At about 17:28 on August 29, Wuhu Ronghui Chemical Co., Ltd. in Jiujiang District of Wuhu City was in the process of filling the liquid chlorine tanker. The liquid chlorine universal joint leaked. Then the staff closed the feed pneumatic valve and manual The emergency team entered the scene to wash away with misty water. The scene of the accident was controlled. No employees of Ronghui Chemical Company were poisoned or unwell.
However, the accident caused 19 people in the nearby Sangqing Technology and Oasis Power Plants to be hospitalized. Except for one person who is being rescued, the lives of the others have been ruled out.
Wuhu City has carried out emergency environmental monitoring in the surrounding area of the incident, and the monitoring results show that the environmental indicators are normal and there is no environmental impact. The specific cause of the accident is under further investigation.
According to reports, this is not the first time a safety issue has occurred in the factory involved.
In August 2005, due to trachoma in a section of the chlorine gas pipeline, the leakage of chlorine gas occurred. Eight employees in the vicinity developed discomfort after inhaling chlorine gas and were admitted to the hospital for treatment.
In December 2018, Anhui Wuhu Ronghui Chemical was also named and notified by the Central Environmental Protection Supervision Team due to the long-term problem of secretly discharging wastewater.
According to the official website of Wuhu Ronghui Chemical Co., Ltd., the company is one of the member companies of Hong Kong Ronghui Group. It is the first private chlor-alkali chemical enterprise in Anhui Province with a registered capital of 350 million yuan, total assets of 1.38 billion yuan, and employees. More than 800 people, producing ion-exchange membrane caustic soda, polyvinyl chloride resin and chloromethyl ether and other products.
