A few days ago, the Information Office of the People's Government of Qingcheng District, Qingyuan City issued a notice saying that on April 3, 2022, an explosion occurred in the No. 9 casting shaft of the No. 2 Casting Workshop of Guangdong Jingmei Special Profile Co., Ltd., Yuantan Town, Qingcheng District, killing 4 people. , 1 person was seriously injured. It was initially determined that the cause of the accident was an explosion caused by aluminum water leaking into the cooling pool during the casting process of the aluminum rod.
After the accident, Qingcheng District immediately launched a rescue emergency plan. Firefighting, public security, emergency, medical and other emergency rescue forces rushed to the scene as soon as possible and carried out rescue work with all their strength. At present, Qingyuan City has established an accident investigation team and is carrying out accident investigation and handling work. It will strictly hold relevant units and personnel accountable in accordance with the law. At the same time, it will comprehensively investigate and rectify potential safety hazards of enterprises and make every effort to prevent various accidents.
No matter which industry you are in, safety in production is a common topic. Data disclosed at the National Emergency Management Work Conference held on January 5 showed that the number of deaths from production safety accidents in my country in 2021 was 25,500. The peak was in 2002, when the number of deaths in that year was about 140,000. Compared with 20 years ago, although the number of deaths caused by production safety accidents in our country has dropped significantly by 81.8%, an average of 70 people still die every day due to production safety accidents.
Life is more important than Mount Tai, and the safety of people's lives is above all else. When a production safety accident occurs, it not only affects economic efficiency, but also causes indelible pain to the families of the affected workers. The production workshops of the building and ceramics industry have numerous large-scale equipment and complex operating environments. Most ceramics companies put safety first in their production work. Despite this, shocking safety accidents in ceramic factories are often reported in the press, including electric shocks, fires, explosions, falls from heights, heavy objects hitting people, etc.
The lessons learned from the past are still fresh in our minds
The lessons of blood need to be remembered
In January last year, the outsourced operators of the gas station equipment inspection and maintenance project and the on-site person in charge of the gas station equipment inspection and maintenance project of a ceramic factory in Xiao County, Anhui Province carried out the inspection and maintenance of the electric coke capture equipment on the second and a half floor platform of the factory's gas station. After the inspection and maintenance was completed, the project outsourcing operator entered the power distribution room to start power transmission and debugging. A few minutes later, he was found unconscious by electric shock, lying on the platform near the high-voltage porcelain bottle that captured the coke. He was sent to the No hospital rescueDeath after effect.
In November last year, a kiln at a ceramics factory in Chaozhou, Guangdong exploded during the ignition process. A kiln master was crushed and died after rescue efforts failed. After the incident, the party and government leaders of Guxiang Town, Chaozhou rushed to the scene as soon as possible, quickly organized the relevant functional departments of the town and Guxiang No. 2 Village to carry out accident rescue and handling work, took emergency measures to prevent secondary accidents, and ensured stability and control for family members. On-site aftermath handling work.
In June last year, a fire broke out in a ceramics factory in Gao'an, Jiangxi. The wind at the scene was strong and the fire point was only a hundred meters away from the surrounding villages. In order to prevent the fire from spreading, the police immediately evacuated the onlookers and actively assisted the fire department in putting out the fire. After an hour of joint efforts to put out the fire, the fire was finally put out. Fortunately, no one was injured. It is reported that the accident was caused by improper welding work, and the entire ceiling of the ceramics factory was burned down.
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According to incomplete statistics, a total of 14 safety accidents occurred in ceramic enterprises across the country in 2021, resulting in more than 15 deaths. As the saying goes, natural disasters can be avoided, but man-made disasters can be prevented. Faced with the painful lessons brought by numerous safety accidents, ceramic enterprises should sound the alarm and nip accidents in the bud.
Relevant departments attach great importance to it
Strengthen supervision
After the Spring Festival this year, ceramic factories across the country have resumed work and production one after another. Although most production workshops have stopped kilns for maintenance before the holidays, the "string" of safety production still cannot be relaxed. Since February, relevant departments in various ceramic production areas have organized and carried out safety inspections of ceramic enterprises in an orderly manner, and carefully inspected special equipment such as gas generators, boilers, and pressure gauges.
At the end of February, the Market Supervision Bureau of Gao'an City, Jiangxi Province organized the "Investigation of Safety Risks of Special Equipment of Building Ceramic Enterprises" to ensure the safe and stable operation of the special equipment of the city's building ceramic enterprises. In this round of building materials work, a total of 54 ceramic construction companies and 26 supporting companies were investigated, 23 special equipment safety hazards were discovered, a total of 23 special equipment safety supervision instructions were issued, and a total of 3 cases of illegal production safety regulations were filed and investigated.
In early March, leaders from the Industry and Trade Department of Shijiazhuang Emergency Management Bureau of Hebei Province visited Gaoyi CountyConstruction and ceramics enterprises conduct supervision and inspection. The supervision team conducted key inspections on the ceramic factory's safety management ledger, fire emergency facilities and equipment maintenance, formulation and implementation of emergency rescue plans, employment with certificates, equipment safety management, and the construction of dual control mechanisms, and targeted the identified weaknesses and In case of potential hidden dangers, the inspectors put forward rectification suggestions on site and required the company to make rectifications within a time limit.
