21. Mai 2018
Read on, if you are a company in China engaging in manufacturing and/or warehousing of dangerous chemicals.
The PRC Ministry of Emergency Management ("MoEM"), formerly known as the State Administration of Work Safety, issued a trial guidance on May 10, 2018 on Grading Dangerous Chemical Manufacturing and Warehousing Companies Based on Diagnosis and Assessment of Safety Risks ("Guidance"). It enhances governmental supervision on dangerous chemical ("DC") manufacturing and warehousing companies (“DC Companies”) with the aim to efficiently prevent significant work safety accidents.
By the end of September 2018, the local departments of the MoEM shall have assessed and graded all DC Companies within their jurisdictions according to their safety risks in the following way, for record of the MoEM:
Points |
Color indicators |
>=90 |
Blue (lowest risk level) |
75 – 89 |
Yellow |
60 – 74 |
Orange |
<> |
Red (highest risk level) |
The more the points, the lower the safety risk of a DC Company is assessed. The Guidance lists a number of criteria. If fulfilled, this leads to point deductions. For instance:
There are particular cases in the Guidance which directly lead to a "Red" grading, e.g:
The MoEM local departments will particularly strengthen the supervision of "Red" and "Orange" DC Companies and increase the frequency of daily inspections. Any discovered latent dangers of accidents in such companies are to be strictly punished.
DC Companies are recommended to carry out a self-check according to the Guidance, to assess its possible grade of safety risk, and as far as possible to take mitigation measures at the earliest convenience.