【Ministry of Emergency Management’s Special Inspection 2022】25 – Safety responsibilities not properly fulfilled; instrument alarms are taken lightly; some enterprises have serious shortcomings in safety management

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From November 9th to 10th, Group 5 of the Ministry-level supervision and inspection team for enterprises with major hazardous sources of hazardous chemicals under the Ministry of Emergency Management went straight to Yuxi City in Yunnan Province to carry out supervision and inspection work without prior notice or notification, conducting random inspections of Yunnan XXXX Phosphorus Chemical Company, XXXX Yuxi Company, and XXXX Group Co., Ltd. Upon arriving at the enterprise, the inspection team immediately divided itself into groups to conduct inspections of safety production management, on-site operations, electrical and instrumentation equipment, fire safety, and information technology platforms. “Please show us the company’s annual fire safety plan and the fire safety responsibility document. ”The experts from the inspection team said this while checking the records at Yunnan Chengjiang Huaye Phosphorus Chemical Company. However, after waiting for a long time, the company still failed to provide the annual fire safety plan and the fire safety responsibility document. Further investigations by the inspection team revealed that the company’s persons responsible for fire safety and its managers failed to fulfill their duties properly. Fire safety training and drills were not recorded as required, the documents related to fire inspections were incomplete, and there was a shortage of personnel in the mini fire stations, as well as insufficient personal protective equipment and equipment available on site. In response, experts from the inspection team stated that fire safety is a systematic endeavor, and efforts to fulfill safety responsibilities must not be neglected for even a moment. Without clear accountability, it is difficult to ensure safe production. Fire safety is no trivial matter; companies should pay close attention to the details in order to ensure safe production and development in all aspects. “Ding ding ding, ding ding ding… “Why is the carbon monoxide alarm keeping beeping?” ”Experts from the inspection team asked the staff in the instrument room of Furnace No. 6 at Yunnan Jianglin Group Co., Ltd., \"The indicated value has already reached 61 ppm – why hasn’t anyone taken any action to address this situation?\" ”A staff member from the company replied promptly: “It happens often like this.” ”The inspection team waited for a long time, but the on-site staff remained indifferent and failed to address the issue. It was only after the experts urged them three or four times in a row that the staff took action, but they prepared to carry out the inspection and handling without taking any protective measures. The expert immediately stopped the staff member and gave him instructions: \"When an alarm is triggered due to an important process parameter, it is necessary to record the information right away, determine the cause of the abnormal operating condition, assess the potential risks, and develop a safety response plan.\" ； Personal protection must be ensured during disposal to avoid accidents caused by improper handling. ”Experts from the inspection team pointed out that the root cause of such problems lies in a lack of attention to major risks and hidden dangers, as well as complacency. Enterprises fail to treat these hidden dangers as if they were actual accidents in their production processes, and this is extremely dangerous. The inspection team emphasized that enterprises should further strengthen the identification of major safety risks and hazards, implement safety procedures and training programs in a thorough manner, and ensure that safety considerations are integrated into all aspects of management and production, in order to avoid the \"wolf is coming\" phenomenon. Local authorities **must strengthen supervision and guidance, make sustained efforts in identifying major safety hazards and ensuring that responsibilities are fulfilled, in order to fully protect the lives and property of the people.