Exploration of Problems and Solutions in Chemical Industry Safety Production

Chemical production differs significantly from production in other industries. It features a complex production process, extremely strict requirements for production condition control, numerous production procedures and links, and a series of chemical reactions during the production process. If effective control measures are not taken, serious safety accidents may occur. At present, chemical production is mainly carried out through automated equipment. Once the equipment malfunctions, it will pose serious safety hazards. Safe production is an important part of the daily management of chemical enterprises and a crucial factor for maintaining their sustainable and stable development. Therefore, relevant enterprises need to attach greater importance to it and adopt reasonable control measures to ensure the safety of chemical production.

I. Problems in Chemical Industry Safety Production

(1) Backward technology of existing production equipment

Chemical production generally needs to be carried out under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions. The materials used in the production process are flammable, explosive, and highly corrosive. Therefore, production equipment is required to have good corrosion resistance and sealing performance. At present, in order to improve their economic efficiency, some chemical enterprises only focus on the price of equipment when purchasing, ignoring the inspection of equipment performance and safety. The automation level of the equipment is relatively low, and problems such as material leakage are likely to occur during actual production. Some equipment cannot withstand the temperature and pressure during production operation, ultimately leading to safety accidents.

(2) Insufficient professional capabilities of operators

The illegal operation of relevant equipment by operators is an important cause of safety accidents in chemical production. Currently, many operators in chemical enterprises lack professional capabilities and operational experience. Enterprises do not provide them with systematic education and training, resulting in non-compliance with operating procedures during the actual operation of various equipment. Various data parameters during production are not recorded in a timely manner, significantly increasing potential safety hazards during production. At the same time, many operators are not careful enough, with weak safety awareness, and problems such as illegal operation and fatigue operation occur frequently. Therefore, enterprises need to strengthen personnel management, education, and training.

(3) Inadequate implementation of safety management system

Chemical production is highly dangerous. To standardize chemical production, relevant national departments have formulated strict regulations such as the Safety Management Regulations for Chemical Production to reduce the incidence of various accidents. Many chemical enterprises seriously lack attention to the implementation of the system, with weak overall safety awareness. Many managers, considering the economic interests of the enterprise, ignore production safety, and relevant safety management work becomes a mere formality, seriously affecting the safe, sustainable, and healthy development of the enterprise.

II. Solutions to the Problems in Chemical Production

(1) Strengthen supervision and management of production equipment

To reduce the incidence of safety accidents in chemical production, enterprises need to strengthen the supervision and inspection of various production equipment, formulate detailed inspection systems to ensure that various problems during equipment operation can be detected in a timely manner and solved with scientific measures. Through regular and irregular inspections, keep all types of equipment in chemical enterprises in a normal operating state. At the same time, aging and obsolete equipment within the enterprise need to be regularly updated and maintained. Reasonable maintenance strategies should be formulated according to the characteristics of different equipment to reduce equipment failure rates. In the new era, chemical enterprises need to keep up with the times, continuously improve production processes, actively introduce various automated production equipment, reduce energy consumption during production, improve the intrinsic safety level of equipment, use information technology and digital technology to manage chemical production, update their management concepts, and comprehensively improve the production level of the enterprise.

(2) Formulate a complete safety management system

To improve the safety of chemical production, government departments need to strengthen supervision and management of chemical enterprises in each region. Enterprises also need to formulate a complete safety management system based on their actual situation and strengthen safety inspections and supervision during the chemical production process. Regarding safety accidents in chemical production that occur in other enterprises, enterprises need to analyze the specific causes, formulate preventive measures based on their own actual situation, and reduce the incidence of accidents. At the same time, enterprises need to provide systematic education and training for operators in chemical production and strictly assess their operating capabilities, with a focus on cultivating safety awareness. Clearly define the responsibilities of each department and personnel. Once safety problems and illegal operations occur, relevant responsible personnel need to be strictly dealt with. Through a complete system of management, improve production safety.

(3) Strengthen prevention of safety accidents

The safety production management work of chemical enterprises should focus on the prevention of safety accidents. Based on their actual situation, establish a complete set of accident prevention measures to avoid various safety accidents from the source. To achieve the basic goal of safe production, enterprises need to increase investment, actively introduce advanced chemical production equipment, and take classified treatment measures for various hazardous chemicals used in the production process. At the same time, strengthen the supervision and management of the production site to ensure that technicians operate in a standardized manner and avoid safety accidents caused by human factors. Obsolete chemical production equipment needs to be removed in a timely manner. Formulate a detailed removal plan and pay attention to equipment protection measures during the removal process to avoid various safety accident problems during the removal. In addition, to effectively handle various safety accidents, enterprises need to establish a high-quality emergency rescue system. Timely warnings should be issued for equipment and production links with potential safety hazards to facilitate timely handling by the enterprise. Once various safety accidents occur, chemical enterprises need to handle the accidents properly in a short time to avoid the expansion of the accident's impact scope, reduce the economic losses of the enterprise, and avoid adverse effects on the surrounding people.

III. Conclusion

The chemical industry is a high-risk industry, and various safety accidents are likely to occur. Therefore, chemical enterprises need to strengthen supervision and management of the production process, formulate a complete chemical safety production system, repair and update various chemical equipment in a timely manner, strengthen the education and training of technicians, and minimize the incidence of safety accidents to promote the sustainable and healthy development of the enterprise.