Yan'an Oil Refinery Explosion Accident Is In Violation of Operation

The “4.26” explosion accident at the Yan'an refinery was investigated and found to be a production safety responsibility accident. More than 20 people from Yanchang Petroleum Group's refinery company and Yan'an refinery were disciplined, including major party and government leaders, leaders in charge, and illegal operators. On May 30, the provincial safety committee held a warning education meeting on the “4.26” explosion accident at the Yan’an refinery.

This is a production safety responsibility accident

At the warning education meeting, the head of the investigation team of the “4.26” explosion accident at Yan’an City Government’s Yan’an refinery informed the accident investigation and handling. The provincial safety committee found that the “4.26” explosion accident at the Yan’an refinery was a production safety responsibility accident. The direct cause of the accident was: The illegal operation of the company's employees resulted in the sudden breakthrough of pentane oil and the rapid spread of the pentane oil. An explosion occurred when an explosive mixture of gases broke out around the electrical equipment. At the same time, there are problems such as violations of corporate command and management, illegal operations, changes in process control, lack of control measures, and failure to carry out transfer risk analysis in accordance with regulations.

In charge of production, technical deputy director and chief engineer is exempted

In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, the Yanchang Petroleum Group Petrochemical Corporation, the leading Party and government leaders of Yan'an Refinery, and the leaders of the Yanan Refinery have given administrative records, administrative warnings, warnings within the party, warning instructions, etc. Disposition.

At the same time, the deputy director and chief engineer in charge of production and technology at the Yanan refinery were dismissed from office; 12 production, safety, and technical department leaders who had illegally directed and violated the accident were instructed; the oil product reconciliation workshop director and field operators Give dismissal, administrative records, administrative warnings, serious warnings within the party, etc., respectively, and in accordance with relevant regulations, impose financial penalties on the person responsible for the accident.

Yanchang Petroleum 6 moves to reform

In response to the problems exposed by this accident, Yanchang Petroleum Group put forward six rectification measures for safety production work.

The main person in charge of the Yanchang Petroleum Group's refining and chemical company stated that in the near future, the accident will be notified within the scope of the extended group and a major safety inspection will be organized; the special funds will be implemented to eliminate all kinds of hidden accidents in a timely manner; and the field operations and construction sites will be strengthened. Dangerous links, such as job approvals, are prone to accidents, and strengthen the supervision of safety production; strengthen safety production education and training, enhance safety awareness of all employees, improve safety production skills and standards; comprehensively combing safety education and training, post operation procedures, risk identification and control, and other safety foundations. Weak links in the work, plug security holes; strengthen emergency rescue capabilities, improve the emergency plan, and ensure that the emergency organization, rescue teams, equipment, materials, etc. are in place.

Chemical Safety Inspection of the Province this month

At the warning education meeting, Zhao Zhengcai, deputy director of the Provincial Safety Committee, director of the Provincial Safety Committee, and director of the Provincial Safety Supervision Bureau, said that the “4.26” explosion accident at the Yanan refinery was classified as an accident, although it was only a general accident, but The accidents caused by illegal operations and illegal operations by refining companies are very serious and cause certain social impacts. After the accident, leaders of the State Council, the provincial party committee and the provincial government paid great attention to the disposal of the accident.

Zhao Zhengcai said that the main lesson of this accident was that the company did not correct the relationship between safety and production, pursued production efficiency, and neglected production safety. Second, the lack of strict operation and safety management techniques and inadequate enforcement of safety regulations. Third, the responsibility system for production safety. The implementation is not in place, the definition of powers and responsibilities is not clear enough, and the position, authority, and responsibilities are not matched. Fourth, the training and education of all employees are not well-targeted, and the training content, methods and methods are simple, and knowledge of post-safety risk is missing; Fifth, the hidden trouble management mechanism of the enterprise Incomplete, incomplete implementation, infringement of technical operating procedures, illegal command, and irregular operations have not been rectified in a timely manner. Sixthly, after the occurrence of a dangerous situation, the emergency management of the accident has lags in reason determination, unclear base, long command, poor response time, The role of professional and technical personnel is not enough.

It is reported that, in response to the problems exposed by the accident, the province launched a safety inspection of chemical companies in June. The inspection will mainly adopt the method of dark investigation and unannounced visits, and will formulate rectification plans for each hidden problem and problem identified, so as to ensure that the responsibilities, measures, funds, time limits and preplans are “five implementation”. At the same time, strengthen the duty value on duty during the flood season and emergency management, key areas, key areas, key enterprises and key positions should establish a strict 24-hour on-duty shift system, adhere to the leading cadres to take the job with classes, and find important dangers to be dealt with in a timely manner.

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At 1 a.m. on April 26 this year, a flash explosion accident occurred in the oil storage tank area of ​​the Yanan Refinery in Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., Ltd., causing burns to 3 people, damage to a number of storage tanks, and plant and equipment in the tank farm.

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