In order to deeply learn the lessons of various fire accidents caused by illegal construction and illegal electrical welding operations in recent years, urge social units to strictly implement the main responsibility of safety, and further standardize the fire safety management of hot operations such as welding and thermal cutting (hereinafter referred to as hot operations), in accordance with the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, the Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, the Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China and other laws and regulations, the Office of the Sanming Municipal Work Safety Committee, The Office of the Sanming Fire Safety Committee jointly announced the following on the strict fire safety management of hot work:
1. Strict management of fire practitioners
Electrical welding practitioners shall obtain the corresponding special operation certificate (welding and thermal cutting operations), construction special operation qualification certificate (construction welder), special equipment safety management and operator certificate (metal welding) in accordance with the law, and if the unlicensed personnel are engaged in hot work, according to the provisions of Article 63 of the "Fire Protection Law", the individual shall be given a warning or a fine of less than 500 yuan, and the circumstances are serious, and the person shall be detained for up to five days; In accordance with Article 97 of the Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, production and business units shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit and imposed a fine of not more than 100,000 yuan; if the corrections are not made within the time limit, they shall be ordered to suspend production and business for rectification, and shall be fined between 100,000 and 200,000 yuan, and their directly responsible managers and other directly responsible personnel shall be fined between 20,000 and 50,000 yuan; According to article 130 of the Criminal Law, where a major casualty accident occurs or other serious consequences are caused, a sentence of up to three years imprisonment or short-term detention is to be given; where the circumstances are especially heinous, a sentence of between three and seven years imprisonment is to be given.
2. Strict management of hot work contracting or external construction
If the external construction involves hot work, the relevant operators shall have professional qualifications and abide by the fire safety operation procedures. Owners of electrical welding equipment are not allowed to rent or lend the equipment to unlicensed persons. If the accident occurs due to the illegal contracting of electrical welding operations or the lending of electrical welding equipment, the responsibility shall be strictly investigated in accordance with the law.
3. Strict management of approval and filing of hot work
Hot work must be approved by the person in charge of the operation unit before it can be carried out, and shall not be approved in any of the following circumstances:
(1) The hot worker does not have a job type work certificate;
(2) Outdoor hot work with winds of level 5 or above;
(3) There are no protective measures for hot work on exposed combustible materials;
(4) Failure to prepare necessary fire extinguishing equipment at the scene;
(5) The working surface is not isolated from the surrounding combustibles;
(6) Carrying out hot work in crowded places during business hours.
The approval of a fire operation is limited to one hot operation on the same day, and the hot work unit can invite the fire department to provide on-site guidance according to the actual situation.
Fourth, strict collaborative management of hot work safety
If there are multiple units or multiple types of cross-operations in the hot work site, the hot work unit shall strengthen on-site coordination, exchange information, and clarify evacuation early warning signals and contact information. In the event of a dangerous situation, personnel shall be immediately organized to extinguish the initial fire, and all personnel in the building shall be notified and organized to evacuate safely. For those who do not implement on-site safety coordination, fail to immediately notify and organize evacuation in the event of danger, and cause accidents, the relevant responsible persons shall be held accountable in accordance with law.
5. Strictly supervise the whole process of hot work
The person in charge of hot work shall designate a safety officer to supervise the whole process of the site at each hot work point each time, and if there is one of the following circumstances, the safety officer shall order the operation to be stopped, and the operation can only be continued after the rectification is qualified:
(1) The personnel working on the hot work do not wear the necessary personal protective equipment;
(2) Failure to operate in strict accordance with the hot operation procedures;
(3) There are potential safety hazards in hot devices, equipment, or pipelines;
(4) When using gas welding and cutting operations, the distance between the oxygen cylinder and the acetylene cylinder is less than 5 meters, and the distance between the two is less than 10 meters;
(5) The ventilation of the indoor workplace is not smooth, and the discharge of leaked gas cannot be guaranteed. In the event of a fire, the safety officer should organize emergency response and call the police at the first time.
Sixth, strict hot work to implement the main responsibility of the enterprise
The main person in charge of the enterprise shall be fully responsible for the safety management of the hot work of the unit, and shall organize personnel to formulate a safety management system for hot work and sign and publish it, and resolutely put an end to the illegal hot work behavior. The safety officer shall be responsible for organizing the hot workers to clean up the scene, cut off the power supply and gas source of the hot equipment, and remove the residual fire at the scene.
7. Strictly accept and verify reports of illegal hot operations
Fully implement strict control of hot work, encourage the general public and production and business operation units to actively participate in the social supervision of hot work, as long as suspected illegal hot work is found, you can directly call the "12345" hotline to report. After receiving the report, the relevant departments should immediately send personnel to conduct on-site inspections, and if the above-mentioned illegal acts are discovered, they shall be dealt with in accordance with laws and regulations.
Source: Sanming Fire Editor: Peng Hao Preliminary review: Xiong Ruqing Review: Zou Guanchang Final review: Xiao Jiuhui Business cooperation, news clues, and cracking down on fake news reports: 0598-2322923 Submission email: [email protected]
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