Love That Extends Life

Chapter 188 Xinpu Chemical Plant

"Haha!" Chu Yunhao understood Su Yuhan's concerns, so he had to do some psychological work on Su Yuhan. "Director Su, most of the accidents in the factory are man-made accidents caused by safety management factors, which has nothing to do with feudal superstition. In fact, this is also easy to understand. The army is always changing, and the victory or defeat is not determined by the new recruits or the old soldiers, but by the details of the commander. This is even more true for enterprises. Management is very important, and safety management is the top priority. Therefore, the safety law proposes that management of production must also be managed for safety. So what? Xinpu Chemical Factory had a safety accident in the past that caused casualties. This was caused by their negligence in safety management. This has nothing to do with the new takeover of the company, so there is no need to worry about this matter at all."

"Brother Chu, what you said makes sense. In fact, when our Huaichu Pharmaceutical Company was first established, my father took over a factory that was about to go bankrupt due to poor performance, and things started to improve from then on. Therefore, companies and enterprises all depend on the management of people."

"Haha, Manager Su, then let's go to Xinpu Chemical Factory and take a look!" Chu Yunhao said with a smile when he saw that Su Yuhan agreed with him.

"Brother Chu, let me give you another suggestion!" Su Yuhan pouted her lips slightly and glanced at Chu Yunhao, revealing two charming dimples. Then she blinked her big eyes and said, "Brother Chu, we are outside, so you don't have to call me supervisor. Just... just call me Yuhan."

"Oh, so that's it!" Chu Yunhao thought it was a suggestion, but it turned out to be a request to change the address, so he agreed without thinking. "Okay, then I'll call you Yu Han."

"Hehe, that's more like it." Su Yuhan laughed.

Next, Chu Yunhao and Su Yuhan visited the Xinpu Chemical Factory. The security guard who took them around the factory was the one who stayed behind. This was different from other chemical factories. Other chemical factories hired gatekeepers to guard the factories, but Xinpu Chemical Factory directly kept the previous security guards to patrol and guard the factories.

The employees who stay in the company know the company's affairs in detail, so they can get a lot of valuable information from communicating with the security guards.

The security guard is Xiao Lianjun, 28 years old and a veteran. He has been working here since the Xinpu Chemical Factory was established. It is also his first job in society.

Xiao Lianjun was a loyal and honest person, and was very talkative, so he got along very well with Chu Yunhao. He told Chu Yunhao everything he knew.

Xinpu Chemical Factory is a company that processes pesticides. The company's performance is good, but it is a family business, so the management is very chaotic and accidents of varying sizes often occur.

The boss of Xinpu Chemical Factory is Lv Yongqiang. Lv Yongqiang has a low level of education, only graduated from high school, but he is smart, so he has a thriving business in the building materials market. When he got his first pot of gold, he started to develop in multiple directions, and finally raised funds with a few friends to build Xinpu Chemical Factory.

As Xinpu Chemical Factory continued to grow, its size also expanded, gradually developing from a small company with more than 40 people to a medium-sized enterprise with more than 600 people. Although the company was getting bigger and bigger, it did not recruit outstanding management talents from outside. All the people in various departments and positions of the company were relatives and friends of Lv Yongqiang, so the management was very chaotic.

There were constant minor accidents and problems at the Xinpu Chemical Plant, such as leaks, process and production problems, and there were also injuries to personnel, but they were all minor external injuries and did not attract the attention of the company.

During meetings, Lv Yongqiang always said that it was good enough, so "good enough" became his motto. Later, a leak occurred in the company and a fire broke out, but it was put out by the company's employees. Not long after, an oxidation reactor in the workshop was operated incorrectly, causing the reactor to explode, but fortunately no one was injured.

These two safety accidents have alerted Lv Yongqiang, but Lv Yongqiang pretended to be careful after the accidents. In his opinion, these were accidents, and accidents would not favor Xinpu Chemical Factory. Even though the safety department inspected and proposed safety rectification, Lv Yongqiang was not willing to stop production for rectification due to the huge benefits, so he just made rectifications on the surface to deal with it.

If hidden dangers are not properly rectified, they will eventually lead to major accidents.

A year ago, two employees at Xinpu Chemical Factory were cleaning waste solvent barrels. They smoked in an unused area of ​​the factory, which caused a waste solvent barrel to catch fire, and then ignited the waste solvent barrels and some turnover solvent barrels in the entire factory. This large-scale fire caused 16 fire trucks to be dispatched by the South City to put out the fire. In the end, the fire was put out in time and did not cause fire in the tank area and workshop, so the factory was saved without any danger.

After the fire, Xinpu Chemical Factory stopped production for three months and began rectification according to the requirements of the superior safety department. At this time, Lv Yongqiang was concerned about resuming work and production as soon as possible, so he made all the rectifications required.

After completing the rectification measures, Xinpu Chemical Factory resumed production. At the same time, Lu Yongqiang asked to increase the workload and try to make up for the losses.

In the blind pursuit of production efficiency, safety hazards are neglected.

Three months after the fire at the Xinpu Chemical Plant, a solvent pipeline leaked, so maintenance personnel decided to carry out emergency repairs.

The person who led the repair work this time was Liu Shengquan, the supervisor of the maintenance engineering department. Liu Shengquan was Lv Yongqiang's brother-in-law. Originally, Li Leheng, the foreman of the welding teams, wanted to block the leaking pipe with a blind plate, but Liu Shengquan thought it was an overreaction and that it would be enough to just close the valve and run water through the bypass for cleaning, and then pass nitrogen for protection before continuing the welding work.

Welding team leader Li Leheng and welder Hu Mingxuan were performing welding together. Less than a minute into the welding process, a flash explosion occurred in the solvent storage tank connected by the pipeline, which also triggered the explosion and combustion of two other solvent storage tanks nearby.

In the explosion, welder team leader Li Leheng and welder Hu Mingxuan died on the spot, and Lu Yongqiang and three maintenance personnel working in the surrounding area were all injured.

The explosion at the Xinpu Chemical Plant was a major safety accident in Nanshi. It was reported in Nanshi at the time and safety education was strengthened. Su Yuhan knew about this.

When investigating the explosion at the Xinpu Chemical Plant, the safety department of Nanshi City determined that the accident was a man-made accident. When welding the tank pipeline, no blind plate was added to the pipeline and no detection of the concentration of combustible gas in the pipeline was performed. The construction process began when the solvent in the pipeline was not thoroughly cleaned. Lu Yongqiang, the head of the engineering department, gave illegal instructions, and Li Leheng, the welding team leader, and Hu Mingxuan, the welder, welded with fire in violation of regulations, which caused the welding sparks to ignite the remaining solvent in the pipeline. At the same time, the pipeline valve leaked, and finally the open flame entered the solvent storage tank, causing the solvent storage tank to explode.