in less than half a month after the “3.21” huge explosion accident of jiangsu xiangshuitian jiayi chemical co., ltd., many chemical accidents occurred in many places across the country.
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it is reported that some coastal provinces have launched safety rectification actions against chemical companies.
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jiangsu: in early april, jiangsu province released the “jiangsu province chemical industry improvement plan (draft for comment)”. according to the “plan”, by 2020, the number of enterprises in the chemical industry in the province will be reduced to 2,000, and in 2022, the number of chemical enterprises will be reduced to 1,000. such a large-scale rectification of the chemical industry will inevitably first of all be carried out on small-scale scattered industry enterprises. it is expected that small-scale production capacity will withdraw from the market quickly and permanently due to centralized investigation. the concentration of the original relatively scattered sub-sectors in the domestic chemical industry is expected to be greatly improved, and the order of industry competition will gradually improve.
shandong: the provincial emergency department formed 5 inspection teams, led by the leaders of the department respectively, and adopted random selection methods without prior notice to carry out inspections on nitro compound production enterprises in 11 cities including qingdao and zibo supervision and inspection. up to now, 18 enterprises have been supervised and inspected, 287 problems and hidden dangers have been found, 9 enterprises have been filed and punished, and 7 enterprises have been ordered to suspend production for rectification. two companies in dezhou voluntarily applied to stop production of nitro compound production facilities and cancel their safety production licenses, and the inspection team conducted on-site inspections.
anhui: issued the “urgent notice on conscientiously absorbing lessons from the “3.12” explosion accident of tianjiayi chemical co., ltd., xiangshui county, yancheng city, jiangsu province, and solidly doing a good job in safe production of chemicals and hazardous chemicals”, we will continue to carry out large-scale inspections and clean-ups of hazardous chemical production safety, and thoroughly control the potential safety hazards discovered in the previous stage of special operations; for the major safety hazards of hazardous chemicals that are listed and supervised, we will promptly “review” them; chemical enterprises that have not thoroughly dealt with major safety hazards shall suspend production for rectification.
zhejiang: the provincial department of ecology and environment quickly formulated and issued the “emergency notice of the department of ecology and environment of zhejiang province on carrying out the special action for the investigation and rectification of environmental safety hazards in chemical enterprises in the province”, and deployed a 2-month special action. the scope of investigation and rectification includes all chemical parks and chemical enterprises in the province, focusing on the implementation of enterprise environmental emergency management and the implementation of risk prevention measures in the park. the ecological and environmental departments of cities with districts have organized and carried out environmental safety inspections according to the deployment. for example, the main persons in charge of the ecological and environmental bureaus of huzhou, jinhua, taizhou and other cities led teams to inspect key chemical enterprises and parks, insisting on “finding together, recording together, and rectifying together”.
fujian: the investigation and treatment of hidden dangers in the production of hazardous chemicals will be carried out in the whole province. fujian province requires comprehensive investigation and rectification of hidden dangers of hazardous chemicals, and unannounced investigations and unannounced visits to major hidden dangers, key parts, accident-prone areas and units. and increase the punishment for violations of laws and regulations of hazardous chemical enterprises, and strictly implement the measures of closure and ban, upper limit punishment, suspension of production for rectification, and investigation of legal responsibility.
hebei: a two-year chemical industry safety production rectification campaign will be launched. before the end of august 2019, hebei will complete the establishment of an integrated prevention and control information platform for park safety, environment, and emergency response to realize online monitoring of major hazard sources and timely early warning of emergencies.
guangdong: continue to promote the investigation and rectification of key areas such as hazardous chemicals in the province. at the same time, increase the intensity of safety law enforcement, and organize “look back”, severely punish enterprises that fail to implement rectification and order them to suspend production for rectification. after the “3.21” explosion in xiangshui, jiangsu province, guangdong province carried out law enforcement inspections on 28 enterprises involved in similar products or similar chemical processes in the province, found 328 hidden dangers, and ordered 3 enterprises to suspend production for rectification. 8 companies with illegal production and operation behaviors were investigated and dealt with.
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for all chemical companies, establishing a safety concept and taking good accident prevention measures should be the prerequisites for production work. in the actual production, the precautionary measures are not only for responding to safety supervision, but also for the long-term and healthy development of the enterprise. may the alarm bell of safety ring in everyone’s heart.