At the end of March, the Emergency Bureau of Jingdezhen High-tech Zone in Jiangxi Province formed a joint inspection team in conjunction with the District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, High-tech Fire Protection, and third-party experts to conduct on-site safety inspections at ceramic companies in the jurisdiction. , carry out on-site inspections on the implementation of gas alarm device installation, fire protection facilities, safe passages, smooth passages in the workplace, special equipment, and the certification of special operators. A total of 12 safety hazards were found in this round of inspection. The inspection team immediately required the company to carefully carry out closed-loop rectification of hidden dangers one by one according to the problem list and eliminate hidden dangers in a timely manner.
According to the Emergency Bureau of Jingdezhen High-tech Zone, ceramic enterprises that have discovered problems will be reviewed and rectified, and they will be urged to implement their rectifications and keep a good account of hidden dangers. The relevant person in charge of the Gao'an Municipal Market Supervision Bureau also said that he will carry out a "look back" work in the future. "We require the company to make immediate rectifications for the safety hazards of special equipment discovered. We will carefully carry out a look back at the safety hazards identified. Establish a normalized mechanism, carry out regular and irregular spot inspections, urge all enterprises to fully implement safety responsibilities, and improve the special equipment safety management system.”
Severely punish illegal enterprises
Stick to the “red line”
To curb the occurrence of safety accidents, in addition to strengthening supervision, it is also inseparable from strict law enforcement actions. In June last year, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress voted to adopt a decision on amending the Production Safety Law. The revised Production Safety Law increased penalties for illegal acts.
First, the amount of the fine is higher, and the fine for particularly serious accidents can reach up to 100 million yuan; second, the punishment method is more severe. Once the illegal behavior is discovered, it will be ordered to rectify and fined. If it refuses to rectify, it will be ordered to rectify. Suspension of production and business for rectification and rectification, and fines can be calculated continuously on a daily basis; third, the punishment will be more severe, and companies involved in the market will be punished.Joint disciplinary measures will be adopted for some cases, and in the most serious cases, joint disciplinary measures such as industry or occupational ban will be implemented.
It is not difficult to find from the cases in which ceramic companies have been fined for violating production safety regulations in recent years that fire safety issues are the most prominent of various safety hazards. Since February this year, more than three ceramic companies have been fined due to fire safety issues. The reasons for punishment include failure to set up risk warning signs, failure to keep fire safety signs intact and effective, and unreasonable installation of fire protection facilities.
Among them, Wan Zaishun × Ceramics failed to identify limited spaces, failed to establish a limited space management ledger, failed to fully identify risk factors in some limited space locations at gas stations, and failed to set up warning signs. It was fined 1 by the Jiangxi Yichun Emergency Management Bureau. Ten thousand yuan; Hebei Tai× Ceramics office building fire safety signs were not kept intact and valid, and were fined 10,000 yuan by the Hebei Zanhuang County Fire Rescue Brigade; Dehua Teng× Ceramics’ fire protection facilities did not meet the standards and were fined by the Fujian Quanzhou City Fire Rescue Detachment Dehua County Brigade fined 7,670 yuan.
In fact, punishments and fines are not the ultimate goal. Only by strengthening law enforcement can enterprises be further constrained to comply with regulations and pay attention to production safety, thereby avoiding accidents.
Improving workers’ prevention awareness
Implement scientific management
"The supervision of relevant departments and the constraints of relevant laws and regulations cannot solve the problem from the root cause. Ceramic enterprises should take measures to stop the problem, do a good job in safe production themselves, implement scientific management, strengthen safe operation training, and improve employees' prevention awareness. This is the key to avoiding accidents." Some industry insiders analyzed the safety production issues of ceramic enterprises.
In the past few decades, the construction and ceramics industry has been in a rough development stage. In order to reduce production costs, many ceramics companies lack adequate protection in terms of safety protection. This is mainly manifested by outdated equipment, backward awareness, non-standard management, etc. , resulting in a large number of safety hazards at the work site, and safety accidents may occur if you are not careful. With the development of enterprises, equipment has been updated and protective measures have become more perfect. However, safety production still faces an important issue, which is scientific management.
People often say that all accidents have precursors, but they fail to pay enough attention. In the production process, most accidents are actually preventable, avoidable, and reduceable, so employee safety training and education are particularly important. It is necessary for ceramic companies to popularize safety knowledge for each job position, establish safe operating procedures and standards, so that employees can maintain sufficient awe of safety accidents, and nip safety accidents in the cradle to the greatest extent possible.
The reporter visited the production base of Aihe Ceramics (Guangdong) Ceramics in Nanhai, Foshan and found that its production workshop has established a sound and high-standard work protection system. Pedestrians must walk within the safety lines drawn on the ground. Each position has The bulletin board displays the standards for safe operations. In addition to regular inspections of equipment, the company also frequently organizes employees to conduct safety education, drill training, and safety assessments.
In addition, Guangdong also has many excellent model benchmark companies such as New Pearl, Mona Lisa, and Hongyu. They regard production safety as the top priority for corporate development and safety operations as their top priority. The "high-voltage line" of the employee code of conduct constantly improves the scientific management system to provide workers with safety and health protection.
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If the survival and development of an enterprise must have a "people-oriented" cultural concept, then safe production is the first step to "people-oriented". It is understood that when companies participate in the selection of various honorary titles, most of the application conditions include "no major safety accidents in the past three years", and its importance is self-evident.
