Provinces strengthen safety measures at the turn of the year to promote safe production

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At the turn of the year, in order to learn from the accident at the gold mine in Shandong and in compliance with the requirements of the State Council’s Safety Committee Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management, various provinces took action to strengthen supervision over safety production in areas such as hazardous chemicals, to ensure that responsibilities for preventing safety risks are fulfilled, and to firmly curb serious and major accidents. http://p9.itc.cn/images01/20210114/fa53f9f61e9a4862a15ee18c4db83b45.jpeg The Office of the State Council’s Safety Commission and the Ministry of Emergency Management held a video conference to outline measures for strengthening safety precautions regarding hazardous chemicals during the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. It was emphasized that, taking into account the characteristics of this period and various festivals, efforts should be made to enhance safety measures in key sectors such as those involving hazardous chemicals, transportation, construction, and firefighting, in order to prevent accidents from occurring. Efforts must be made to enhance the effectiveness of supervision; it is necessary to proactively recognize changes and adapt accordingly. Issues such as excessive meetings held merely to follow up on other meetings, failures to identify potential hazards, and lax or ineffective law enforcement inspections must be firmly addressed. The effectiveness of safety supervision should be demonstrated through the prevention of major risks and the suppression of serious accidents. It is necessary to strengthen disaster prevention, mitigation, relief efforts, and emergency preparedness. The organizational coordination for mine rescue, on-site command, regular drills, the allocation of emergency supplies, and underground rescue mechanisms must be further improved. Efforts should also be made to better address extreme weather conditions such as low temperatures, rain, snow, and ice in winter, as well as to control sources of fire resulting from people returning to the mountains to offer sacrifices and burn fireworks. Constant vigilance with regard to earthquake prevention and disaster mitigation is essential, so that rapid response and effective rescue actions can be taken in the event of any emergencies. http://p1.itc.cn/images01/20210114/748364c98142495294f89151c93e8f4d.jpeg Shandong Provincial Work Safety Committee: Draw thorough lessons from the accident and carry out immediate comprehensive inspections of work safety. All levels of government, various departments, and all sectors of society must draw serious lessons from this accident. In conjunction with the three-year campaign aimed at improving work safety, they should go to the grassroots levels, to the front lines, to enterprises, construction sites, and accident sites, and with unprecedented intensity, thoroughly identify and address all potential hazards related to accidents, as well as fully implement various risk prevention and control measures. It is necessary to strictly adhere to the principles of \"full coverage, zero tolerance, strict law enforcement, and emphasis on practical results,\" and to carry out a round of concentrated law enforcement activities across the province through methods such as off-site law enforcement and joint law enforcement. It is necessary to take firm action: by exposing a number of major safety hazards, punishing typical illegal acts, publicizing a list of enterprises on the \"blacklist,\" shutting down illegal enterprises, and closing those that do not meet safety standards – through these \"five sets of actions\" – severe crackdowns must be carried out against all kinds of illegal activities related to work safety. This approach aims to achieve the effect of punishing one individual while deterring others, thereby forcing enterprises to assume their responsibility for ensuring work safety. It is necessary to make better use of the joint disciplinary mechanism for those who breach trust, significantly increase the cost of violations for enterprises, and strengthen targeted law enforcement. Issues such as sudden production activities, illegal construction, and the lack of adequate measures to address major risks must be addressed thoroughly and with persistent attention. Guangdong: Carry out thorough inspections of work safety in non-coal mines; promptly implement the \"frontline, three phases\" approach to work safety, and organize comprehensive law enforcement inspections of non-coal mines. All non-coal mining enterprises must be urged to conduct self-inspections, make corrections, and submit reports; cities and counties shall carry out comprehensive inspections, focusing on underground mines as well as the transportation, storage, and use stages. Implement various accident prevention and control measures promptly. In particular, measures to prevent and control **explosion accidents. Blasting operators must receive proper training and hold valid certificates before working; it is strictly prohibited to use motor vehicles or loaders to load