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Knowledge of safety production standardization: What is standardization? The activity of establishing common and reusable rules for actual or potential problems in order to achieve optimal order within a certain range is called standardization. It includes the process of formulating, issuing, and implementing standards. The importance of standardization lies in improving the suitability of products, processes, and services, preventing trade barriers, and promoting technical cooperation. GB/T 20000.1-2002 \"Guidelines for standardization — Part 1: General vocabulary for standardization and related activities\" defines standardization as the activity of establishing terms that are to be used collectively and repeatedly in order to achieve optimal order within a certain scope, with regard to existing or potential problems. The main role of standardization is to serve as an important means and prerequisite for organizing modern production ； It is a prerequisite for the rational development of product varieties and the organization of specialized production ； It is the foundation for the company to achieve scientific and modern management ； It is a technical guarantee for improving product quality and ensuring safety and hygiene ； It is an **effective way to make rational use of resources, save energy, and conserve raw materials** ； It serves as a bridge for promoting new materials, new technologies, and new scientific research achievements ； It is a pass to eliminate trade barriers and promote the development of international trade. What is safety production standardization? It refers to establishing a safety production responsibility system, formulating safety management systems and operating procedures, identifying and addressing potential hazards as well as monitoring major risk sources, putting in place preventive mechanisms, and standardizing production activities so that all stages of production comply with relevant safety production laws, regulations, and standards. This ensures that people, machinery, materials, and the environment are in a favorable state for production, while also enabling continuous improvement and the further strengthening of the enterprise’s standardized safety production practices. Safety production standardization reflects the principles of \"safety first, prevention first, and comprehensive management\" as well as the people-oriented concept of scientific development. It emphasizes the standardization, scientification, systematization, and legalization of enterprises’ safety production efforts, strengthens risk management and process control, focuses on performance management and continuous improvement, is in line with the basic laws of safety management, represents the direction of development in modern safety management, and represents an organic combination of advanced safety management concepts with China’s traditional safety management methods and the specific conditions of enterprises. It effectively improves the level of safety production in enterprises, thereby contributing to a fundamental improvement in the country’s overall safety production situation. The main contents include 13 aspects: objectives, organizational structure and responsibilities, investment in work safety, laws, regulations and safety management systems, education and training, production equipment and facilities, operational safety, identification and rectification of hazards, monitoring of major hazard sources, occupational health, emergency response, reporting, investigation and handling of accidents, performance evaluation, and continuous improvement. How are standardized enterprises classified? Enterprises with standardized safety production are classified into first-level, second-level, and third-level enterprises. First-class enterprises are reviewed and announced by the **General Administration of Work Safety Supervision and Management (hereinafter referred to as the Administration)** ； Secondary-level enterprises are reviewed and announced by the work safety supervision and management department of the province (autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government) where the enterprise is located, as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (hereinafter referred to as the provincial work safety supervision department) ； Grade-3 enterprises are reviewed and announced by the work safety supervision and management departments of the cities (prefectures, leagues) where they are located (hereinafter referred to as municipal work safety supervision departments). Why is it necessary to establish safety production standardization? What are the characteristics of safety production standardization? Compared to the traditional concepts of enterprise quality standardization, management standardization, and work standardization, work safety standardization has the following distinct characteristics: 1. Mandatory nature. In accordance with relevant regulations such as the “Decision of the State Council on Further Strengthening Work Safety” and the “Guiding Opinions of the **Work Safety Supervision and Administration Bureau on Carrying Out Activities for Work Safety Standardization”, enterprises are required to implement work safety standardization activities. Safety production standardization activities involve enterprises formulating operation procedures for various tasks and positions, as well as standards for work environments, in accordance with **laws, regulations, and standards. These measures are designed to align with the specific characteristics of each enterprise, to regulate the behavior of employees, to ensure safe working conditions, and to continuously improve these standards. Through regular activities, safety production is made more standardized, systematic, and sustainable. The essence of safety production standardization activities is to implement **laws, regulations, and relevant standards and specifications regarding safety production. The core of such activities lies in identifying and addressing potential hazards in accordance with these standards. The goal of safety production standardization is for enterprises to continuously improve their safety production levels, meet safety standards, and achieve intrinsic safety. 2. Mass participation: Safety production standardization activities require the participation of all employees in the enterprise. All employees, whether managers or operators, must study laws, regulations, and technical standards in accordance with their respective job types and positions. They should identify potential safety hazards in the production processes, procedures, and operational practices. Any processes, procedures, or operations that do not comply with laws, regulations, and technical standards must be modified and improved, so as to enhance overall safety levels. Through safety production standardization initiatives, on the one hand, it systematically fosters and strengthens among all employees the awareness of abiding by laws and regulations, as well as the mindset that \"safety comes first,\" that \"no safety issue is trivial,\" and that \"I want to be safe.\" ； On the other hand, it is necessary to ensure that all employees systematically acquire the safety knowledge appropriate to their positions, as well as the ability to identify potential safety hazards, along with emergency self-rescue and escape skills. 