Shandong Gaotang Chemical Factory** 2 times in 5 years

At about 6:40 in the morning on January 14th, a chemical plant exploded in Gaotang County, Liaocheng City. The factory was blown up and there was a quake about a few kilometers around. The reporter learned that at least 40 people were injured in the explosion, mostly residents near the factory. Fortunately, most of the injuries were not serious. This is the second time the plant has experienced a similar accident. The reporter Wang Xiaofeng took photos of his grandson from the brickyard and thought that he was not able to live. Zhou Qingxing, 59, lived in a residential area on the north side of the factory. At the moment of the incident, he was at the door and saw the explosion happening before his eyes. "Standing under the foot, I fell." Zhou Qingxing murmured. "My house was cracking and it collapsed."

Zhou Qingxing got up from the ground and rushed into the house. The living room was full of bricks. He squeezed into the west bedroom to find grandsons. He saw the roof of the sky, the collapsed wall, and the bed under the wall was pressed by the bricks. - The grandson is in bed. “I took the bricks by hand and saw the grandson who had slept in bed.” Zhou Qingxing thought he was not good enough. He took him out and put it on the ground. Then he went to another bedroom and pulled out his old friend from the brick. Fortunately, the grandson and his wife were only injured and had been sent to the police.

After being decapitated, he was forced to climb outside the Inpatient Department of Gaotang County People's Government. The reporter learned roughly that about 30 injured people were treated in the hospital. In the orthopaedic ward, the reporter saw an injured woman worker from the Okte chemical factory. At the time she was in the factory building, she heard a bang and then the building collapsed. I haven't responded to myself. One Board collapsed and fell on my head. After being left behind, my brain is blank. At that time, I didn't feel any pain, and I tried to climb out. Later, they were sent to the hospital for treatment.

Before I had experienced this time, I knew that the most affected one was the house in the front row that was closest to the factory. One resident was standing in front of the house. "I don't live here, I live here, and he was a night shift last night. On the way home, I heard an explosion. When I returned home, the house was almost gone.” “Seven people in my family live together and can suffer.” Another female resident said, “My husband just went to work. How far we went was stumbled by a door, and before this kind of thing happened, the factory exploded. It was like the night of New Year’s Eve in early 2008. But this time it was even more powerful, and we saw a red light and a giant Ringing, followed by the window and the door swayed.” A resident told reporters that he was sleeping in bed at the time. “There was such a thing before. I knew that the glass flew out and it was just covered with a quilt. ,do not care."

Liaocheng News reported yesterday morning, Gaotang County, a chemical plant choline chloride agent workshop exploded. According to official briefing, no personnel died in the accident and no harmful substances were leaked, but the cause of the accident has not yet been ascertained. The reporter learned from the interview that this is the second time the plant has experienced a similar accident. In addition, due to the close proximity of the plant to the family area of ​​one of the other units, the impact of the explosion caused no small impact on the family area.

The reporter learned that the explosion occurred at the Okhot Chemical Plant in Gaotang County. The person in charge of the plant told the reporter that the plant mainly produces feed additives. According to an official briefing, the time of the explosion was 6:45 am on the 14th, and the site was a choline chloride solution plant. The reporter saw on the scene that the large area of ​​the plant was a mess and the situation on the north side of the plant was relatively serious. In addition, on the north side of the plant site, there are families of other units in the distance of tens of meters away from the factory area, and almost all bungalows. According to the person in charge of the factory, there are about 70 households in the family area, and half of them are inhabited. The reporter saw that the residential area was strongly impacted by explosions. Some walls of the house collapsed, some windows and doors flew out, and glass shattered. In addition, other factories around the plant were also affected by the explosion.

A netizen posted a message saying that the outsourcing glass of the Huayin Shopping Mall, about 1.5 kilometers away from the chemical plant, was shattered. The county town 3 kilometers away from the explosion site was obviously shocked and loud.

Relevant person in charge of the factory said that at the time of the incident, there were not many workers in the factory, and only 5 people were slightly injured in the factory. At the same time, the reporter found from Gaotang County People’s Government and Gaotang County’s interview that at least 40 people were injured in the explosion. Most of them were residents of the plant and most of the injuries were not serious.

In addition, some residents indicated that the factory was not the first time that a similar accident occurred. The reporter then confirmed it from the factory. The local propaganda department issued a notification statement saying that “the County Safety Supervision Bureau, the Public Security Bureau and other relevant units quickly arrived at the scene and immediately started the emergency rescue plan for chemical accidents, and carried out active and effective cleaning. At present, the site has been effectively controlled and no personnel have been killed. , No harmful substances were leaked, and the cause of the accident is under further investigation."

In two five-year safety accidents, the factory insisted that there was no problem with safety. The chemical plant had already experienced two accidents, which caused the surrounding residents to fear every day. “This kind of factory cannot be so close to the residential area, either we move away or they move away. “In terms of factories, although there have been two accidents, their procedures are complete and there are no problems with safety.

A deflagration, the distance between an explosion factory and residential areas, made residents very dissatisfied - the nearest row of residential buildings was only 30 to 40 meters away from the factory.

The head of the union’s union also admitted that an accident had occurred in early 2008. “The cause of the accident was different. The last time it was a detonation, this time it was an explosion, and after the accident was found, the technology was improved.”

As for the safety concerns of the nearby residents, the person in charge said that “the county has already planned well. Okter has chosen a new site in the development zone and plans to remove some of the safety-related projects after the year.”

The factory said there was no problem with the safety. The responsible person also emphasized that the time for the factory to work is 7:30 in the morning, and there are twenty or thirty people on duty before. The area of ​​the incident is very few because of automation.

Referring to the issue of production safety, the person in charge said that the indicators of the chemical plant have reached the standards of the relevant departments, and there is also widespread knowledge of safety knowledge for the employees in the factory. “This explosion, because the factory uses a foam composite board, the relative safety factor It is relatively high. The impact of the shock wave on the outside is relatively large.” “It is unclear as to how many people in nearby residential areas and the opposite Tranlin Paper Mill have been injured.” The person in charge told the reporter that the local propaganda department only said that Without statistics, “we will wait until the statistics of the property and injuries are aggregated, and we will compensate according to the compensation standards in the county.”