Nine time periods when accidents are likely to occur in enterprises

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Content description of bg10.png: A safety professional from the grassroots level, through research and analysis of safety accidents that have occurred in various production and business units over the past few years, identified certain patterns in the timing of such accidents and proposed corresponding countermeasures. I share this article with everyone, hoping it will be useful to you. 　 1. Around holidays and special periods Safety risks: As holidays approach, some employees who work in other locations are eager to finish their tasks and return home to be with their families. Even those who are already with their families may have their focus on work diminished due to the celebrations associated with the holidays. When returning to work after holidays, some employees are still immersed in the festive atmosphere and have not fully returned to their work tasks, which makes it easy for them to engage in habitual violations of rules. Additionally, employees facing difficulties and pressures at work and in their personal lives may be in a bad mood, leading to distraction during working hours and improper handling of tasks, which can result in accidents. 　　Preventive measures: Corporate leaders should keep abreast of the psychological characteristics of employees during this period, carry out proper education efforts, and take preventive actions in advance to ensure that employees remain vigilant about safety. Safety managers should regularly visit the production sites to provide reminders and oversight. 　 2. When time is tight and tasks are heavy Safety risks: During such periods, employees often work continuously, which leads to fatigue and an increased likelihood of violations of safety rules. Some employees sometimes believe that following the requirements set by safety regulations will take time and delay progress; as a result, they try various ways to alter or simplify the standard procedures, which leads to accidents due to violations of rules. 　　Prevention measures: When assigning tasks, it is necessary to take into account both the requirements and the feasibility; tasks should not be added arbitrarily or the deadline shortened. If it is found that employees are \"taking on tasks while ignoring safety\", they must be ordered to stop working immediately. 　 3. In harsh working conditions Safety risks: When working in outdoor environments, the difficulty of the task increases if there is wind, snow, rain, or fog. Even when working indoors, if conditions such as temperature and lighting are poor, a person’s adaptability and endurance decrease, increasing the risk of accidents. 　　Prevention measures: Enterprises should actively create a good working environment for their employees to ensure that they can work in a state of physical and mental comfort. In case of severe weather conditions, field operations should be suspended in strict accordance with the requirements of safety procedures. 4. Near the end of the workday or during the final stages Safety risk: After a day of work, employees are highly exhausted both physically and mentally, and they look forward to finishing work early so as to rest. At this time, it is also common for one’s mind to wander and focus to wane at work, which leads to violations of rules. As the task approaches its end and everything has been safe so far, people’s vigilance regarding accidents tends to slacken. 　　Prevention measures: Team leaders and safety officers should provide frequent reminders and constant supervision at this time to ensure that employees remain sufficiently vigilant. 5. When working at night or alone Safety risks: Nighttime work entails reduced supervision, which leads to complacency among workers and creates blind spots, making it a period with a high incidence of safety incidents. When carrying out tasks alone, workers are prone to committing habitual violations of safety rules, as they are away from the group and relax their own standards, resulting in complacency in the absence of supervision. 　　Prevention measures: It is necessary to strictly implement the systems of leadership on duty and on-site supervision. During night shifts, inspections should be intensified, with a focus on key areas, critical processes, and important positions, to ensure that problems are identified and addressed promptly. It is necessary to provide employees with enhanced safety training, help them overcome any sense of complacency that may arise during night shifts, and encourage them to abide by safety regulations and procedures strictly. When assigning employees to carry out tasks alone, it is essential to explain the tasks clearly, provide safety and technical instructions as well as conduct a risk analysis, and appoint a person with a strong sense of responsibility to act as a supervisor. 6. When carrying out cross-operations in the same area: Safety risks arise when two or more units (teams) work simultaneously in the same production area at the same time. Factors such as some external workers who are not familiar with the layout of the production area, poor coordination, and mutual interference can easily lead to accidents. 　　Preventive measures: In accordance with the Work Safety Law, when two or more production and business entities carry out their activities in the same area and such activities may pose a risk to the work safety of one another, they shall enter into a work safety management agreement. This agreement should specify each party’s responsibilities regarding work safety management as well as the safety measures that need to be taken, and it should also designate dedicated work safety officers to conduct safety inspections and coordinate related efforts. 7. When businesses expand their operations Safety risks: Some companies expand rapidly in a short period of time, sometimes even by entering different industries; as a result, safety management fails to keep up, leading to numerous security vulnerabilities, gaps, and mistakes, which in turn increases the likelihood of accidents. 　　Preventive measures: Enterprise leaders must strengthen their awareness of red lines, responsibilities, and compliance with laws, enhance their initiative in ensuring safe production, and strictly ensure the \"five implementations and five proper executions\". 8. When new processes and new equipment are introduced Safety risks: When enterprises adopt new processes, materials, equipment, or products, in an effort to save time and speed things up, they often rush to put them into use for testing and operation, which can lead to tragedies. 　　Prevention measures: Before applying the \"five new technologies,\" professional technicians and safety managers must conduct hazard assessments and safety system analyses in advance. Operators and relevant personnel must receive safety training and pass assessments before they can take up their duties. 9. When facing difficulties in production and operation 　Safety risks: In a tough economic environment, some companies, under pressure to cut costs, try every means to reduce investment in safety measures and weaken safety protections, thereby increasing the risk of safety accidents. 　　Prevention measures: The more difficult the times, the more important it is to strengthen work safety. Misfortunes never come alone; one disaster begets another. When there are weaknesses in the \"barrel\" of corporate management, it is essential to have a mindset and awareness of crisis management, and to take measures as soon as possible to address the crisis factors. By addressing crisis factors, improving management, and enhancing the enterprise’s safety capabilities, it is possible to maintain a sustainable, permanent, and intrinsically safe production environment. ----China Work Safety News