3. Systematicity: Safety production standardization activities cover all aspects of a company’s operations, including not only production activities but also management activities ； It includes not only the safety standardization of various process stages but also that of all aspects of logistical support ； It includes not only technical standards but also operating procedures ； It involves not only the safe operation of each position but also the responsibilities and actions of each employee, and so on. It can be seen that safety production standardization covers all aspects of a company’s production and operation processes, as well as all positions and employees, thereby enabling the company to achieve safe production across all staff, throughout the entire process, and in all aspects. 4. Dynamism: The specific contents of safety production standardization activities carried out by enterprises may vary and have their own characteristics in different enterprises, industries, and regions. Even within the same enterprise, as the environment changes, technology advances, and the enterprise itself evolves, the content of standardization activities will gradually become more comprehensive, continuously improved. In carrying out activities related to standardizing safe production, enterprises are allowed and encouraged to make dynamic adjustments and innovative developments to the forms, methods, and specific details of such activities, based on their own actual conditions and production characteristics, following a model of learning, practicing, improving, and enhancing. What is the significance of establishing work safety standardization? I. Standardization of enterprise safety production is a necessary means to fulfill the primary responsibilities of enterprises in terms of safety production. Relevant laws, regulations, and guidelines on safety production require strict management of enterprise safety practices and the comprehensive achievement of safety standards. Enterprises are the main responsible parties for work safety, as well as the primary actors in the development of work safety standardization. By strengthening work safety standardization at every position and stage within the enterprise, it is possible to continuously improve safety management levels and ensure that enterprises fulfill their primary responsibilities regarding work safety. II. The standardization of work safety in enterprises is a long-term mechanism for strengthening the foundational aspects of work safety. The construction of work safety standardization encompasses various aspects, such as enhancing employees’ safety competencies, improving the level of equipment and facilities, optimizing the working environment, and ensuring the implementation of job responsibilities. It is a long-term and fundamental systematic project that helps enterprises comprehensively improve their overall work safety standards. III. Enterprise safety production standardization serves as an important basis for **implementing categorized guidance and hierarchical supervision in safety production. By conducting evaluations of safety production standardization, enterprises are classified into different grades, which allows for an objective and accurate reflection of the safety production conditions of enterprises in various regions as well as the number of enterprises at different levels of safety performance, thereby providing effective baseline data for strengthening safety supervision. IV. Standardization of enterprise safety production is an important means to effectively prevent accidents. By advancing the implementation of safety production standardization, it is possible to further regulate the safety behaviors of employees, improve the level of mechanization and informatization, facilitate the identification and resolution of various hazards on site, promote the establishment of long-term mechanisms for safe production, effectively prevent and curb accidents, and contribute to a continuous and stable improvement in the overall safety conditions across the country. What problems does safety production standardization solve for enterprises? Strengthening the standardization of work safety is an important measure to enhance industry supervision, prevent work safety accidents, and promote a stable improvement in the work safety situation in the region. As the standardization of work safety is advanced in a comprehensive manner, some fundamental, common, and underlying issues in the field of work safety are becoming increasingly apparent. First, the overall level of safety production in enterprises is not high; issues such as outdated process technologies, inadequate safety production equipment and facilities, and poor safety management have not been fundamentally resolved. Second, some enterprises lack awareness of safety standards; they are unaware of these standards or fail to comply with them, resulting in a prominent incidence of violations of safety regulations. Third, the relevant systems for advancing standardization work, as well as the supporting policies and measures, need to be further strengthened and improved. The common problems in these enterprises severely hinder the implementation of standardization for safe production, resulting in a high level of production and business activities that do not comply with safety standards, and frequent occurrence of production safety accidents. To eliminate potential accident hazards in corporate production and operations, effectively control safety risks, and achieve a level of intrinsic safety, it is necessary to carry out comprehensive construction of safety production standardization. We should regard the work of standardizing safety production as a fundamental project to enhance a company’s capacity for safe development, and implement it earnestly as a key task for companies to apply the scientific outlook on development and establish a long-term mechanism for safe production. All enterprises must fully recognize the importance and urgency of strengthening work in safety production standardization, enhance their sense of responsibility and mission, seize favorable conditions and opportunities, strengthen leadership, implement effective measures, mobilize widespread efforts, and work together to advance safety production standardization with all their might. What are the overall requirements of the State Council and relevant departments for the standardization of work safety? On October 1, 2011, the General Office of the State Council issued the \"12th Five-Year Plan for Work Safety\" (hereinafter referred to as the \"Plan\"). The Plan calls for standardizing the production and operation practices of enterprises, fully promoting the standardization of work safety in these enterprises, and achieving standards at the individual post level, at the professional level, and at the enterprise level as a whole. The Plan lists the process of achieving enterprise safety production standardization as a key project for the 12th Five-Year Plan period. The Plan states that by 2011, all coal mining enterprises should have reached safety standard level 3 or above ； By 2013, all enterprises above a certain scale in the eight industrial and trade sectors of non-coal mines, hazardous chemicals, fireworks and firecrackers, as well as metallurgy, non-ferrous metals, building materials, machinery, light industry, textiles, tobacco, and commerce, had achieved a safety standardization level of three or higher ； By 2015, all small- and medium-sized enterprises in industries/sectors such as transportation, construction, and eight industrial and trade sectors including metallurgy had achieved compliance with safety standardization requirements. In addition, the State Council, the State Council Safety Committee, and other relevant departments have also set out the overall requirements for enterprises’ work in standardizing safety production in various documents issued over time. These requirements are as follows: First, the overall level of safety production in enterprises is not high; outdated process technologies, inadequate safety production equipment