The Office of the State Council Safety Commission calls for effective efforts to ensure safe production at the turn of the year

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The last edit to this post was made by yinkuilin6868 on 2015-12-22 at 09:50. The Office of the State Council Safety Commission calls for effective efforts in ensuring safety in production during the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. 2015-12-21 **The State Administration for Work Safety and the Office of the State Council Safety Commission have issued a notice, urging strict implementation of the important directives from leading officials of the State Council, with a view to ensuring safety in production during the end of the year, the beginning of 2016, as well as during New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival. Since the beginning of this year, the overall number of work safety accidents across the country has continued to decline. However, serious and major accidents still occur from time to time in certain industries, causing severe harm and negative impacts. This highlights the weak and inadequate foundation of current work safety efforts, as well as the severity of the work safety situation. As we approach the end of the year and the beginning of a new one, with New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival on the horizon, ensuring safe production poses new challenges. ****The State Council attaches great importance to this matter, emphasizing that as the end of the year approaches, there must be no slackening in safety production efforts ； It is essential to carry out thorough inspections for potential hazards; one must not rely on luck or take such matters lightly. Serious efforts must be made to prevent major accidents and safeguard the lives and property of the public. The Office of the State Council Safety Commission calls for an enhanced sense of urgency and strict enforcement of safety production responsibilities and measures. The end of the year and the beginning of the new year have always been critical periods for safe production. Some production and business activities are in their peak season, resulting in heavy traffic in transportation; some companies are eager to meet deadlines and complete their tasks as quickly as possible ； During festivals, there is an increase in people’s travel as well as in large-scale cultural and entertainment events and gatherings. At the same time, due to disastrous weather conditions such as low temperatures, rain and snow, freezing, cold snaps, and fog, accidents are prone to occur frequently. All regions, relevant departments, and organizations must clearly recognize the severe situation faced by work safety at present, further strengthen their sense of urgency and concern, and in accordance with the principles of \"shared responsibilities by the Party and government, dual responsibilities for each position, and accountability for negligence,\" fully implement work safety responsibilities and management measures to ensure safety and stability during the end of the year, the beginning of the new year, and the two festivals. Party committees at all local levels must conduct specialized studies and make arrangements, while strengthening organizational leadership and oversight of implementation. Relevant departments must perform their respective duties, take responsibility for their own areas of work, and ensure proper oversight in order to eliminate gaps in supervision and close loopholes in management. Leaders at all levels must take personal action and go to the front lines to strengthen supervision and inspection. All types of enterprises must strictly fulfill their primary responsibilities for safe production, strengthen safety management and the identification and resolution of potential hazards, enhance the risk awareness among employees as well as provide them with appropriate safety training, in order to prevent all types of accidents, especially serious and major ones. In light of the safety challenges associated with New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival, the Office of the State Council Safety Commission emphasizes the need to strengthen supervision over transportation, fire safety, and the safe handling of fireworks and firecrackers. In terms of transportation, various regions, relevant departments and agencies must strengthen safety supervision over transportation enterprises, as well as key vehicles and vessels such as buses (ships) and vehicles (ships) used for transporting hazardous materials. They should also pay close attention to safety in key routes and water areas such as rural mountainous regions and those along the Yangtze River. Serious traffic violations such as speeding, overloading passengers, driving while fatigued, illegal passenger carrying, and reckless driving (sailing) must be strictly investigated, so as to promptly eliminate potential accident risks in these key areas. It is necessary to coordinate efforts to ensure safety during the Spring Festival travel season, strengthen safety measures for railways, subways, civil aviation, as well as stations and airports, and enhance the management of road traffic, traffic control, and emergency response in adverse weather conditions, so as to maintain safety and order. In terms of fire safety, it is necessary to conduct thorough inspections of potential fire hazards in crowded places, sites prone to fires and explosions, labor-intensive enterprises, as well as high-rise and underground buildings. Issues such as the use of these facilities without prior fire safety design approval or registration, the improper use of polystyrene and polyurethane foam materials for decoration, the absence or damage of fire safety equipment, blocked or locked safety exits and evacuation routes, as well as the unauthorized occupation of such spaces, must be strictly addressed. Strict oversight is also required for the approval of large-scale public events, as well as for ensuring the safety of spontaneous gatherings such as New Year’s Eve. Regarding fireworks and firecrackers, it is necessary to strengthen safety supervision over all aspects of their production, transportation, storage, sales, and use, as well as carry out special safety inspections during peak seasons. Illegal activities such as production without a license, subcontracting, illegal transportation, operations that violate regulations regarding size and safety standards, use of expired licenses, and overproduction beyond approved capacity must be strictly cracked down on. Issues such as businesses operating from residential areas, those with stores in front and residences behind, clustered business operations, and the sale of products that do not meet specifications or are of substandard quality also need to be addressed. Strict approval procedures must be applied to large-scale fireworks displays, and safety precautions must be strictly implemented. In accordance with the arrangements of the State Council’s Safety Committee, a comprehensive review of safety inspections in production is being carried out across the country, along with a special campaign to ensure the safety of chemicals and flammable and explosive materials. The Office of the State Council’s Safety Committee has demanded that enterprises carry out thorough winter safety inspections to fully identify and address all potential hazards related to accidents ； Efforts should be made to address the potential hazards identified during the preliminary inspections; major hazards require close monitoring and repeated checks to ensure that they are properly rectified ； For major safety hazards that cannot be rectified immediately, strict monitoring must be carried out and appropriate safety measures implemented. Those who fail to fulfill their responsibilities for making corrections or fail to carry out such corrections properly shall be held strictly accountable in accordance with laws and regulations. The Safety Committee Office also emphasized the need to strengthen emergency management in order to prevent production safety accidents caused by natural disasters. All regions, relevant departments and units should further improve the mechanisms for predicting and warning about work safety hazards as well as for emergency coordination and response. They should strengthen the monitoring and forecasting of severe weather conditions, issue warning messages in a timely manner, provide widespread safety alerts, and urge and guide enterprises and communities to implement safety precautions. It is necessary to carefully review and improve emergency plans for work safety, strengthen emergency drills, and make proper preparations for emergency rescue teams, equipment, and supplies. It is necessary to strengthen emergency duty coverage, strictly implement the system of leaders taking charge of duties and 24-hour duty on key positions, as well as the accident information reporting system. In the event of an accident or any major emergency, it is essential to report immediately and activate the emergency plans, taking effective measures promptly to handle and resolve the situation.