
Shen Zhanli, spokesperson of the Ministry of Emergency Management, introduced at the quarterly press conference the specific measures taken by the State Council Office of Work Safety and the Ministry of Emergency Management to implement the spirit of the National Work Safety Video Conference, including conducting open and covert investigations, strict supervision and law enforcement, and deepening the root cause of key industries to prevent and contain major production safety accidents.
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Shen Zhanli said that my country's production safety situation has been generally stable and improving in recent years. The total number of accidents has continued to decline since this year. However, major production safety accidents have occurred in some places, and the lessons have been profound.
The Ministry of Emergency Management held a quarterly regular press conference on the 16th. At the meeting, Shen Zhanli, spokesperson of the Ministry of Emergency Management and Director of the News and Publicity Department, introduced the specific measures taken by the State Council Office of Safety and Security and the Ministry of Emergency Management to implement the spirit of the National Safety Production Video Conference and further strengthen safety production work.
Shen Zhanli said that in recent years, my country's production safety situation has been generally stable and improving. Since the beginning of this year, the total number of accidents has continued to decline, but major production safety accidents have occurred in some places, and the lessons have been profound. In response to the severe situation faced by production safety, the Office of the State Council Work Safety Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Management conscientiously implemented the deployment requirements of the national production safety video conference, paid close attention to various work measures for production safety, and made every effort to prevent and contain major accidents.
He focused on the following three aspects of work:
The first is to carry out open and covert investigations in a real and forceful manner. Give full play to the "sharp sword" role of the central government's work safety assessment inspections, starting from the two aspects of "supervision" and "inspection of enterprises", insisting on "more notifications, more letters of supervision, more unannounced visits, more filming of hidden danger scenes, and more "uncovering" people", carry out in-depth open inspections and unannounced inspections and "look back", go to the front line to find out the truth, investigate problems, and focus on rectification, continue to convey the clear direction of "only stricter" and the firm attitude of "fixing the problem to the end". During the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day, the Office of the State Council Security Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Management specially deployed safety prevention work and made daily video dispatches. They sent secret investigation teams led by ministry leaders to 18 provinces to focus on "what are the major risks, where are they, and how to prevent them." "Directly" carry out overt and covert inspections and surprise inspections, provide point-to-point risk warnings for discovered problems and hidden dangers, urge rectification and rectification, and drive all localities, relevant departments and central enterprise headquarters to simultaneously dispatch unannounced inspection teams to prevent and resolve holiday safety risks with full coverage of unannounced inspections. At the same time, the media will increase public exposure and warning education, invite media reporters for in-depth interviews, and expose a number of major hidden dangers and typical cases to create a strong deterrent effect.
The second is to strictly enforce safety production supervision and law enforcement. Highlight major risk scenarios, strictly guard against fire accidents, continue to deepen special rectifications for prominent problems such as illegal hot work, aging electrical circuits, unqualified flame retardant or thermal insulation materials and fire risks in high-rise buildings, accelerate the promotion of "breaking windows and breaking networks", and opening up "life channels". Strictly crack down on illegal subcontracting, standardize the safety management of outsourcing business in mining, construction, chemical and other industries, urge contracting units to implement supervision of contracting units, and put an end to "contracting for management" and "contracting without caring". Strengthen the safety management of mixed production and operation sites such as "factories within factories" and "parks within gardens", consolidate the responsibilities of owners and lessees, clarify the functional zoning of production, warehousing, and residence, and vigorously rectify problems such as illegal production and operations, unauthorized connections of electrical lines, and insufficient safety protection distances, and resolutely avoid mass deaths and injuries. We will vigorously carry out "attacking non-compliance and correcting violations", and decisively take measures such as "double penalties in one case", suspension of production for rectification, and request for closure for serious violations of laws and regulations. If major accidents occur, we will be held accountable in accordance with laws and regulations. Strengthen the connection between executions, improve the coordination mechanism for work safety execution connection, resolutely transfer those who meet the conditions for transfer to judicial organs, and punish production safety violations and crimes in accordance with the law.
The third is to deepen the root cause of the problem in key industries and areas. Strengthen the management of mine safety, promote the hard implementation of the "eight hard measures" of "one mine, one list", and strictly control and inspect problems such as hidden working surfaces, over-staffed and over-capacity production, and entering the well without positioning cards. Strengthen the safety supervision of the entire chain of fireworks and firecrackers, pay close attention to safety work in all aspects of production, storage, sales, transportation, delivery, and discharge, strictly implement relevant mandatory national standards, and crack down on all types of illegal activities. Strengthen tourism and transportation safety management, urge scenic spots to strengthen daily maintenance of facilities and equipment such as suspension bridges, cable cars, and sightseeing boats, strictly prevent "sick" operations, overcrowded and overloaded operations, and severely crack down on illegal activities such as "three excesses and one fatigue", and agricultural trucks and agricultural vehicles illegally carrying passengers. Carry out special safety rectification of ship manufacturing and repair enterprises, urge relevant departments in various places to conduct comprehensive inspections of various ship manufacturing and repair enterprises, and focus on rectifying hidden dangers in high-risk links such as limited space operations, hoisting, and storage and use of hazardous chemicals. In addition, targeted safety measures have also been taken in key industries such as hazardous chemicals, industry and trade, construction, and fishing vessels.
Shen Zhanli pointed out that currently, we have entered the fourth quarter. According to historical data, the fourth quarter has always been a period of high incidence of accidents. Some companies are prone to rush for construction deadlines, rush to meet schedules, and super-capacity and super-intensive production. The risk of accidents has intensified. We must adhere to the people first and life first, transform the sense of responsibility of "always worrying" into the action of "knowing everything", and resolutely stabilize and control the safety production situation.

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