and facilities, and poor safety management practices remain unresolved issues. Second, some enterprises lack awareness of safety standards; they are unaware of these standards or fail to comply with them, resulting in a prominent incidence of violations of safety regulations. Third, the relevant systems for advancing standardization work, as well as the supporting policies and measures, need to be further strengthened and improved. The common problems in these enterprises severely hinder the implementation of standardization for safe production, resulting in a high level of production and business activities that do not comply with safety standards, and frequent occurrence of production safety accidents. To eliminate potential accident hazards in corporate production and operations, effectively control safety risks, and achieve a level of intrinsic safety, it is necessary to carry out comprehensive construction of safety production standardization. We should regard the work of standardizing safety production as a fundamental project to enhance a company’s capacity for safe development, and implement it earnestly as a key task for companies to apply the scientific outlook on development and establish a long-term mechanism for safe production. All enterprises must fully recognize the importance and urgency of strengthening work in safety production standardization, enhance their sense of responsibility and mission, seize favorable conditions and opportunities, strengthen leadership, implement effective measures, mobilize widespread efforts, and work together to advance safety production standardization with all their might. I. “Decision of the State Council on Further Strengthening Work Safety” On January 19, 2004, the State Council issued the “Decision on Further Strengthening Work Safety” (State Council Document No. 2), which is a guiding document regarding work safety. In the “Decision”, under the section “Strengthening management and ensuring that production and business entities fulfill their primary responsibilities regarding work safety”, it is stated: “Carry out activities aimed at standardizing safety and quality.” Formulate and issue technical specifications for safe production as well as quality standards for safe production in key industries and sectors, and carry out activities to standardize safety and quality across all enterprises in the country, including those in the industrial and mining sectors, commerce and trade, transportation, and construction. Strict safety and quality responsibility systems must be established for all stages and positions within a company’s production process. Production and business operations as well as related activities must comply with the requirements of laws, regulations, and technical standards related to safe production, ensuring that such activities are carried out in a standardized manner. ” The “Decision” introduced the concept of safety standardization activities for the first time. The activities are **promoted**, while meeting the standards is the responsibility of the enterprises themselves ； Traditional compliance requirements are mandated by industry regulations and include compliance in terms of quality, safety, and efficiency. II. “Notice of the State Council on Further Strengthening Work Safety in Enterprises” On July 19, 2010, the State Council issued the “Notice on Further Strengthening Work Safety in Enterprises” (State Council Document No. 23). The Notice is another policy document issued by the State Council to guide safety production efforts across the country, following the State Council’s 2004 Decision on Further Strengthening Safety Production Work and the 12 fundamental measures for improving safety production proposed at the 116th executive meeting of the State Council in 2005. It holds great significance and far-reaching implications, and will undoubtedly play an important role in strengthening safety production practices in enterprises and contributing to a sustained and stable improvement in the overall safety production situation nationwide. The “Notice” emphasizes in the section on “strengthening enterprise safety management”: “Fully carry out safety compliance efforts.” Carry out in-depth work on the standardization of work safety, with a focus on meeting standards at the job level, professional level, and corporate level. Enterprises that fail to meet these standards within the specified time shall have their production licenses and work safety licenses temporarily suspended in accordance with the law, and they will be ordered to suspend operations for rectification ； For those that fail to meet the standards after the set deadline for rectification, local authorities must close them down in accordance with the law. ” The “Notice” also stipulates under “Implementing stricter supervision and management”: “Strengthen local management of work safety by enterprises.” Safety production supervision and inspection agencies, relevant departments responsible for safety production oversight, and industry regulatory bodies shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, carry out strict supervision, inspection, and management of local enterprises, including those under central and provincial ownership. They should organize evaluations of these enterprises’ safety production conditions using safety standardization criteria; the results of such evaluations shall be made public, and they shall also be communicated to the regulatory authorities in the banking, securities, insurance, and guarantee industries as an important reference for assessing corporate credit ratings. ” The “Notice” sets forth very clear, specific, and stringent provisions and requirements regarding compliance with safety standardization, covering both enterprise safety management and **departmental safety supervision. III. “Opinions of the State Council on Upholding Scientific and Safe Development to Promote a Continuous and Steady Improvement in the Work Safety Situation”
In order to thoroughly implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, achieve safe development, and promote a continuous and steady improvement in the national work safety situation, on November 26, 2011, the State Council issued the “Opinions on Upholding Scientific and Safe Development to Promote a Continuous and Steady Improvement in the Work Safety Situation” (Guo Fa No. 40, hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions”). The «Opinions» consist of 10 sections and 33 articles, covering topics such as fully recognizing the great significance of adhering to scientific and safe development, guiding principles and basic rules, further strengthening the legal framework for work safety, fully implementing responsibilities related to work safety, focusing on enhancing the foundations of work safety, deepening special rectification efforts in key industries and sectors, vigorously improving safety assurance capabilities, building a more efficient emergency rescue system, actively promoting the development of a safety culture, and effectively strengthening organizational leadership and supervision. The “Opinions” represent another important document issued by the State Council, following the “Decision of the State Council on Further Strengthening Work Safety” (Guo Fa No. 2, hereinafter referred to as the “Decision”) and the “Notice of the State Council on Further Strengthening Enterprise Work Safety” (Guo Fa No. 23, hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”). They fully reflect the high level of emphasis placed by the Party and the State Council on work safety. From a strategic and overall perspective of thoroughly implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development, the \"Opinions\" further emphasize the great significance