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appendix: incomplete statistics of domestic chemical accidents from january to april 2019:
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“on the afternoon of january 4th, fujian united petroleum chemical co., ltd. had a flash fire in the solvent deasphalting unit during the maintenance process the reporter learned from the propaganda department of the quanzhou municipal party committee that the flash caused burns to 10 people at the scene, and they have been sent to the burn department of the hospital for treatment.”
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“at 7:36 a.m. on january 7, the fire brigade of linzi district received the police. a fire accident occurred in a chemical storage tank at zibo yuanfengda industry and trade co., ltd. in xindian street. after understanding, the location of the accident was the pyromellitic anhydride trap in the factory. the fire was extinguished at 8:40. one person was injured in the accident and is currently being treated at linzi district people’s hospital.”
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“at about 14:00 on february 14th, two loud noises were heard in huafeng work park, dafeng district, yancheng city, and black smoke came out from xinyuanda chemical plant. it is understood that the exhaust pipe of xinyuanda chemical co., ltd. the local overpressure caused the pipe to burst about 50 centimeters, but no casualties have been reported.”
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“at about 8:40 a.m. on february 18, a toxic gas leak occurred in an illegal chemical production facility in the waste gas plant of xinxiang weilong plastic chemical co., ltd., located in gaorenwang village, zhaipo town, xinxiang county, henan province, causing 2 dead and 4 injured.”
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“at 8:20 a.m. on february 23, an accident occurred in the vehicle of yinman mining company, xiwu banner, xilin gol league, inner mongolia, while personnel were transporting workers underground. according to cctv reports, 15 people were killed on the spot in the accident, and 1 was transported to the mine. died on the way to the hospital, and 4 people died during the hospital treatment. a total of 21 people died in the accident, 30 people were injured, 7 of them were seriously injured, and the injured have been sent to two hospitals for treatment. those involved have been brought under control.”
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“on february 26, the deflagration accident of nantong yaben chemical co., ltd. caused 2 deaths and 1 injury. after preliminary investigation, the cause of the accident was caused by the violation of operating procedures by the employees of the company. the specific reason is still under further investigation. the nantong city safety committee has listed it to supervise the handling.”
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“on the morning of march 1, a fire accident occurred in the xindu factory of sichuan kelun pharmaceutical. affect the company’s normal production.”
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“at about 15:20 pm on march 4, the shift tower (desulfurization) of the carbonization workshop of anhui haoyuan chemical group co., ltd. burst, causing the shift gas to leak.”
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“on the afternoon of march 21, an explosion occurred at tianjiayi chemical co., ltd. in the chenjiagang chemical industry park in xiangshui, jiangsu. the death toll is known to be 78 and the number of injuries exceeds 280.”
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“on march 25th, zhaoyuan jinheng chemical co., ltd. located in xinzhuang town, zhaoyuan city, yantai city, shandong province had a burst fire accident, resulting in 1 death and 4 injuries. it is reported that preliminary investigation and analysis , the direct cause of the accident was that water leaked into the jacket of the tetraphenyltin reaction kettle or the water content of the raw material tin tetrachloride and the solvent xylene exceeded the standard, and when it encountered incompletely reacted metal sodium, it reacted violently to produce hydrogen gas, which formed with air. explosive mixed gas will deflagrate and catch fire when it encounters an ignition source such as static electricity.”
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“on the evening of march 29, an explosion accident occurred in the perlite workshop of yongli perlite factory in huanglou street, qingzhou city, shandong province. after investigation, a total of 8 people were on duty at night when the accident happened. among them, there were 5 people in the workshop, and 3 seriously injured were immediately he was sent to the hospital and died after rescue efforts failed. the other 2 people rescued overnight had no vital signs when they were rescued. a total of 5 people died in this accident, and 3 people were slightly injured outside the workshop.”
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“on march 31, an explosion accident occurred in jiangsu kunshan handing precision metal co., ltd. the information office of the kunshan municipal people’s government issued a notice stating that the explosion occurred in a container storing scrap metal outside the factory workshop, causing a fire in the workshop. the incident led to 7 dead, 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured.”
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“on the afternoon of april 1, a fire accident occurred at mingyuan technology co., ltd. in cihu high-tech zone, ma’anshan, anhui province. according to preliminary understanding, the cause of the accident was the fire of chemical materials in the factory area. the personnel on site have been evacuated and there were no casualties.”
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“on april 3, jiangsu taixing city emergency management bureau reported that a fire accident occurred in the wastewater storage tank of the sewage workshop of jiangsu zhongdan technology chemical co., ltd. at about 9 o’clock that night. there were casualties and the cause of the accident is under investigation.”
