Who should be punished
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During the parking for maintenance, the maintenance workers removed the valves from the steam pipes; the bolts had corroded, so welding was used to cut them off. The operators on duty were busy with maintenance tasks elsewhere, so they could not supervise the welding process nor prepare any fire-fighting equipment. In order to hurry things along, the maintenance workers proceeded with the welding work right away. The above situation was observed at the inspection site, and the person in charge of maintenance believed that the operator on duty should be punished for failing to monitor the fire and for not preparing any firefighting equipment. But I believe that their actions violated the sixth of the six prohibitions regarding hot work – namely, hot work is prohibited in the absence of fire-fighting facilities. Who exactly should be punished?
Of course it’s for maintenance; the personnel on duty haven’t gone to supervise yet, so the maintenance workers have started working
Maintenance personnel bear primary responsibility, while operators bear secondary responsibility.
Under the principle of territorial responsibility, if maintenance workers carry out welding work in the area under your responsibility without anyone overseeing it, the supervisory responsibilities of the relevant unit cannot be evaded. Of course, the maintenance unit is also liable for starting a fire without authorization.
The absence of someone to monitor the fire and the lack of firefighting equipment fail to meet the requirements for performing welding work; the maintenance personnel are acting improperly by carrying out such work and should be punished. As for the situation where personnel on duty go to handle other maintenance tasks, resulting in the inability to start work on this task in a timely manner, this is a clear case of poor maintenance scheduling, and the managers responsible should be punished.
Of course, it’s the maintenance staff who should be punished; after all, it was they who failed to follow the regulations.
It depends, but the maintenance staff cannot avoid their primary responsibilities
Based on the information provided by the poster, it is the maintenance staff who are fully responsible; as it was they who rushed to finish the work, they should be punished in this case. The process engineers are not involved, as they were either not present or unaware of what was happening. Working in a hurry or carrying out tasks on one’s own is something that maintenance workers must avoid at all costs; even when work is busy, it is not permissible to violate the rules.