of safe development and the extreme importance of work safety. They clarify the guiding principles and basic guidelines for work safety efforts at the current stage, and propose a series of important policies and measures to strengthen and improve work safety practices and promote safe development. These opinions serve as a programmatic and regulatory document that complements the \"12th Five-Year Plan for Work Safety\" issued by the State Council (Document No. 47), and play an important guiding role in national work safety efforts during the 12th Five-Year period and beyond. The Guidelines emphasize the need to strengthen basic safety management and further advance the standardization of work safety. In the transportation sector under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, efforts are made to ensure that workplaces, professionals, and enterprises meet relevant standards. For those enterprises that fail to meet these standards within the specified time frame, their production licenses and safety production licenses are suspended in accordance with relevant regulations, and they are ordered to suspend operations for rectification ； Those that fail to meet the standards even after the deadline for rectification shall be closed down in accordance with the law. Strengthen the graded assessment and evaluation of safety standardization, and share the results of these evaluations with regulatory authorities in the banking, securities, insurance, and guarantee sectors, using them as an important reference for corporate credit rating. IV. “Guiding Opinions of the State Council Safety Committee on Thoroughly Promoting the Standardization of Work Safety in Enterprises” In order to fully implement the spirit of the “Notice of the State Council on Further Strengthening Work Safety in Enterprises” (Guo Fa [2010] No. 23, hereinafter referred to as the “State Council Notice”) and the “Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Continuing to Deepen the ‘Work Safety Year’ Campaign” (Guo Ban Fa [2011] No. 11, hereinafter referred to as the “General Office Notice”), to comprehensively advance the standardization of work safety in enterprises, further regulate their work safety practices, improve work safety conditions, strengthen basic safety management, and effectively prevent and curb the occurrence of serious and major accidents, the State Council Safety Committee issued the “Guiding Opinions of the State Council Safety Committee on Thoroughly Promoting the Standardization of Work Safety in Enterprises” on May 3, 2011 (An Wei No. 4, hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions”). The Guidelines emphasize the importance of carrying out standardization for enterprise work safety, and outline the overall requirements and objectives, as well as specific implementation methods and work requirements. The specific details will be explained in detail in the next section. V. \"Implementation Opinions of the Office of the State Council Safety Committee on Thoroughly Advancing the Standardization of Work Safety in Metallurgical and Other Industrial and Trade Enterprises Across the Country.\" To thoroughly implement the spirit of the \"Notice of the State Council on Further Strengthening Work Safety in Enterprises\" (Guo Fa [2010] No. 23) and the \"Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Continuing to Deepen the ‘Work Safety Year’ Campaign\" (Guo Ban Fa [2011] No. 11), and in accordance with the overall requirements set out in the \"Guiding Opinions of the State Council’s Work Safety Committee on Thoroughly Advancing the Standardization of Work Safety in Enterprises\" (An Wei [2011] No. 4), while taking into account the characteristics of enterprises in industries such as metallurgy, non-ferrous metals, building materials, machinery, light industry, textiles, agriculture, and commerce (hereinafter referred to as industrial and commercial enterprises), in May 2011, the Office of the State Council’s Work Safety Committee issued the \"Implementation Opinions on Thoroughly Advancing the Standardization of Work Safety in Industrial and Commercial Enterprises in the Metallurgy Sector and Other Sectors Nationwide\" (An Wei Ban [2011] No. 18). The opinion calls for the full implementation of the principles outlined in Document No. 23 issued by the State Council and Document No. 11 issued by the General Office of the State Council. It emphasizes taking the fulfillment of enterprises’ primary responsibilities for work safety as the core focus, innovating the mechanisms and systems for work safety supervision as a key point of effort, and relying on the \"Basic Specifications for Work Safety Standardization in Enterprises\" (AQ/T 9006-2010, hereinafter referred to as the \"Basic Specifications\"). Through the establishment of work safety standardization in enterprises, it is aimed to strengthen the foundation for work safety, enhance enterprises’ ability to prevent accidents, improve the level of work safety supervision, and provide a safety guarantee for promoting enterprise transformation and upgrading as well as accelerating the shift in the mode of economic development. Process for establishing safety production standardization: Planning and goal setting. In the planning phase, it is necessary to form a leadership team, with the top management of the enterprise serving as its leader, and the heads of all relevant functional departments acting as members, thereby ensuring the organizational support needed for the implementation of safety production standardization ； An implementation team shall be established, comprising heads of various departments and staff members, to handle specific issues arising during the process of establishing work safety standardization. Set goals for the establishment of safety production standardization, and develop implementation plans based on those goals. Assign responsibilities for achieving these standards, ensuring that each department has clear roles within the process of establishing safety production standards, so as to successfully accomplish the objectives at each stage. Key points and considerations: Establishing safety production standardization requires strong support from the company’s top management as well as cooperation from the management team; therefore, it is necessary to hold an initial meeting on safety production standardization to carry out planning and preparation, as well as to set relevant goals. No. Work steps Responsible person Specific tasks to be attended to Precautions 1 Leadership decision-making Usually, it is the top management who makes the decision to implement work safety standardization; this decision should be documented in formal documents. Appoint a representative in charge of work safety standardization; this appointment must also be documented. Establish a leading group for work safety standardization, define the organizational structure and division of responsibilities, as well as the duties of both the office of the leading group and the leading group itself. 2. Develop institutional documents. Form a working group for work safety standardization (by creating institutional documents). The management representative shall allocate resources, including human, material, and financial resources. Train self-assessors for work safety standardization; hire external trainers if necessary. Prepare an implementation plan for work safety standardization (see Example 1) to formulate the actual implementation plan. 3. Determine the policies and objectives for work safety standardization. The person in charge of work safety standardization must have a thorough understanding of the specific requirements set by the safety regulatory authorities in the enterprise’s location and industry regarding work safety standardization. Set achievable objectives based on the actual conditions of the enterprise, and announce them as appropriate. 