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    Two companies in Foshan with potential major accidents were seized according to law and ordered to temporarily suspend production

    • Last Update: 2021-06-20
    • Source: Internet
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    Global Coatings Network News:

    June this year is the 18th "Safety Production Month" nationwide.








    Hengxu Chemical Co.



    Employees do not wear protection when entering the liquid chlorine workshop



    Next to the hazardous chemicals warehouse is the kitchen and dining room







    In the dim production workshop on the side of the factory, sewage treatment, emergency tanks and various chemical reaction equipment are densely distributed.
    Pipes of different colors are connected to large and small chemical tanks.



    Seeing the arrival of law enforcement officers, on-site operator Huang walked straight into the workshop.
    He did not wear safety helmets and other labor protection equipment.
    He shook his head repeatedly when the law enforcement officers asked about the dangerous characteristics of chemical raw material liquid chlorine, protective measures and emergency treatment measures.



    Upon inspection, the company has not established a process control indicator for the use of chlorine, which is a potential major accident.
    "Even if the chlorine in the factory area exceeds the standard, there will be no alarm.
    If people inhale more than 0.
    001 mg of chlorine, they will be poisoned and even fatal at high concentrations.
    " An accompanying chemical industry emergency management expert said.



    Not only that, the law enforcement officers later checked the company's labor protection equipment acquisition account for the past six months, and there was no employee signature, and they doubted whether the company issued labor protection equipment.



    Law enforcement officials also found that the factory's production area and non-production area were not effectively isolated.
    On the ground only tens of meters wide between the production workshop and the office, two tank trucks, one truck, and one chemical tank were parked, blocking the passage for emergency evacuation and emergency rescue.
    In the living area, less than two meters away from the kitchen and dining room, it turned out to be a warehouse for storing liquid caustic soda belonging to the production facility.
    Many pipelines for transporting hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid extend all the way to the back of the office wall.



    After the provincial inspection team reported the hidden dangers and problems discovered to the emergency management departments of Foshan City and Nanhai District, the local area immediately ordered the company to temporarily suspend production and business, seal up the relevant facilities, and file a case for the company's violations of laws and regulations in production safety.



    Junneng Paper Material Factory:

    Junneng Paper Material Factory:




    Precursor items are placed anywhere

    Precursor items are placed anywhere




    Carcinogenic dangerous chemicals hidden downstairs in the dormitory

    Carcinogenic dangerous chemicals hidden downstairs in the dormitory




    As night fell, a reporter from the Nanfang Daily and the law enforcement officers of the inspection team passed by the Junneng Paper Material Factory in Nanhai District, Foshan City.
    From a distance, they saw a dense and disorderly pile of chemical storage boxes, extending from the road outside the factory to the factory.
    The law enforcement officers temporarily decided to conduct a raid on this enterprise.



    This company, which is called the production of paper materials, actually involves many chemicals in its raw materials and products.
    Surprisingly, there are still chemical storage boxes in front of the staff dormitory building.
    Open a small compartment in the southeast corner of the warehouse at the back of the dormitory building.
    There are 8 barrels of epichlorohydrin, each weighing 240 kilograms.



    "Epichlorohydrin is a hazardous chemical subject to key supervision.
    It is toxic, flammable and carcinogenic.
    " The accompanying chemical industry emergency management expert said.
    However, in the places where epichlorohydrin is used and stored in this plant, flammable gas detection and alarm devices are not installed in accordance with national standards, and explosion-proof electrical appliances are not used, which poses major accidents.



    In the laboratory of the factory, the laboratory technician asked three questions, but the pH value of the product test sheet was 3-4, indicating that the product is strongly acidic.
    A cardboard box randomly placed on the ground attracted the attention of law enforcement officers.
    After opening it, it turned out to be 16 bottles of chloroform (500ml each).



    "Chloroform is not only a carcinogen, but also can be used to make drugs.
    It should be stored exclusively to prevent it from being stolen and made by criminals.
    The site obviously does not meet the requirements for precursor storage.
    " Experts said.



    The law enforcement officers then walked into the production workshop, as if entering a "maze" with a peculiar smell.
    Tanks of different colors are layered on top of each other, and some are full of white smoke.
    The ground is overflowing with water, and messy pipes and wires extend everywhere.
    Some dilapidated furnaces have viscous chemical liquids flowing out.



    Faced with repeated questions from law enforcement officers, the company’s factory director and production workshop director even claimed that they did not know what the raw materials or products in the tank were.



    The law enforcement officers preliminarily determined that the company’s finished product warehouse had implemented sub-packing operations in violation of regulations; raw materials and finished goods warehouses were stacked super-high and chaotically, stacking did not meet the requirements of the specification, fire emergency channels were blocked, and there was no emergency escape indication mark; factory offices, warehouses, workshops The distance between them does not meet the requirements of the "Code for Fire Protection Design of Buildings"; most of the wiring in the workshop does not meet the specifications.



    After the provincial inspection team reported the hidden dangers and problems discovered to the emergency management departments of Foshan City and Nanhai District, the local area immediately sealed off the compartments that illegally store hazardous chemicals, ordered the company to temporarily suspend production, and dealt with the company’s violations of laws and regulations in production safety File a case for investigation and punishment according to law.





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