe convective weather, which can easily lead to problems with production facilities and the production environment, potentially resulting in economic losses and casualties. Recommendation: All enterprises are advised to pay attention to the warning messages issued by the meteorological authorities regarding severe weather conditions, flood prevention and control, typhoon protection, etc., and to take preventive measures in a timely manner. 10. Accidents are prone to occur before and after holidays. Around holidays, some employees get absorbed in the festive atmosphere and fail to focus on their work, making them susceptible to committing habitual violations of rules. Recommendation: Leaders at all levels in enterprises should keep abreast of the psychological state of employees during this period, carry out proper safety education, strengthen safety inspections prior to resuming work after holidays, and prevent accidents from occurring. As we approach the fourth quarter, some companies will be rushing to meet orders and deadlines, and accidents may occur due to careless use of electricity and fire in the dry weather. Vivi hopes that everyone will remember that there are no shortcuts to ensuring safe production, but there are rules to follow. It is necessary to strictly fulfill the responsibilities related to safe production; those in leadership positions must carry out their duties in accordance with the law, and work mechanisms such as “one line, three checks” and “four orders, three systems” must be strictly implemented. Safety first, prevention foremost! The main content of this article is taken from the Guangdong Provincial Emergency Management Department.