and unload blasting materials. It is also forbidden to transport these materials together with other types of pipes. Blasting materials must not be parked or distributed at the shaft entrance or the bottom of the shaft. It is not allowed to drill holes, load explosives, unload explosives, or connect wires while simultaneously performing these tasks. In open-pit mines, blasting operations are prohibited during thunderstorms. Jiangxi: The video conference on safety prevention work across the province calls for a strong awareness of critical boundaries, as well as a genuine commitment to fulfilling the political responsibilities related to ensuring safety measures are in place at the end of the year and the beginning of the new one, so as to get a good start for this year’s safety prevention efforts ； Strict supervision and enforcement are necessary to ensure that safety prevention measures are properly implemented in key industries such as coal mines, non-coal mines, hazardous chemicals, fireworks, and industrial and trade sectors ； It is necessary to strengthen supervision and inspection to ensure safety, stability, and order in key sectors such as transportation, fire protection, special equipment, and construction ； We must emphasize emergency preparedness and resolutely hold firm the last line of defense for work safety. Hunan: Measures taken to strengthen security precautions at the turn of the year. First, a goal-oriented approach is adopted to determine the appropriate focus areas. At the provincial level, it is necessary to resolutely prevent major and catastrophic accidents, as well as avoid heavy casualties caused by natural disasters ； At the municipal level, it is necessary to resolutely prevent major and extremely serious accidents, as well as reduce and curb larger-scale accidents ； At the county level, it is necessary to resolutely prevent major accidents ； At the corporate level, zero casualties must be achieved. Second, adhere to a problem-oriented approach and carry out targeted governance. To address issues such as a weak concept of safe development, prominent illegal and unlawful production activities, lax law enforcement, and insufficient emergency response capabilities, targeted measures must be taken. It is necessary to promote a stronger awareness of red lines and firmly establish a safety mindset ； Advance efforts to crack down on illegal and irregular activities, strengthen the identification of risks and potential hazards, and strive to eliminate accident risks at their root ； Strengthen grid-based management and implement local responsibilities for work safety ； Enforce strict regulations, and deepen reforms in comprehensive administrative law enforcement for emergency management ； Improve the emergency rescue system to ensure that personnel, supplies, equipment, plans, and drills are in place, thereby effectively reducing accident risks. Third, adhere to a results-oriented approach, using lessons from accidents to drive work forward. Stricter assessment criteria should be implemented to fully leverage the role of a \"guiding principle,\" and enhanced accountability should be used to ensure that responsibilities are fulfilled. Every accident must be dealt with strictly; no exceptions will be made ； Interviews should be conducted for each major accident, including major non-operational accidents ； In the event of a major production safety accident in a county, city, or district, a “yellow card warning” is issued in accordance with regulations. http://p1.itc.cn/images01/20210114/a705e77061dc48bea0694fb06d0c2b3a.png Tianjin: Carrying out safety inspections and rectification efforts to ensure stability in safety conditions during ** and the Spring Festival. This initiative involves conducting thorough inspections and rectifications across all enterprises and institutions in the city, with a focus on nine specific areas. First is the issue of hazardous chemicals. Focusing on hazardous chemicals that are flammable, explosive, toxic, or harmful, comprehensive inspections are carried out on units involved in the production, storage, use, and transportation of such chemicals. The second is fire safety. Special attention should be paid to areas where the fire safety responsibility system is not properly implemented, as well as crowded places, buildings that serve multiple functions, shared housing units, urban villages, old residential complexes, and guesthouses. Third is transportation. Special attention is paid to issues such as overloading and exceeding weight limits for trucks, \"illegal passenger buses\" and \"illegal passenger transport companies\", key vehicles in the category of \"two passengers and one hazardous material\", problems related to \"exceeding limits in three aspects and fatigue driving\", as well as illegal passenger carrying and severe overloading by rural vehicles. Fourth is construction. Special attention should be paid to issues such as construction companies undertaking projects without the necessary qualification certificates or beyond the scope of their qualifications, illegal subcontracting and further subcontracting of projects, affiliation practices, as well as the practice of forcing work to proceed at full speed