【Sea and Rivers: Strange Safety Hazards, Season 4】Will hitting one’s head like this teach them a lesson? ? ?

This post was last edited by qugd on 2019-7-17 at 15:35. Ensuring safety in industrial operations is of utmost importance. Over the years, however, due to the large number of new companies being established each year, a considerable number of these company owners were not originally from the chemical manufacturing industry; yet they decided to invest in building large-scale chemical production facilities because they saw the positive trends in the development of this sector. From the establishment of a project, through the recruitment of various talents, to the actual processes of planning, design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and operation, what is most easily overlooked is safety – including the safety of the company’s equipment and facilities as well as the safety of the personnel involved in construction and operation. Some older chemical enterprises, or those with strict and standardized management systems, already had a complete set of rules and regulations for safety management and supervision. The provisions of these regulations were meant to be remembered, understood, and followed by every employee. In the case of some current project constructions, from personnel selection to equipment design, procurement, and safe operation, rules and regulations certainly exist, but few people manage to remember them, understand them, and follow them. For the bosses, the requirement is usually to see results as quickly as possible; as long as no one dies or gets injured and no accidents occur, they prefer to go with the simplest and cheapest solutions. The previous approach of emphasizing strict rules and high standards brought real safety and order to enterprises and employees. Nowadays, in many companies, even some on-site managers may not be able to abide by the basic safety rules, let alone expect new employees to do so. When I first started working, the safety training in the company was very strict. Later, when I went on business trips to the sites along with experienced colleagues, the requirements were even stricter. To this day, whenever I go to petrochemical plants on business trips, I strictly adhere to the safety rules. Although I can’t recite them all by heart, I follow them instinctively and habitually in my daily work – in other words, the safety rules have become an established pattern in my mind. In terms of safety education and investment, I believe Sinopec does the best job. CNPC and CNOOC, as well as those factories that were directly under the former Ministry of Chemical Industry, are generally performing well. There are some newly built projects available; if they are overseen by large construction companies, they are generally of good quality. What’s terrifying are those projects that have only a preliminary design, with detailed specifications omitted, and that are modified during construction; even if nothing goes wrong at the time, it’s quite normal for problems to arise later on.

What kind of major changes and reforms are needed to make safety awareness something that is well-known and easily handled?

First, the costs of violations are increasing. Second, the competence of workers is improving. Third, safety education and safety measures are in place

Blind progress control, inadequate investment control, and poor safety management