Issues with duty shifts in the control room
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In chemical manufacturing companies, is it necessary to have staff on duty 24/7 in the workshop control room when production is not underway? If necessary, which file is used for execution! ! !
There are safety requirements for 24-hour duty, but it doesn’t seem to state that the control room must have staff on duty 24 hours a day
There are no specific laws or regulations to address this; generally, special regulations are issued in the form of rules requiring special chemical enterprises to maintain a 24-hour duty system, even during periods of shutdown. You can take a look at some of the documents and regulations issued by the emergency management departments.
Yes, currently online, only information about such regulatory measures in Guangdong has been found. This also needs to be distinguished between chemical enterprises and ordinary industrial and trade enterprises, right?
Recently, our local work safety supervision agency brought this up; I just don’t know if there’s such a regulation
It should be specified that there is 24/7 coverage, but nothing was said about a control room, right?
It can be determined based on the actual circumstances; if there are operating equipment or hazardous materials in the system, 24-hour monitoring is necessary, otherwise it isn’t required
In chemical companies whose operations are of average standard, there is always a need to handle the storage of hazardous chemicals, among other things, and this is done for safety reasons. So just follow the procedures regarding on-site monitoring shifts – after all, your company has equipment in operation, and therefore it’s not always necessary to wait for legal requirements before taking action.
As a position, you need to assign people to be on duty; there’s no need for anyone to dictate this. If there are significant risk factors that need to be monitored, you must assign people to keep an eye on them. Otherwise, what’s the point of having it? Even in highly automated systems, someone still needs to be there to manage them; it’s just that the number of personnel is reduced
As far as I know, in chemical processing plants, external operations involve patrols, while internal operations mean working at the control room, since many control systems and status displays are clearly visible there. Perhaps the situation you’re referring to isn’t the common type