Nine "iron gauges" strengthen tunnel construction safety

Recently, the State Administration of Work Safety, the Ministry of Transport, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and the State Railway Administration have promulgated the "Nine Provisions on Tunnel Construction Safety" (the "Regulation"), including the completion of certification work, strengthening of construction procedures and site management. And strict civil explosives management, etc., to further strengthen the tunnel construction safety production, effectively prevent and resolutely curb heavy accidents.

The “Regulations” require that the tunnel construction unit (enterprise) must have complete licenses, and it is strictly forbidden to perform unqualified construction, subcontracting, unlawful subcontracting, and personnel without any education or training. Special construction plans must be prepared in accordance with the standards and design requirements to ensure the implementation of the plan. It is forbidden to change the construction method without authorization. The construction procedures and site management shall be strengthened to ensure that the support (protection) is in place and the support lag and safety step are forbidden. Implementation of advanced hydrological and geological exploration and forecast provisions, monitoring data (probe) exceeds the standard data immediately stop the withdrawal of workers, is strictly prohibited risk-taking construction operations; monitoring and monitoring of toxic and harmful gases, strengthen ventilation management, non-concentration of construction operations is strictly prohibited. Strictly control the number of on-site operations, mechanization operations shall be implemented on the excavation work surface, overcrowding construction operations shall be strictly prohibited, escape routes shall be established in accordance with the regulations, and construction operations shall be strictly prohibited if the safety facilities are not in place. The management of civil explosives must be strictly in accordance with the regulations. It is forbidden to illegally transport, store and use civil explosives on the construction site. According to the regulations, emergency plans and rescue equipment shall be prepared, and it shall be strictly prohibited after the accident that illegal instructions are issued and risk-taking shall be provided.

The "Regulations" pointed out that relevant departments and central enterprises in various regions must strengthen propaganda and implementation, improve system regulations, refine implementation measures, strengthen organizational implementation, strictly supervise and intensify inspections, strengthen the main responsibility of enterprises for safe production, earnestly perform their respective duties, and treat each rule Implementation of related companies, construction sites, operating procedures and post personnel, and effectively achieve "iron regulations, just implemented, full coverage, true implementation, see actual results."