Chemical high-risk projects require safety assessment

The reporter learned from the State Administration of Work Safety on January 17 that for the first time, China will formulate detailed rules for the safety assessment of hazardous chemicals construction projects and will formally implement it after the trial in 2008. This will provide safety guarantees for the minimization of hazardous chemical accidents. .

According to the briefing, the State Administration of Work Safety has just published the “Rules for the Safety Assessment of Hazardous Chemical Construction Projects (Trial)”, which stipulates the scope of application and work procedures for the safety assessment of hazardous chemical construction projects, and requires all new construction, reconstruction, and expansion. The construction of dangerous chemicals production and storage devices and facilities, as well as the construction of chemical production facilities and facilities accompanied by dangerous chemicals, shall be subject to safety evaluation. Work procedures include preparatory work, safety assessment, identification of hazardous and hazardous factors, division of evaluation units, determination of safety assessment methods, analysis of hazard levels, proposed safety countermeasures and recommendations, exchange of opinions with construction units, and preparation of safety evaluation reports.

The "Detailed Rules" will be implemented on January 1 this year, and the trial period will be one year. Before the expiration of the term, the revision will be officially announced. The State Administration of Work Safety required the preparation of a hazardous chemical construction project safety evaluation report that had been prepared before January 1st, but had not been submitted to the safety license implementation department as a safety license application for construction projects, and was revised and improved in accordance with the requirements of the "Detailed Rules."

It is understood that the basis for the safety evaluation of hazardous chemical construction projects was based on standards such as Safety Evaluation General Guidelines, Safety Pre-evaluation Guidelines, and Safety Acceptance Evaluation Guidelines, which are applicable to construction projects in all industries. The specific rules for the safety assessment of hazardous chemicals construction projects were first introduced in China. The purpose is to further refine and standardize the safety evaluation of hazardous chemical construction projects.

The reporter learned that at present, the access system for hazardous chemicals construction projects is still not perfect, and there are no strict safety access standards for process selection, design, construction, etc., especially for some hazards that have not been subject to project safety review or safety guarantees. Unauthorized construction of product installations is one of the most important causes of current accidents of hazardous chemicals. The safety evaluation is a necessary procedure for the preliminary work of the construction project. Through the identification and analysis of the hazards and harmful factors existing in the project and the system, the possibility and seriousness of accidents and occupational hazards are judged, so as to formulate preventive measures and Management decisions provide the scientific basis for achieving the lowest accident rate, the least loss, and the best safety investment benefits.

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