The high temperature and rainy season has always been a sensitive period, a prone period and a frequent occurrence period for the chemical industry, especially the hidden dangers of safety accidents involving hazardous chemicals. Under the special background of the large-scale transfer of the national chemical industry, the abnormal fluctuation of the chemical industry supply chain, the disconnection of production and sales of many varieties, as well as the closing and reorganization of chemical enterprises, and the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure, it is more urgent to pay attention to chemical safety in high temperature seasons. .

According to authoritative statistics, since 1990, there have been 18 major chemical safety accidents involving hazardous chemicals in the country from July to September, accounting for more than 40% of the total number of major accidents involving hazardous chemicals throughout the year. It is rainy in summer and continues to be high temperature, which is very prone to leakage accidents caused by hazardous chemicals; some hazardous chemicals are also prone to water reactions during storage and transportation; employees are prone to mental burnout under high temperature, which are all dangerous in summer. The root cause of the easy and frequent occurrence of chemical accidents.

In addition, the current chemical industry transfer involves the production, use, storage and transportation of hazardous chemicals and the installation and dismantling of related devices, which are prone to new hidden dangers. This phenomenon is particularly prominent in high temperature and rainy seasons, posing new challenges to the safety management of the chemical industry, and should also attract the attention of chemical companies and regulatory authorities.

In this regard, chemical enterprises and safety supervision departments must pay attention to the investigation and rectification of the following hidden dangers. The first is to investigate the existing hidden dangers from the compliance level. At present, the most serious problem in the whole industry is the illegal construction of hazardous chemical devices. Such hidden dangers are common in more than 20 chemical concentrated areas such as Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, and the valleys along the Yellow River. Unauthorized changes to the use of hazardous chemical devices should be listed as a particularly serious safety hazard and resolutely attacked. For non-chemical companies that build hazardous chemical installations in a hidden way without authorization, there must be "zero" tolerance; for companies that illegally build or change the nature of hazardous chemical installations without authorization, they must be resolutely shut down.

The second is to focus on investigating the hidden dangers of hazardous chemical warehouses and open-air exposure. In recent years, there have been many fires caused by deflagration in the warehouses of hazardous chemicals such as pesticide aluminum foil packaging. The warehouses of hazardous chemicals and special materials must establish a daily inspection system to ensure that moisture, sun, rain and ventilation meet the standard requirements. . In addition, barreled goods exposed to the open air have become a common problem for newly-built hazardous chemicals chemical enterprises in the process of industrial transfer. Many hazardous chemicals storage areas stored in the open air have neither water spray facilities nor sunshade facilities, so the hidden dangers can be imagined.

The third is the hidden danger caused by the mismatch of resources and elements caused by industrial transfer. About 1/3 of the chemical enterprises in the chemical concentration area in the coastal areas have or are planning to build chemical plants in the western region, and the transfer of the chemical industry is on the rise. However, when the hazardous chemicals enterprises were newly built in the west, there were problems such as insufficient transportation capacity for hazardous chemicals, difficulty in recruiting workers for special operations such as refrigeration, high-risk processes, electricians, maintenance workers, etc., and a serious shortage of professional engineering and technical personnel. The professional level cannot keep up with the requirements of regional chemical development. For example, newly-built chemical enterprises in Inner Mongolia and other places cannot supply hardware equipment and instruments that are urgently needed for rectification of hidden dangers.

The fourth is the hidden danger that the operation of the safety standardization system is a mere formality. The safety standardization system is an important measure for chemical enterprises to ensure safety. The trace management of system operation must not be satisfied with the audit and inspection. We should learn from DuPont's "STOP" management model, formulate and improve the opening and parking plan and emergency management plan, operate in strict accordance with the regulations, and implement the management details in place.

Fifth, there are hidden dangers in the logistics storage and transportation of hazardous chemicals. At present, in the road transportation of hazardous chemicals, the hidden dangers of fatigue driving and illegal driving are particularly prominent for drivers and escorts. In addition, different types of dangerous goods are mixed, mixed, and the phenomenon of overdue and excessive inventory of dangerous chemicals also exists to varying degrees. All of them should be paid enough attention to, and the safety responsibility should be placed at the source of loading, unloading, storage, etc., and the supervision mechanism should be improved.

Sixth, there are hidden dangers that the quality of employees is not high and the preventive measures are not in place. The key to strengthening safety awareness lies in the main responsible person. Only the high-level attention can implement safety management and ensure that the responsibilities of the safety director are fulfilled in place. Technological prevention should also be willing to invest, and new technologies, new processes, and new equipment should be adopted to ensure the safe operation of the device.

Practice has shown that safe operation is the key for chemical enterprises to become bigger and stronger. Especially in view of the particularity and complexity of safe production in the high temperature and rainy seasons in summer, it is necessary to carefully investigate the weak links and outstanding problems in the safety management of hazardous chemicals, study feasible solutions to eliminate hidden dangers, and fundamentally establish and improve effective prevention of accidents. long-term mechanism.