【Sea and River Safety Discussion】Is wearing a safety helmet a matter of awareness or just a formality?

Wearing a safety helmet at the production site is first and foremost a protective measure. This is something that people have continuously refined over countless years in their production and daily lives, and it has been forged and proven through blood and sacrifice.

In modern times, with the advancement of safety technologies and significant improvements in environmental and intrinsic safety, the risk factors for workers in production sites have decreased and the level of danger has reduced. However, risks still exist, and accidents do occur from time to time. Workers voluntarily wearing safety helmets at the production site is a reflection of their safety awareness. However, in some workplaces, among those with a weak sense of safety, it is seen as just a formality; this is reflected in the way they wear safety helmets – they simply put them on casually on their heads, and in some cases even leave them aside. They only put them on when someone reminds them, otherwise they ignore it

That’s exactly what it means: raising employees’ safety awareness requires safety standards as well as improved safety supervision

Be sure to wear a safety helmet as required when on site! If the rules aren’t followed, there will be an assessment. We require all our outsourced drivers to wear safety helmets when getting out of the vehicle, and those who do not fasten the straps are also subject to evaluation. Not understanding this, he posted accident videos showing people failing to wear safety helmets as required in their WeChat group for others to watch. Explain it and add assessments – there is nothing that can’t be managed. “A company that can’t even wear safety helmets properly can’t be expected to do other things well. Last week, I climbed the desulfurization tower and hit my forehead. After wearing the safety helmet for a long time, the cushioning material at the front of the inner lining got damaged; it was only after taking it off that I noticed a cut on my brow. Hurry up and get a brand new one to put on.

Yes, one always thinks that danger is far away, but in fact it is everywhere. Veteran employees in the industry say that the longer a chemical worker works, the more timid they become

It should become an unconscious behavior!

The longer one works in the chemical industry, the more timid they become – that’s indeed the case. I’ve been working in this field for 9 years, and I’ve witnessed all kinds of accidents. Whenever I hear the rumbling sound of heavy trucks passing over speed bumps on the road to the east side of the company, or the sound of tires bursting, it scares me.

In the background, can steel cylinders be stacked and lifted in this way? At least there should be guards.