A violent explosion occurred in the port area of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on the evening of the 4th local time, which has caused more than 100 deaths and more than 4,000 injuries.
On August 5, the Office of the State Council Security Committee and the Emergency Management Department held a national production safety video conference, emphasizing that ports, wharves, logistics warehouses, chemical parks, etc. should be focused on immediately launching a national special inspection and rectification of hazardous chemical storage safety. All regions should carry out quantitative risk assessments for all storage places of explosive hazardous materials such as ammonium nitrate, and organize experienced experts to conduct in-depth front-line guidance services, open and unannounced visits, and truly in-depth investigations. We must insist on starting from the source, strictly implement the joint approval and strict control requirements of hazardous chemical production and storage projects, and scientifically and rationally arrange hazardous chemical production and storage enterprises.
It is understood that my country is a major chemical country in the world. There are a large number of ports, wharves, warehouses, storage yards, and transport vehicles and ships involving hazardous chemicals, and safety risks continue to increase. Every August is a relatively concentrated month for serious and serious accidents. In the early stage, the Emergency Management Department has organized a number of supervision and inspection teams to conduct unannounced visits to key areas of hazardous chemicals and conduct unannounced visits to more than 7,600 hazardous chemicals companies and more than 22,000 major hazards. Yuan has carried out special inspection and supervision.
The meeting pointed out that the lessons of every accident are exchanged for life and blood, but the rectification measures proposed in some serious accident investigation reports are often “shelved”. It is necessary to carry out in-depth implementation of the rectification measures for serious accidents. Work hard on implementation. According to the rectification measures proposed in the accident investigation report, the implementation situation should be evaluated one by one, and it must not be changed and let go. It is necessary to report to the higher-level safety committee and publicly release the assessment results, accept social supervision, accept practical tests, and be responsible for safe production and people’s lives. It is necessary to strengthen accountability, and if rectification measures are not implemented, major issues are unresolved, and major risks and hidden dangers are delayed, the disciplinary inspection and supervision organs shall be held accountable. Through the evaluation, we should not only focus on solving the specific problems raised in the accident investigation report, but also promote the solution of the long-standing "old problem", and earnestly achieve national warnings and rectifications nationwide.
The meeting emphasized that each August is a relatively concentrated month for serious and serious accidents. It is necessary to combine the three-year national safety production special rectification action to strengthen safety precautions in key industries such as coal mines, non-coal mines, fire protection, road transportation, and construction construction. Put the most prominent problem, the weakest link, and the biggest hidden danger to the front, and deal with urgent matters urgently. It is necessary to improve and improve the systems of risk analysis, level-by-level reporting, and rectification and implementation. In particular, treat major hidden risks as accidents, and earnestly investigate, eliminate, and prevent major accidents.
The State Council Security Committee Office issued a notice to deploy a special inspection and rectification of the storage safety of hazardous chemicals nationwide. In the early stage, the Emergency Management Department has organized a number of supervision and inspection teams to conduct unannounced visits to key areas of hazardous chemicals, and carried out special inspections and supervisions on more than 7,600 hazardous chemicals companies and more than 22,000 major hazard sources. On July 31, the Emergency Management Department and the Office of the State Council Security Committee held a special video conference to make arrangements for further improving the safety rectification of chemical parks and hazardous chemical companies.
