【Ministry of Emergency Management’s Special Inspection 2022】12—Special inspection of Guangzhou Petrochemical: Changing rooms and shower rooms were found to be located near the liquefied hydrocarbon storage area

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This post was last edited by Desert Fish on 2022-7-18 at 11:24. In June of this year, two fatal accidents occurred successively at Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical in Guangdong and Shanghai Petrochemical. On June 20, the Ministry of Emergency Management, in conjunction with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, held talks with the main responsible persons of Sinopec Group. On June 23, Sinopec Group held a safety production warning meeting, calling for a comprehensive identification and rectification of safety risks and hazards. During the inspection in Guangdong, the supervision and verification team made a special trip to Sinopec Guangzhou Branch for an inspection. Inspectors found at the company’s primary major hazard area, namely the naphtha tank farm, that the fire pump room lacked automatic pump-starting and mechanical emergency functions, and that the water pressure and flow rate of the No. 35 fire cannon located outside the tank farm were insufficient ； There is a shortage of certified personnel in the fire control room ； Issues such as the identification of major hazard sources for liquefied hydrocarbons and naphtha storage areas being carried out as a single unit, rather than being divided into separate units based on fire dikes. The company has set up changing rooms and shower rooms near the 10# liquefied hydrocarbon tank area. “While this makes things easier for the company, it increases the amount of time employees spend in high-risk areas, ignoring the need to prevent safety risks. ”