4. Allocate and announce the elements related to safety standardization. The person in charge of work safety standardization may adjust the organizational structure as needed, assign responsibilities for each element to various functional departments, and prepare a responsibility allocation table. Identify the required resources and allocate them accordingly. Example: “Implementation Plan for Work Safety Standardization”. Note: Before carrying out work safety standardization initiatives, enterprises should thoroughly understand the specific requirements set by the relevant safety regulatory authorities in their region and industry. The establishment of safety production standardization in education and training requires the participation of all staff. In terms of education and training, it is first necessary to help corporate leadership understand the importance of work related to safety production standardization, to enhance their awareness of this issue. This will enable corporate leaders to attach importance to such efforts, increase their commitment to advancing them, and oversee the progress of implementation ； Secondly, it is necessary to address the issues related to the executing departments and personnel involved in operations: what are the specific requirements outlined in the training and assessment standards? What tasks should be carried out by this department, this position, and the relevant personnel? How can the implementation of safety production standards be integrated with the company’s regular safety management practices? At the same time, it is necessary to increase efforts in promoting safety production standardization, make full use of internal corporate resources to widely disseminate relevant documents and knowledge on safety production standardization, enhance the participation of all employees, and address the conceptual understanding and key issues related to the implementation of safety production standardization. Focus points and considerations: Safety production standardization emphasizes the principles of supervision and management involving all employees, throughout the entire process, in all aspects, and around the clock. Therefore, providing training on safety production standardization for all employees is one of the key elements of this initiative. The Office for Standardized Management of Work Safety in the enterprise conducts training for all employees based on the actual circumstances. No. Training targets, key points of attention, and precautions: 1. For the leadership team responsible for work safety standardization, as well as team members, it is necessary to receive systematic training on the implementation plans and assessment protocols for work safety standardization issued by the relevant safety regulatory authorities in the area where the company is located, so that they can understand the methods and requirements for meeting these standards ； Or the corporate executives and management can learn the relevant solutions through self-study. 2. Managers, technical personnel, team leaders and above from various departments, as well as full-time (part-time) staff responsible for work safety standardization, undergo systematic training on relevant plans, so as to understand the main contents, purposes, and implementation of the assigned elements, and clarify the responsibilities entrusted to their respective departments (and their supervisors) by the work safety standardization requirements. 3. Frontline employees should receive systematic training on relevant programs, understand the significance of safety standardization, be clear about the responsibilities assigned to them by such standardization, and gain a basic grasp of how to identify hazardous and harmful factors in their respective roles/operations, as well as how to use safety inspection sheets (or other inspection methods). 4. Managers of various departments, standardization officers, and team leaders conduct safety standardization awareness campaigns and training for their team members during the Safety Month or weekly safety days. 5 Conduct an evaluation of the training effectiveness, hold a training assessment for all employees, and prepare an evaluation report. By comparing the current situation with the relevant professional evaluation standards (or scoring guidelines), an assessment is conducted of the safety management practices in various functional departments and subordinate units of the enterprise, as well as the condition of on-site equipment and facilities, in order to identify the problems and shortcomings present in each unit ； For the identified issues, assign responsible departments, determine measures, set timelines, and allocate funds to carry out timely rectifications and verify their effectiveness. The results of the current situation assessment serve as a targeted basis for the progress tasks at various stages of the enterprise’s safety production standardization efforts. Enterprises should adjust their compliance targets in a timely manner based on factors such as their scale of operation, industry position, technological characteristics, and the results of assessments conducted on their current situation. They should pay attention to the construction process to ensure that the efforts made are genuine, effective, and reliable, rather than blindly striving to reach a certain compliance level. Points of focus and considerations: Enterprises should revise their safety management practices in line with the relevant industry’s evaluation standards (or corresponding scoring guidelines), and identify any items that do not meet the requirements during the assessment of their current situation. Through this process, an assessment is conducted of the safety management practices in various functional departments and subordinate units of the enterprise, as well as the condition of on-site equipment and facilities. The existing problems and deficiencies in each unit are identified, and the results of this assessment serve as a basis for setting specific goals for each stage of the enterprise’s efforts to achieve safety production standardization. (1) Organize and summarize daily work related to safety production management, including institutional documents, record forms, statistical forms, and relevant technical control measures for safety production. Thoroughly assess the current status of existing safety production management ； (2) Compare with the corresponding industry’s evaluation standards (or scoring guidelines) to assess the difficulty and workload involved in carrying out work related to safety production standardization ； (3) In line with the standard requirements, identify any gaps and fill them in; supplement what is missing promptly, and revise elements that exist but do not meet the standard criteria. Any issues identified should be addressed immediately, with the results verified afterward ； (4) Develop a revision plan for work safety standardization to achieve continuous improvement. The formulation and revision of management documents for work safety standardization focus on the compliance and effectiveness of their content regarding safety management systems, operating procedures, etc., rather than requirements concerning their names or format. Enterprises should review their key safety management documents in light of the evaluation criteria, take into account the problems identified through an assessment of the current situation, accurately identify the weak areas in these management documents that require reinforcement and improvement, and formulate plans for revising or updating such documents ； Each department is responsible for drafting