High temperatures in summer, the "Ten Precautions" and "Ten Tips" for safe production must be read!
Release Date:
2020-07-30 15:35
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High temperatures, high humidity, thunderstorms, heavy rain, etc. in summer
Frequent extreme weather
Easily affects hazardous chemical enterprises
Stable operation of process equipment and
Adverse impact on personnel work status
Is the high incidence period of hazardous chemical safety accidents
Prone and frequent period
Ensure safe production of hazardous chemicals in summer
These 10 safety tips
Enterprises must read!
Safety Tip One
All enterprises should closely monitor and grasp weather forecasts and disaster warning information, strictly implement the main responsibility for production safety, carry out hidden danger investigation and management for major risks, key equipment, key links, and key positions, promptly eliminate safety risks and hidden dangers, and strictly prevent safety accidents caused by natural disasters.
Safety Tip Two
Strengthen process control, strictly prohibit over-temperature, over-pressure, and overload production; reduce production load appropriately if necessary; promptly handle early-stage hazards. Strengthen inspection of operating equipment, eliminate running, leaking, dripping, and leaking phenomena, and ensure safety instruments, emergency shutdown, interlock stop, and other control systems are in a safe and reliable state.
Safety Tip Three
Conduct testing and comprehensive inspection of all lightning protection and lightning arrest facilities to ensure equipment and facilities are intact and reliable. Strengthen inspection of cooling circulating water, cooling spray, fire water supply, and other cooling and emergency support system equipment and facilities.
Safety Tip Four
Strictly prohibit hazardous chemical storage tanks from operating at excessively high liquid levels; ensure storage tank pipelines, valves, pumps, cooling spray devices, and alarm devices are intact. Strengthen inspection of safety equipment and facilities such as monitoring, ventilation, fire prevention, explosion prevention, pressure relief, poison prevention, corrosion prevention, leakage prevention, and bunds at the workplace to ensure safe operation.
Safety Tip Five
Strengthen storage management. Toxic chemicals and substances that react with water must not be stored in damp, water-permeable, or roof-leaking warehouses and should have waterproof and moisture-proof measures; flammable and explosive hazardous chemicals must be stored in cool, ventilated, and dry environments, strictly controlling temperature and humidity, and monitoring combustible and toxic gas concentrations.
Safety Tip Six
Strengthen cylinder safety management; store by category and area; storage locations must not be near heat sources; prevent exposure to sun, rain, and water intrusion; take anti-tilt measures; prohibit laying cylinders horizontally. Cylinder accessories must be complete; use hands or special tools to open or close cylinder valves. Cylinders containing flammable gases should be operated slowly to prevent static sparks.
Safety Tip Seven
Strictly manage device startup, shutdown, and maintenance; a work plan must be formulated before startup and shutdown, safety measures and step confirmation forms prepared, and safety condition checks confirmed. Strengthen safety management of special operations such as hot work and confined space entry; strictly follow work approval procedures; assign dedicated on-site commanders; clear combustible materials on site; implement emergency response measures.
Safety Tip Eight
During high temperature periods, avoid transportation and loading/unloading of flammable and explosive hazardous chemicals; outdoor operations should be conducted in the early morning or evening. Strictly follow operating procedures during loading and unloading; prohibit rough handling such as dropping, collision, dragging, or rolling. Stop hazardous chemical loading and unloading during thunderstorms.
Safety Tip Nine
Organize drills for high temperature and flood prevention emergency plans and on-site response plans; stock necessary emergency supplies; improve emergency response capabilities. In case of emergency flood situations, arrange production or emergency shutdown according to emergency plans.
Safety Tip Ten
Implement effective heatstroke prevention and cooling measures; maintain and service air conditioning systems in all operation rooms to ensure good operation. During high temperatures, reasonably arrange outdoor work time for operators, avoid working during peak heat periods as much as possible, and ensure personal safety.
Entering summer
Pay more attention to safety in key operations
Implement the "Ten Prevents" , have a safe summer
1. Prevent confined space operation accidents
1. Operations must follow approval procedures.
2. Before operation, identify hazardous and harmful factors, and inform operators of hazards, control measures, and emergency measures.
3. Ventilation measures must be taken to maintain air circulation.
4. Oxygen concentration and toxic/harmful gas concentrations (such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, etc.) in confined spaces must be tested; operations can only proceed if results are qualified.
