How much impact does the departure of a safety officer have on a company? (Forwarded)

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In many companies that do not prioritize safety in production, management often believes that safety not only fails to create value like production does, but it can also hinder production in many cases. They even believe that companies hire safety officers merely to meet legal requirements. So, just how important are safety officers to a company? How much impact does the departure of a security officer have on a company? Today we’ll do the math carefully. Scenario 1: If the safety officer leaves, the company could face fines of tens of thousands of yuan. Suppose Company A has only 120 employees, does not have a dedicated safety management department, and has hired just one full-time safety officer to handle safety matters. If one day the full-time safety officer suddenly quits, and the safety supervision agency comes to inspect the company a few days later, the company still hasn’t managed to hire a new full-time safety officer due to this sudden departure. Therefore, in accordance with Article 94 of the Work Safety Law, the work safety supervision agency shall order rectification within a specified time limit, and may also impose a fine of up to 50,000 yuan. If the company fails to hire a new safety officer within the specified rectification period, unfortunately, the Safety Supervision Bureau will order it to suspend operations for rectification and impose a fine of between 50,000 and 100,000 yuan. Scenario 2: If the safety officer leaves, the company could face fines ranging from several hundred thousand to over ten million yuan. Suppose Company B is a hazardous chemicals enterprise with 150 employees and one full-time safety officer. The company’s management pays no attention at all to safe production; workers frequently violate safety regulations. The duty of the full-time safety officer is to travel around various production sites every day to correct those employees who are breaking the rules, which is a very exhausting task. I worked hard for a while, but then I realized, \"Damn, it’s too dangerous; if I don’t leave now, who knows when I’ll be able to get in again.\" So I quit. A few days after the resignation, an employee carried out welding work in violation of regulations, which caused an explosion in a pipeline; subsequent to that, there were a series of further explosions. At this point, if the accident results in 1 death, the company will face a fine of 200,000 to 500,000 ； If it’s taken seriously enough to be classified as a major accident, sorry, a fine of 1 million to 5 million ； To be more specific, in the case of a major accident, the fine ranges from 5 million to 10 million; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the fine ranges from 10 million to 20 million. Scenario 3: The safety officer quits, and the boss’s half a lifetime of hard work goes to waste; he might even end up in prison. To save space, no further examples will be given – let’s take Scenario 2 as an example instead. If the safety officer at this hazardous chemicals company resigned and employees violated regulations by igniting hazardous chemicals, an accident similar to the 8.12 incident at Tianjin Port could occur. Well, the outcome is predictable: the money that the company owner worked hard to earn over half a lifetime is lost in an explosion; the owner faces legal proceedings just like Yu Xuewei, appears on programs such as Focus Interview to apologize to the whole nation, and then ends up serving a long prison sentence... Finally, I would like to advise those business owners who do not pay attention to safety measures: don’t be shortsighted and think that safety hinders progress. Unsafe production will inevitably lead to accidents, and unsafe development cannot last long. Rather than waiting until an accident occurs and then regretting it, why not start treating well the safety officers who earn thousands or tens of thousands of dollars from you each month, and who still work hard to ensure the long-term success of your company, despite facing many difficulties? They are the ones who care most about you!