and revising the relevant documents on its own, while the Standardization Implementation Team oversees the management documents. Points of focus and considerations: Enterprises should conduct analysis in accordance with the 13 primary elements and 42 secondary elements specified in the industry-specific \"Evaluation Standards\" (or scoring guidelines) applicable to their sector, organize an outline of these elements, identify the relevant provisions suitable for their own organization, and then compare them item by item with the regulations related to work safety standardization in their industry and region, thereby improving the company’s management documents. (1) Complete the preparation of the company’s safety production standardization management manual. (2) Develop procedural documents to oversee the standardization process in various departments through document control. ● Establish a plan for drafting standardization management documents and assign tasks within the team. ● Procedural documents regarding the format of documents, their content, supporting documents, as well as the formatting, approval, and issuance of records (forms) should be clearly specified (see Example 2). (3) Prepare implementation documents. ● Identify a list of all documents related to standardization, and create a comparison table between the company’s regulations and the requirements outlined in the evaluation standards (or scoring criteria), covering at least 50 such regulations. ● Design management systems, operating procedures, work instructions, and record (form) templates. (4) Assign document managers (or part-time personnel) to each department to ensure that these documents can be provided during reviews. Example: \"Specific annual safety objectives of XX Company\" Note: Taking the general guidelines for standardization of work safety in the industrial and trade sectors as an example. Element 1: Safety production objectives 1.1 Objectives: The company’s compliance standards require that documented annual safety production objectives and indicators be established in accordance with the regulations regarding the safety production objective management system. Main requirement: The annual safety production targets shall be issued in the form of official corporate documents; (some also include implementation plans, assessment methods, etc.). Example: \"Specific annual safety objectives for XX Company\" 1. Zero work-related minor injuries or more severe accidents throughout the year, with an accident frequency rate per 200,000 working hours ≤ 2; 2. A 10% reduction in recordable accidents compared to 2010 ； Zero major equipment failures, fires, explosions, and traffic accidents ； Zero cases of occupational diseases were found ； There are generally zero environmental pollution incidents. 2. The certification rate for “personnel in the three types of positions” is 100% ； The regular inspection rate for special equipment is 100% ； The rate of timely rectification of potential accident hazards is 100% ； The compliance rate for dust and toxins in the workplace is 90% ； The effective operation rate and simultaneous operation rate of environmental protection facilities exceed 90%. Implementation, operation, and corrective actions: In accordance with the revised safety management documents, enterprises must put them into practice in their daily operations. Based on the operation status and in accordance with the provisions of the evaluation criteria, as well as relevant procedures, any issues identified are promptly addressed and improved. Points of focus and precautions: The implementation measures for standardizing work safety involve the company’s conscientious adherence to laws, regulations, rules, and various standards related to work safety throughout its production, operation, and overall management processes. This helps to strengthen work safety efforts and fosters a positive cycle among people, machinery, materials, and the environment. First, a trial operation or pilot implementation of the relevant regulatory documents can be carried out: (1) Study the safety production standardization plans to ensure that employees in various departments understand their responsibilities, as well as what needs to be done and how to do it. (2) Preparations before the trial operation: ● Check the allocation of resources for coordination among various departments; ● Enhance publicity efforts; ● Add more signs and markings on site (for standardization purposes); ● Develop a comprehensive operational plan. (3) Issue the operational plan and announce the start of the safety production standardization trial operation. (4) Assess the compliance during the trial operation, identify corrective and preventive measures, make continuous improvements, and evaluate the results in order to ensure proper implementation and ongoing operation. (1) Issue the plan and begin formal operation. (2) Conduct internal discussions regarding the effectiveness of the implementation. During the formal operation phase, companies need to continuously improve their management systems, focus on management innovation, strive to enhance standardization levels, take effective measures to facilitate standardization efforts, and also start with basic tasks by strengthening both hardware and software infrastructure. It is also necessary to establish reward and incentive mechanisms for safety standardization efforts, thereby motivating employees to participate actively in these initiatives. In the actual implementation process, there should be complete record forms for operation, changes, promotion, and so on. Enterprise self-assessment: After the safety production standardization system has been in operation for a period of time, the standardization implementation team organizes relevant personnel to carry out self-assessment based on the assessment criteria. The enterprise addresses the issues identified during its self-assessment, and once those issues have been resolved, it begins preparing the application materials for the safety production standardization review. (1) Establish a self-assessment body: Enterprises should set up a dedicated self-assessment body to conduct self-evaluations in accordance with the industry-specific standards for safety production standardization used during the establishment of such standards within the enterprise. Enterprises can also invite professional technical service agencies to provide support for self-assessment. (2) Develop a self-assessment plan to identify issues and make corrections. Formulate a self-assessment plan based on the actual conditions of the enterprise, and carry out the self-assessment in accordance with this plan. Formulate rectification plans and measures for the issues identified during the self-assessment process, and keep records of them. After the rectification is completed, conduct another self-assessment in accordance with the evaluation criteria, advancing step by step to achieve continuous improvement. (3) Prepare a self-assessment report: Upon completion of the self-assessment, a self-assessment report, a rectification plan table, and a summary table of deductions should be prepared. In their self-assessment documents, enterprises should provide as detailed a description as possible of the scores for each assessment criterion as well as the reasons for any deductions; the application materials should thus reflect the enterprise’s processes and safety management practices ； (4) Determine the level to be applied for and request an external review. Based on the results of the self-assessment, decide on the level to apply for; then, follow the relevant regulations to submit the necessary applications to the local or higher-level safety supervision authorities for recommendation of an external