5. Respirators, communication equipment, safety ropes, and other protective facilities and emergency equipment must be available at the operation site.
6. Monitors must be assigned at the operation site.
7. Safety warning signs must be set at the operation site, and entrances and exits must be kept unobstructed.
8. Blind rescue after an accident is strictly prohibited.
2. Prevent maintenance operation accidents
1. Operations must follow approval procedures; wear labor protection equipment as required during maintenance.
2. At least two workers should participate in maintenance operations.
3. Before maintenance, power must be cut off, locks and tags installed at power sources, dedicated personnel assigned for supervision; strictly enforce the "power off and tagging" system; power must not be turned on before maintenance is completed.
4. Equipment must be vented before maintenance.
5. When maintaining in explosion-proof areas, pay attention to fire and explosion prevention; use explosion-proof tools safely.
6. After maintenance, tools must be counted to prevent leaving tools inside machines.
3. Prevent dust explosion accidents
1. Effective ventilation and dust removal; open flames are prohibited.
2. Install pressure relief valves on equipment housings and use explosion suppression systems.
3. Buildings with dust explosion hazards must be designed according to explosion-proof technical levels, with separate ventilation and dust removal systems.
4. Use wet cleaning methods for workshop floors and equipment to prevent dust dispersion.
5. Ensure system tightness; when necessary, fill combustible dust in sealed containers or pipelines with gases such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide to reduce oxygen content and suppress dust explosions.
6. Use inert dust methods, such as strengthening machine maintenance; when constructing new workshops, use advanced building materials and reserve sufficient pressure relief areas and ventilation facilities.
IV. Prevention of Liquid Ammonia Refrigeration Accidents
1. Strengthen maintenance of equipment and facilities. Regular inspections are required to prevent operation with faults, and operation is only allowed after passing quality inspection. Equipment deemed scrapped must be stopped immediately; for monitored equipment, establish management systems to prevent accidents.
2. Strictly manage safety during start-up, shutdown, and production handover. Develop and strictly implement comprehensive work procedures. Before major repairs, especially after long shutdowns, three tasks must be done:
① Develop a detailed start-up plan to avoid rushed start-ups;
② Strengthen safety education before start-up;
③ Conduct safety checks before start-up to ensure safe operation.
3. Strengthen liquid ammonia safety management training. Include liquid ammonia safety management in daily and "three-level" safety education; operators must be certified according to national regulations.
4. Establish and improve safety management systems for equipment maintenance. Develop strict safety management and work permit systems for maintenance, especially for gas-containing, hot work, and internal equipment operations.
5. Prepare for emergency rescue. Develop comprehensive emergency rescue plans, establish emergency rescue teams, equip rescue tools, and conduct regular drills to ensure rapid and effective response to minimize accident losses.
V. Prevention of Electric Shock Accidents
1. Electrical workers must strictly follow operating procedures. Wear work clothes, insulating shoes, insulating gloves, and other protective gear; wear safety belts for high-altitude work. Key positions require one person working and one monitoring, with reliable safety measures.
2. Regularly inspect and repair circuits; replace aging wires promptly; properly connect cross-border plates and grounding devices on relevant equipment as required.
3. No live work or unauthorized temporary wiring is allowed. If temporary power is urgently needed, a "Temporary Electricity Permit" must be obtained, wiring done by electricians, and wires must be elevated and insulated as required.
4. Electrical personnel must perform daily inspections and shift handovers; increase inspections during thunderstorms; check temporary power lines on-site once per shift; regularly inspect fixed power lines and keep records.
5. Employees must not wash or wipe electrical equipment with water or wet cloths during cleaning or equipment wiping.
6. Non-electrical personnel are strictly prohibited from touching, dismantling, or repairing electrical equipment; report abnormalities promptly.
VI. Prevention of Lightning Strike Accidents
1. Buildings, standalone structures, tank areas, and flammable/explosive zones must have lightning protection devices installed according to regulations. All must pass lightning protection inspections and meet standards.
2. During thunderstorms, seek shelter in houses with some space below the roof or metal houses; if no shelter is nearby, stand with feet together on non-absorbent materials and avoid standing under tall isolated trees.
3. Do not approach within 20 meters of high-voltage poles, towers, or grounding wires of lightning rods to avoid step voltage electric shock during lightning.
4. Indoors, keep at least 1.5 meters away from wires, lamp holders, or radio antennas; stay away from heating pipes, water pipes, gas pipes, and other metal conductors connected to the outside.
