China News Service, November 11. According to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Management, in order to further play the role of warning and education of typical law enforcement cases, urge and guide all regions to strictly adhere to the bottom line of safety supervision, and strictly investigate and deal with illegal production safety violations in the field of dust explosions in accordance with the law, a number of typical law enforcement cases are now announced.
Case 1
On April 1, 2025, when law enforcement officers from the Linyi Emergency Management Bureau of Shandong Province conducted a law enforcement inspection on a Linyi Wood Industry Co., Ltd., they found that the company had committed the following illegal acts: 1. The three air-locked and ash-unloading device flaps of the dry dust removal system supporting the sanding process were removed, and normal operation and use were not guaranteed. They fall under the "Determination Standards for Major Accident Hazards in Industrial and Trade Enterprises" Accurate judgment situation in Article 14 of "Accurate"; 2. The spray water pipe of the spark detection and elimination device set up in the dust removal duct connected to the sanding machine is disconnected and there is no water, which belongs to the judgment situation in Article 14 of the "Standards for Determining Major Accident Hazards in Industrial and Trade Enterprises"; 3. The probe of the wind pressure difference monitoring and alarm device at the inlet and outlet of the bag dust collector supporting the sanding machine on the east side falls off, and normal operation is not guaranteed. The inspection also revealed other violations by the company. The above-mentioned behavior violated the second paragraph of Article 36 of the "Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" and other provisions. The Linyi Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 99 of the "Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" and the relevant provisions of the "Discretionary Benchmarks for Administrative Penalties for Emergency Management of Shandong Province", ordered the company to make corrections within a time limit and fined the company a total of 45,000 yuan.
Case 2
On April 18, 2025, when law enforcement officers from the Xindu District Emergency Management Bureau of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province inspected a furniture company in Chengdu, they found that the company had committed the following illegal acts: When the central dust collector of the No. 1.3 woodworking workshop used positive pressure to blow dust, no precautions such as spark detection and elimination were taken. The measures to ignite the source fall under the judgment situation of Item 4 of Article 11 of the "Standards for the Determination of Major Accident Hazards for Industrial and Trade Enterprises"; the dust collection bin of the central dust collector in the No. 2.3 woodworking workshop uses a gravity sedimentation chamber for dust removal, which falls under the judgment situation of Item 5 of Article 11 of the "Standards for the Determination of Major Accident Hazards for Industrial and Trade Enterprises". The above-mentioned behavior violates the provisions of Article 36, paragraph 1, and Article 41, paragraph 2, of the "Production Safety Law of the People's Republic of China". In accordance with the provisions of Article 99, Paragraph 2 and Article 102 of the "Production Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" and the relevant provisions of the "Sichuan Province Production Safety Administrative Punishment Discretionary Standards", the Xindu District Emergency Management Bureau ordered the company to make corrections within a time limit and fined the company a total of 45,000 yuan.
Case 3
From May 18 to 21, 2026, when law enforcement officers from the Emergency Management Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region conducted a law enforcement inspection of a carbon company in Baotou City, they found that the company had committed the following illegal acts: 1. Dry dust removal systems installed in 5 places including the batching of the molding workshop No explosion prevention and control measures such as explosion venting, inerting, and explosion suppression have been taken, which falls under the judgment of Article 11, Item 3 of the "Standards for Determining Major Accident Hazards for Industrial and Trade Enterprises"; 2. There are no dust explosion-proof safety warning signs in the calcining workshop and bucket elevator explosion hazard areas. 3. The dry dust removal system of the feeding system in the calcination workshop is not equipped with 10 safety equipment such as wind pressure difference monitoring and alarm devices, which does not meet the relevant requirements of national standards or industry standards. The inspection also revealed other violations by the company. The above-mentioned behavior violated Article 35, Paragraph 1 of Article 36, and other provisions of the Production Safety Law of the People's Republic of China. The Emergency Management Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in accordance with the provisions of Article 99, Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2, etc. of the Production Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, and in conjunction with relevant provisions such as the "Emergency Management Administrative Punishment Discretionary Benchmarks", fined the company a total of 207,000 yuan and fined Lu, the person in charge of production, 5,000 yuan.