review, before formally submitting the review application to the appropriate reviewing organization. Enterprises must complete the application review process through the \"Information Management System for Meeting Safety Production Standardization Requirements in Metallurgical and Other Industrial and Trade Enterprises\". Companies applying for evaluation must complete the application process through the \"Information Management System for Meeting Safety Production Standardization Requirements in Metallurgical and Other Industrial and Trade Enterprises\". For specific procedures, please contact the relevant safety supervision authorities or the organizing body for the evaluation; this can be done on the website of the **General Administration of Work Safety** (www.chinasafety.gov.cn). In their self-assessment documents, enterprises should provide a detailed description of the score for each assessment criterion as well as the reasons for any deductions, and use these application materials to reflect the situation regarding their manufacturing processes and safety management ； The level to be applied for is determined based on the self-assessment results. After going through the procedures for obtaining external evaluation recommendations at the local or higher-level work safety supervision department in accordance with relevant regulations, an application for evaluation is formally submitted to the corresponding evaluation organization (the department responsible for carrying out the evaluation functions). (1) Application requirements: To apply for the first-level status, an enterprise must be a large corporate group, a listed company, or a leader in its industry. Within one year prior to the application review date, large enterprise groups and listed group companies have not experienced any production safety accidents of significant severity, and over 90% of the member companies within such groups have had no production safety accidents resulting in deaths ； Listed companies or industry leaders have no fatal production safety accidents. Standardized score ≥ 90. Requirements for applying to be a level-2 enterprise: Within one year prior to the date of the application review, large enterprise groups and listed group companies must not have experienced any production safety accidents of significant severity, and more than 80% of the member enterprises within such groups must not have had any production safety accidents resulting in deaths ； The number of deaths in the enterprise does not exceed 1. The standardized score is ≥75. Requirements for applying to be a Class III enterprise: Within one year prior to the date of the application review, the total number of deaths resulting from production safety accidents should not exceed 2. The standardized score is ≥60. Note: If the requirements regarding corporate safety performance in the industry assessment standards are higher than those specified in the application criteria of the Evaluation Methods, the industry assessment standards shall apply ； If the requirements specified in the Evaluation Measures are not met, this clause shall apply. (2) Applying entity: For those applying to become a Level 1 enterprise or a Level 1 enterprise in terms of work safety standardization, they must submit an application to the organization responsible for evaluating Level 1 enterprises, after obtaining approval from the provincial work safety supervision department in their jurisdiction ； To apply for a Level 2 enterprise, those wishing to achieve Level 2 certification in work safety standardization must, after obtaining approval from the municipal safety supervision department in their location, submit an application to the provincial safety supervision department in that area or to the organization responsible for evaluating such enterprises ； Application for Level 3 Enterprise: Those wishing to apply for recognition as a Level 3 enterprise in terms of work safety standardization must, after obtaining approval from the local county-level work safety supervision department, submit an application to the local city-level work safety supervision department or the organization responsible for evaluating such enterprises. Note: For those that meet the application requirements, notify the relevant evaluation agencies to organize the evaluation ； Applications that do not meet the requirements will be notified in writing to the applying enterprise, along with the reasons. When the application is received by the organization responsible for conducting the evaluation, this organization carries out a preliminary review of the application. Only after obtaining approval from the safety regulatory authority in charge of reviewing and approving such applications can it notify the relevant evaluation organizations to carry out the evaluation. (3) Application preparation materials: Based on the results of their self-assessment, and with the approval of the relevant work safety supervision and management department (hereinafter referred to as the safety supervision department), the enterprise submits a written application for evaluation. The list of documents required to apply for recognition as a company at Level 1 in terms of safety standardization includes: 1. Application form for evaluation of corporate safety production standardization; template available for download at the Safety Home Knowledge Community. 2. Copy of the safety production license (not required for industries where such administrative permits are not applicable). 3. Copy of the business license. 4. List of safety production standardization management systems. 5. Organizational structure of safety production and roster of safety management personnel. 6. Factory layout plan. 7. Information related to major hazard sources. 8. Self-assessment report; template available for download at the Safety Home Knowledge Community. 9. Summary table of points deducted during self-assessment; template available for download at the Safety Home Knowledge Community. 10. Other documents required for the evaluation process. The list of documents needed to apply for Level 2 or Level 3 recognition can be based on the above documents, but the specific requirements must be referred to in the announcements issued by local authorities responsible for safety production supervision. External review involves formal assessment by external review agencies; during this process, active cooperation is provided, with relevant personnel from the departments responsible for implementing safety production standardization participating in the external review. The enterprise shall address all the issues listed in the review report, develop a corrective action plan, carry out the necessary corrections promptly, and provide the relevant review materials to the reviewing party. During external reviews, it is possible to invite representatives from the local safety supervision authorities to attend, which facilitates these authorities in overseeing the review process, keeping track of its progress, and urging enterprises to address the issues and potential risks identified during the review. (1) Grading management of assessment scores: Enterprises that have achieved standardization in work safety are classified into first-level, second-level, and third-level enterprises. Grade 1 enterprises are approved and announced by the **General Administration of Work Safety ； Second-level enterprises are reviewed and announced by the safety supervision departments of the province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government) where the enterprise is located, as well as by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps ； Grade-3 enterprises are reviewed and announced by the safety supervision departments of the cities (provinces, leagues) where