despite poor winter weather conditions. Fifth is gas. Special attention is paid to checking the safety measures in gas pipelines (supply stations), as well as any deficiencies in the identification and correction of potential hazards. Issues such as unlicensed operation of gas stations, illegal filling operations, and the illegal storage, transportation, filling, transfer, and use of bottled liquefied gas are also under scrutiny. Sixth is special equipment. Special attention is paid to aspects such as equipment usage registration and regular inspections, the establishment of safety management organizations and the allocation of safety managers and operators, the formulation and implementation of management systems and operating procedures, the development of emergency response plans and drills, and the use of information management systems for gas cylinder filling. Seventh is the aspect of key industrial enterprises. Special attention is paid to checking for deficiencies in gas safety equipment and facilities in steel enterprises, inadequate measures to isolate gas in construction areas, poor implementation of systems aimed at preventing leaks, poisoning, asphyxiation, and explosions, insufficient safety checks, briefings, and supervision during maintenance work, as well as the lack of emergency discharge and storage facilities in casting processes. Eighth is warehousing and logistics. Special attention is paid to warehousing and logistics enterprises with a building area of over 300 square meters, focusing on the classification and stacking of items stored in the warehouses, as well as the compliance with storage limits; it is also checked whether the distance from these items to air ducts, heating pipes, radiators, etc., meets the required \"five-distance\" standards. Additionally, regular inspections and maintenance of fire protection facilities and equipment are carried out to ensure their effectiveness. Nine is regarding epidemic-related venues. Pay special attention to checking the establishment and effectiveness of the work safety responsibility system as well as various management systems ； Safety education and training for employees ； Whether building structures, electrical facilities, wiring systems, fire-fighting equipment, and fire exits meet the standard requirements ； Whether daily inspections, emergency responses, and emergency evacuations are carried out in an orderly manner or whether adequate preparations have been made. Effectively eliminate potential accident hazards and strive to improve the level of safe production. Guizhou: Special meetings on emergency response work should focus on providing timely and scientific responses as well as efficient handling of major accidents. Efforts should be made to accelerate the modernization of the emergency rescue system and capabilities that are suitable for dealing with all types of disasters. A unified system for drills and contingency plans should be established, to ensure seamless internal and external communication during emergency responses, as well as the accurate dissemination of warning information. It is necessary to ensure that emergency rescue teams, equipment, and the affected population receive effective support. It is necessary to establish a standardized, professional, information-driven, and socially oriented emergency rescue system that is organized by categories and levels. Henan: Initiating a special campaign for mine safety improvements. This campaign focuses on conducting thorough inspections of the safety facilities in industrial mines as well as their construction methods, to ensure that no mine is overlooked. At the same time, led by the offices of safety committees at all levels, departments such as those responsible for industry and information technology, emergency management, public security, and coal supervision carry out comprehensive inspections on the safety of explosives in accordance with their respective responsibilities. Under the responsibility of emergency management departments at all levels, cross-regional inspections of non-coal mines across the province will be continued. We will firmly urge the rectification of any identified potential problems, and impose stricter penalties and increase exposure for the more serious issues found. It is reported that the province has called for taking this as an opportunity to strengthen safety measures in key industries and sectors at the turn of the year. Efforts should be intensified to enhance safety protocols in areas such as road transportation, coal mines and non-coal mines, hazardous chemicals and fireworks, fire protection and forest fire prevention, as well as the construction sector, particularly municipal works and heating using electricity and gas during winter. Supervision and law enforcement must be strengthened to prevent accidents of all kinds, and accident investigations must be conducted thoroughly with strict accountability applied. Each province draws lessons from these accidents, takes into account its own circumstances, and implements corresponding regulatory measures and policies to strengthen oversight of safe production, eliminate safety hazards, and ensure safety measures at the turn of the year.