5. Lightning protection safety devices must be inspected and maintained once to meet safety requirements.
6. No work is allowed on building tops, tank tops, or at heights during thunderstorms.
7. Carefully check grounding of hazardous media industrial pipelines, flange jumpers, static grounding alarms, and other anti-static devices to prevent static hazards.
8. During summer thunderstorms, conduct pre-checks of lightning and static grounding; strictly check static grounding connections before work. Stop all outdoor work during lightning.
VII. Prevention of Fire and Explosion Accidents
1. Earnestly implement all levels of HSE and safety production responsibility systems; strictly enforce fire and explosion prevention management systems.
2. Regularly inspect to ensure fire-fighting facilities are complete and functional. In case of fire, activate emergency plans promptly to extinguish the fire; if uncontrollable, report fire immediately.
3. Employees must wear protective gear as required and strictly follow operating procedures. Carrying fire sources into production areas is strictly prohibited.
4. Strictly enforce hot work approval systems; carefully develop and implement hot work safety measures; conduct continuous monitoring and supervision at hot work sites.
5. Strengthen fire and explosion prevention management of boilers, pressure vessels, gas cylinders, and pressure pipelines. Strictly follow operating procedures, monitor hazardous areas, accurately record operating parameters, and promptly analyze and resolve abnormalities.
6. Strengthen management of combustible gas leak devices to ensure safety and effectiveness.
7. Strengthen management of electricity and gas use in canteens; strictly follow regulations for work and inspections.
VIII. Prevention of Falls from Heights Accidents
1. Safety belts must be worn during high-altitude work.
2. Avoid outdoor work on rainy days as much as possible. If outdoor work must be done in the rain, anti-slip measures must be taken. Do not use the inconvenience of wearing raincoats as an excuse for not wearing safety belts, and safety belt buckles must not be arbitrarily connected.
3. Inspect device platforms; all types of elevated platform guardrails must be complete and reliable, and all gaps and loopholes must be filled.
4. Outdoor high-altitude work is prohibited during thunderstorms and strong winds.
9. Prevention of poisoning and heatstroke accidents
Poisoning prevention:
1. Strengthen personal protection awareness among personnel in related positions, observe wind direction, and take precautions against toxic and harmful gas poisoning. Especially for workers who directly or indirectly contact toxic and harmful gases, personal protection and monitoring must be enhanced.
2. During maintenance work, wear gas masks, protective gloves, protective goggles, and other safety protective equipment. Pay special attention to those with wounds or unhealed wounds to avoid contact with toxic substances. Key operations must have one person operating and one person monitoring.
3. Control the "leakage, escape, and dripping" of toxic and harmful gases to maintain the quality of the site environment.
4. Anyone entering a container for work must study and formulate a construction plan, propose clear safety requirements, develop detailed safety emergency plans, and take practical safety protection measures to ensure the life safety of workers.
5. Before construction on equipment containing toxic, harmful, flammable, or explosive media, a "Confined Space Work Permit" must be processed according to regulations. Measures such as cleaning, ventilation, sampling analysis, and detection must be taken. Respirators or gas masks must be worn as required during construction, and safety operating procedures must be strictly followed.
Heatstroke prevention:
1. Regularly distribute heatstroke prevention and cooling products.
2. Try to avoid working during high-temperature periods. If work is necessary, prepare cooling products and limit working time.
3. Replenish water and develop good drinking habits. The best time to drink water is usually after waking up. Also, pay attention to eating fresh vegetables and fruits to supplement water.
4. Enhance nutrition: regularly drink tomato soup, mung bean soup, soy milk, sour plum soup, etc.
5. Prepare heatstroke medicine. Departments and teams are responsible for equipping heatstroke medicines on site, such as Ren Dan, Shi Di Shui, Huoxiang Zhengqi Shui, cooling oil, etc.
6. Develop emergency plans, conduct emergency drills, and implement emergency response measures.
10. Prevention of collapse accidents
1. Before the rainy season, carefully inspect various facilities. Dangerous facilities must be dealt with promptly, and personnel and equipment evacuated to prevent accidents.
2. Ensure the safety protection of all equipment. When using new equipment or adopting new technology, carefully study whether it meets safety and reliability standards.
3. During operations, follow safety procedures and strictly prohibit illegal operations.
Source: Ministry of Emergency Management
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