they are located. (2) External review process: The external review is an important part of the overall review process. The reviewing entity may carry out this process by holding an initial meeting, conducting on-site reviews, holding internal meetings and communications, and holding a final meeting. Prior to the on-site evaluation, appropriate evaluators are assigned in accordance with the requirements regarding management, technology, processes, etc., as specified in the evaluation criteria applicable to the applying enterprise, in order to form an evaluation team. 1) Initial meeting: A preliminary meeting must be held before conducting an on-site audit at the company. The first meeting should include an introduction to the purpose and basis of the on-site audit, the members of the audit team, an overview of the company’s basic situation and its progress in implementing safety production standardization, as well as the determination of the methods and specific arrangements for the on-site audit. The first meeting requires the participation of all members of the review panel, as well as the key personnel and relevant staff from the enterprise, with sign-in required. At the same time, enterprises may invite the head of the local safety regulatory authority to attend the inaugural meeting. Specific requirements for the work: ● Announce the start of the first meeting of the on-site review. ● Explain the purpose and basis for the on-site review. ● Introduce the leaders or representatives from the safety supervision department who are attending the meeting. ● Present the members of the review team and the way they will be divided into groups. ● Confirm the relevant conditions and obtain commitments regarding confidentiality. ● The enterprise shall introduce its leaders and staff who will provide assistance during the review. ● Listen to the enterprise’s report on its efforts to achieve safety standardization. ● Determine the methods to be used for the on-site review. ● Decide on the specific arrangements for the work. Precautions: ★ The reviewing agency shall preside over the meeting. ★ The main leaders of the enterprise and the head of the review team must be present. ★ The reviewing agency shall keep minutes of the meeting. 2) On-site review Specific requirements for the work: ● The review team shall consist of at least 5 reviewers (usually no more than 7), including at least 2 reviewers who are registered with the organization conducting the review ； ● Designate one reviewer as the team leader to be responsible for the on-site evaluation ； ● Group the reviewers based on the scale of the enterprise, its production processes, and the expertise of the reviewers; there should be at least a documentation group and an on-site group, with the on-site group comprising at least 2 review experts. After the groups are determined, the reviewers and escorts are required to sign on the review group sheet. ● On-site evaluation is carried out through methods such as document verification, interviews with personnel, on-site assessments, and checks. During on-site evaluations, each evaluation team should be accompanied by relevant personnel from the enterprise. ● Before the on-site evaluation, the relevant personnel from the applying entity shall provide the evaluation team members with necessary safety training or safety briefings prior to entering the site, and supply them with appropriate personal protective equipment. 3) Internal meetings and communication Specific requirements: ● After the on-site group reviews are completed, the review team needs to hold internal meetings separately ； ● Each group held its own meeting to finalize the group’s review comments ； ● After compiling the opinions from each group, they compare them with the applicable evaluation criteria and relevant regulations to summarize the points for scoring, points deducted, and non-compliance issues, thereby issuing a conclusion on the on-site evaluation along with recommendations regarding the grade ； ● After the on-site evaluation conclusions are reached at the internal meeting of the evaluation panel, and prior to the final meeting, the panel may, as necessary, communicate these conclusions with the key personnel of the enterprise ； Precautions: ★ The company must provide a separate meeting venue for the evaluation panel. ★ Enterprise avoidance ★ If significant principle-related issues are identified during the on-site review, resulting in the inability to pass it, the head of the review team will have thorough discussions with the key executives of the enterprise under review to reach a consensus. 4) Final meeting – Specific requirements: ● Announce the start of the first on-site evaluation meeting. ● The heads of each evaluation team present their team’s assessment opinions. ● The head of the evaluation team reads out the conclusions of the on-site evaluation. ● The head of the evaluation team outlines the subsequent actions required for improvement. ● Determine the deadline for making these improvements and the methods for verifying that they have been carried out. ● Company leaders deliver speeches. ● Representatives from the safety supervision department present as well. ● The meeting comes to an end. Notes: ★ The evaluation agency is responsible for conducting the meeting. ★ The company’s top leaders and the heads of the evaluation teams must be present. ● All those who attended the first meeting should also be present. (3) Preparation of evaluation documents: After all external evaluations are completed, the main person in charge of the evaluation agency shall review the relevant documents, after which the agency must submit to the organization that commissioned the evaluation reports, summaries of the evaluation process, the original conclusions of the evaluation, score sheets, information about the evaluators, as well as the company’s plan for making improvements. ● Review Report: The review report shall be prepared in accordance with relevant requirements, truthfully, and shall include the review report form (Appendix 2 in the Evaluation Methods) as well as the review report itself. The review report should describe information such as an overview of the company under review and the details of the review. The overview of the company should include basic information about the company, its annual revenue, its main production processes, and the number of employees ； The review content should describe the aspects and achievements of the enterprise’s work in establishing safety production standards, providing a targeted summary for each primary element. ● Review Work Summary: The review work summary includes an overview of the review process, a summary of the document review, a summary of the on-site review, and other issues that need to be addressed. ● Review Conclusion: The review conclusion should indicate whether the enterprise has passed the external evaluation for the applied grade, as well as the penalty points and suggestions due to the enterprise’s failure to meet the assessment criteria. ● Review Score Table: The Review Score Table is a summary of the scores earned and the deductions applied by a company, formulated based on various evaluation criteria. ● Reviewer Information: The reviewer information refers to the basic details and roles of those who actually participate in external evaluations. Reviewers should be individuals registered by the relevant organizing units for such evaluations, and they carry out their evaluation tasks based on their professional expertise. ● Enterprise improvement plan: The enterprise improvement plan is a plan formulated by the enterprise to address the points deducted and the suggestions put forward during the final meeting of the external review for work safety standardization.