【Safety Inspection】Ensure one source per order, and one file per enterprise

The special inspection and supervision in Nanjing are aimed at further promoting the implementation of the city’s three-year action plans for special rectifications regarding the safety of hazardous chemicals and fire safety, thereby contributing to the creation of a **model city for safe development. This is also a reflection of Jiangsu’s continuous and thorough efforts to carry out special rectifications aimed at ensuring safe production of hazardous chemicals, as well as its coordination between the province’s short-term initiatives over one year and the national efforts over three years. How to conduct an effective “one-year intensive training”? First, carry out a thorough campaign to eliminate existing problems and risks, and accelerate the rectification of the 95 major risks and 2,263 minor risks identified by the State Council’s supervision team as key tasks. As of the time of publication, the rectification rate for major hazards has reached 86%, while that for minor hazards is 85%. The 10 enterprises that have not completed the rectification of their major hazards have been ordered to suspend operations for rectification. Our province has also taken additional measures to conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation of major safety risks and potential accident hazards related to hazardous chemicals. To date, emergency management departments at all levels across the province have organized a total of 17,142 person-times to inspect 3,417 hazardous chemicals enterprises. A total of 19,170 potential hazards were identified, of which 13,803 were rectified (a rectification rate of 72%). Among these, there were 293 major hazards, 220 of which were rectified (a rectification rate of 75%). 133 cases of illegal and irregular activities were investigated and dealt with, 12 enterprises that did not meet safety standards were shut down, 80 enterprises were ordered to suspend operations for rectification, and fines totaling 4.91 million yuan were imposed.

Chemical parks that house hazardous chemical enterprises are also a focus of this special rectification effort. Since mid-April, our province has conducted safety risk assessments on 30 chemical industrial parks across the region, formulating customized remediation plans for each park, and implementing targeted supervision based on different risk levels. To date, five of these parks have essentially completed their enclosure projects. A responsible official from the Provincial Safety Committee Office stated that by the end of July, the assessment of safety risk levels in chemical industrial parks will be fully completed, to ensure that the safety risk prevention and mitigation plans specific to each park are put into effect. The office will also urge enterprises to carry out a thorough second round of self-inspections and self-corrections for potential risks. During the special rectification campaign, our province focused on addressing key safety risks; for example, strict controls were imposed on the risks associated with nitration enterprises. Of the 113 nitration enterprises and 141 production units in the province, 47 enterprises and 55 units ceased operations for rectification, while 45 enterprises and 56 units were shut down entirely. “We will continue to intensify our efforts to drastically reduce the number of nitration enterprises, and we are determined to achieve the goal of a 50% reduction by the end of the year. ”A relevant official from the Provincial Emergency Management Department said.

Professional regulatory forces deployed at the grassroots level are an important foundation for safe production. To address the issue of insufficient personnel to handle the heavy workload at the grassroots level, our province has urged 8 cities with significant responsibilities in chemical industry supervision and 20 key counties in this sector to strengthen their professional oversight capabilities for hazardous chemicals. To date, 6 cities have allocated 120 such positions, while 15 key counties have assigned 195 such positions. Our province has also coordinated with 5 central state-owned enterprises to assign 15 experts to provide targeted assistance to the five cities in northern Jiangsu, and encouraged key chemical industries counties to hire 41 chemical industry experts in order to enhance their professional oversight capabilities.

At the same time, use computers to replace human brains in order to fill the gap in regulatory capacity. Our province has put into use a risk monitoring and early-warning system for the safe production of hazardous chemicals, which incorporates the monitoring data from 252 enterprises with major hazard sources of levels one and two across the province. A technical official from the Provincial Emergency Management Department explained that the province aims to ensure that 100% of new chemical and hazardous materials projects launched within this year, as well as those involving major hazard sources that are already in operation, are equipped with automated control systems, and that a 100% rate of upgrading and renovation is achieved. Additionally, it is necessary to fully integrate the monitoring data from enterprises with major hazard sources of levels three and four into the risk monitoring and early warning system for safe production of hazardous materials. At the same time, relevant departments at all levels are urging and guiding the 1,212 high-risk manufacturing enterprises across the province to carry out automation control upgrades in order to improve the level of automation in their production facilities and storage systems. To date, 150 enterprises have completed the upgrade of their automation control systems, while 1,062 enterprises have undergone intrinsic safety assessments and are currently working on making the necessary improvements; all of these tasks will be completed by the end of the year.

This is amazing – real-time monitoring using Internet of Things technology ===================== Using “computers to replace human brains” in order to fill the gap in supervision capabilities. Our province has put into use a risk monitoring and early-warning system for the safe production of hazardous chemicals, which incorporates the monitoring data from 252 enterprises with major hazard sources of levels one and two across the province.

Our province has also coordinated with 5 central state-owned enterprises to assign 15 experts to provide targeted assistance to the five cities in northern Jiangsu, and encouraged key chemical industries counties to hire 41 chemical industry experts in order to enhance their professional oversight capabilities. ======================== Make effective use of resources; if these experts go and check things out, many problems will be identified. ======================== So which are those five companies? ? ? ?

Yes, it has been checked already. However, it seems like it’s just a formality in Lianyungang – with over 30 major hazard sources in one enterprise, it takes three days to conduct the inspections and create records for all of them, which surely poses a challenge even for the inspection experts.

Once the first step is taken, it becomes easier from there on. With records available, it’s easier to come up with strategies and solutions

This work started last September ===================================== (VI) Attach great importance to and provide proper expert guidance services for hazardous chemicals. Building on the expert guidance services provided by the Office of the State Council’s Safety Committee in the key counties for hazardous chemicals in our province, the Provincial Emergency Management Department will organize central state-owned enterprises in Jiangsu to assist the five cities in northern Jiangsu with the management of hazardous chemicals safety. All counties and districts should make full use of the expertise provided by hired experts, offering professional technical support in areas such as on-site inspections for administrative permits, law enforcement inspections, special safety campaigns, identification and resolution of major accident hazards, emergency rescue, and safety training, thereby enhancing the precision and effectiveness of supervision and law enforcement at the grassroots level. In accordance with the unified arrangements of the provincial authorities, and in line with the \"Two Guidelines\" and the \"Warning List of Common Safety Hazards in Chemical (Hazardous Chemicals) Enterprises\", every effort is made to cooperate with central state-owned enterprises in carrying out safety inspections of hazardous chemicals enterprises.

We checked on May 25th; it’s one record per enterprise.