【Ministry of Emergency Management’s Special Inspection 2022】14—In Hainan, an enterprise failed to address a carbon monoxide alarm for two months; fire protection facilities were poorly maintained, with bird nests present

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On November 27, 2021, the eighth supervision and inspection team of the Ministry of Emergency Management went to Hainan Province to supervise and inspect enterprises with major hazardous sources of hazardous chemicals. At Hainan Yisheng Petrochemical Co., Ltd., the inspection team found that the carbon monoxide detector had been triggering alarms for over two months without any effective action being taken. The company explained that carbon monoxide was emitted during the production process and carried by the wind to the vicinity of the detector. In addition, the inspection team found that due to poor management, some of the company’s fire protection facilities had bird nests on their foam nozzles, and the company’s firefighters lacked the knowledge needed to operate the fire protection equipment properly. The inspection team identified 4 major safety hazards at the enterprise, and the local emergency management department has ordered the enterprise to make corrections.