"Special Operation Safety Regulations for Hazardous Chemical Enterprises" (GB 30871-2022) released

Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration) issued an announcement approving the release of the "Special Operation Safety Specification for Hazardous Chemical Enterprises" (GB 30871-2022)
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As a national mandatory standard, the new specification will be officially implemented from October 1, 2022, replacing the current "Special Operation Safety Specification for Chemical Production Units" (GB 30871-2014)
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Hazardous chemical enterprises are prone to accidents in the special operation process, which has always been a difficult point in enterprise management
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Since its implementation in 2015, the "Special Operation Safety Specification for Chemical Production Units" (GB 30871-2014) has effectively prevented and curbed the accident that occurred in the special operation link of the enterprise, but also exposed some restrictions of the current standard clauses during the implementation of the standard.
The strength is not strong, there are some deviations and misunderstandings in the company's cognition of the standards, and there are still some problems such as insufficient management and control measures for operational risks
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In order to further strengthen the management and control of risks in special operation processes, China Chemical Safety Association took the lead in organizing the revision of the standard
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According to the requirements of the "Administrative Measures for Mandatory National Standards", the revised technical requirements of the standard have been compulsorily adjusted from the original partial clauses to the full-text clauses, and the scope of application has been adjusted to enterprises that produce and operate (with storage) hazardous chemicals, as well as chemical and pharmaceutical enterprises.
, which clarifies the relevant requirements of the standards that the above-mentioned enterprises should implement when carrying out special operations in their production areas
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The new standard focuses on the types of accident-prone operations such as hot work and confined spaces, clarifies that enterprises should establish a pre-operation permit management system, formulate major risk management and control measures, strengthen the requirements for level-by-level approval and operation monitoring, and further strengthen the safety management of the operation process.
, the responsibilities of approvers and guardians and the implementation of emergency measures, and put forward specific requirements such as the need to collect video images for super hot work, and the continuous detection of gas concentration when entering confined spaces
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The promulgation and implementation of the new standard will further promote the implementation of the "Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening the Safety Production of Hazardous Chemicals" and the "Three-Year Action Implementation Plan for the Special Remediation of Hazardous Chemical Safety" in the field of hazardous chemicals, and promote good management and control of enterprises.
The major risks existing in special operation links can effectively prevent and curb the occurrence of major and extraordinarily serious production safety accidents
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