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1、Health safetyHealth and SafetyEducation and TrainingArticle 87 of Regulations on Factory Health and Safety: Factories shall educate their workers in the correct use of protection articles. Workers performing dangerous work (e.g. electrical and gas workers) should be taught first aid methods.Article

2、55 of the Labor Law of the Peoples Republic of China: Laborers performing special operations shall receive special training and obtain the competency for special operations.Point 5 of Paragraph 2 of Chapter 2 of Practical Affairs of Laws on Labor Safety and Health: “Special operations” mentioned in

3、Article 55 of the Labor to those operations that pose a major danger to the operators themselves, other persons and the surrounding environment, such as: (1) Electrical work; (2) Boiler work; (3) Operation of pressurized containers; (4) Weight-lifting operation; (5) Explosive operation; (6) Metal we

4、lding and gas cutting; (7) Underpit gas inspection in coal mines; (8) Driving of motor vehicles; (9) Driving of motor vessels and turbine operation; (10) Elevated erection work on buildings.Point 3 of Article 14 of the Fire Control Law of the Peoples Republic of China: Governmental departments, soci

5、al organizations, enterprises, institutions, towns and villages shall carry out fire prevention awareness education among their staff members in view of their own features.Article 30 of the Fire Control Law of the Peoples Republic of China: On the basis of actual needs, governmental departments, soc

6、ial organizations, enterprises, institutions, towns and villages may set up voluntary fire brigades made up of staff members or villagers. Exits of Factory BuildingArticle 3.5.1 of Fire Prevention Standard for Building Design (new revision of GBJ 16-87): The number of fire exits of a factory buildin

7、g shall not be less than 2. But, if the following requirements are met, there may be only 1: For a factory building of Category C (see of remarks), the area of each floor is not more than 250m2 and the number of workers working at the same time is not more than 20; for factory buildings of Category

8、D and C (see of remarks), the area of each floor is not more than 400m2 and the number of workers working at the same time is not more than 30;Evacuation Passages, Signs and Emergency LightsArticle 14.6 of the Fire Control Law of the Peoples Republic of China: Governmental departments, social organi

9、zations, enterprises and institutions shall make sure that the evacuation passages and fire exits remain unblocked and set up fire evacuation signs that meet state regulations.Article 3.5.4 of the Fire Prevention Standard for Building Design (new revision of GBJ 16-87): The width of the evacuation s

10、taircase, passage and doors of each floor of a factory building shall be calculated in the following way: no less than 0.6m/100 persons for the 1st and 2nd floors; no less than 0.8m/100 persons for 3rd floor; no less than 1.0m/100 persons for 4th (and above) floor. When the number of workers on diff

11、erent floors are different, the total width of the staircase shall be calculated on a floor basis and the total width of the staircases of lower floors shall be calculated on the basis of the above floor with the largest number of workers. However, the minimum width of staircase shall not be less th

12、an 1.1m. The total width of the external gate of the ground floor shall be calculated on the basis of the largest number of people of the floor or the above floor. But the minimum width of the evacuation doors should preferably be above 0.9m and the evacuation passage above 1.4m.Article 7.4.1 of the

13、 Fire Prevention Standard for Building Design (new revision of GBJ 16-87): The evacuation stairwell and the front room shall not be used as water heating room, fuel storage room, non-closed lift well or for the accommodation of flammable gas pipelines.Article 7.4.2 of the Fire Prevention Standard fo

14、r Building Design (new revision of GBJ 16-87): For buildings that should have smoke-prevention stairwells, their external stairwells may be used as auxiliary smoke-prevention staircase. But the net width should not be less than 90cm and the obliquity should not be more than 45o. The height of the gu

15、ardrails should not be less than 1.1m. For the outdoor evacuation staircases of other buildings, the obliquity may be less than 60o and the net width may be more than 80cm. Both the outdoor evacuation staircases and the exit platforms on each floor should be made of flame retardant materials. The fi

16、re resistance limit of the platform should be at least 1h and that of the staircases at least 0.25h. Except the evacuation door, there should not be other openings on the wall within 2m around the staircase. The evacuation door should not directly face the staircase.Article 7.4.5 of the Fire Prevent

17、ion Standard for Building Design (new revision of GBJ 16-87): The net horizontal space between two sections of an evacuation staircase of a public building should preferably be at least 15cm.Article 7.4.7 of the Fire Prevention Standard for Building Design (new revision of GBJ 16-87): The evacuation

18、 doors of civilian and factory buildings should be open in the direction of evacuation. For a room accommodating no more than 60 people where the average number of people to be evacuated through each door does not exceed 30 (excluding production rooms of Category A and B), the opening direction of t

19、he doors is not limited. Side-pulling doors (excluding warehouses) should not be used for evacuation purpose and the use of rotary door for evacuation purpose is strictly forbidden.Article 10.2.6 of the Fire Prevention Standard for Building Design (new revision of GBJ 16-87): All units shall provide

20、 emergency lights for evacuation passages, exist and stairwells.Article 10.2.9 of the Fire Prevention Standard for Building Design (new revision of GBJ 16-87): Emergency evacuation signs shall be placed on the top of exit door, or at the turning of stairway with height of below 1 meter. The distance

21、 between signs and the exit shall not exceed 20 meters. Emergency light and emergency evacuation signs shall be in the form of protective box made of glass or other non-flammable materials.Article 11 of Factory Safety and Health Rules: Hatchways and walking platforms should have guardrails of no les

22、s than 1m.Management of Fire Control FacilitiesArticle 14.5 of Fire Prevention Law of the Peoples Republic of China: In accordance with relevant state regulations, governmental departments, social organizations, enterprises and institutions shall have fire control facilities and equipment, set up fi

23、re control and safety signs and organize regular inspections and repair to ensure that these facilities and equipment are kept in good and effective conditions.Article 21 of Fire Prevention Law of the Peoples Republic of China: No units or individuals may damage or divert to other purpose, dismantle

24、 or inactivate fire control facilities and equipment without authorization, or bury and occupy fire hydrants, take up fire prevention spaces and block fire control passages.Article 10 of Fire Prevention Law of the Peoples Republic of China: Upon the completion of a construction project containing a

25、fire control design conducted in accordance with requirements of the State Technical Standards on Fire Control for Engineering Construction, the project must go through acceptance check on fire control by relevant public security fire control institutions; project without going through the acceptanc

26、e check or considered unqualified after the acceptance check shall not be put into use. Selection, Quantity and Allocation of Fire Control EquipmentInstallation of Fire ExtinguishersArticle 2.4.3.16 of Manual of Basic Data for Industrial Safety and Health: For production warehouses (see of Remarks)

27、of Category C fire hazard, the number of fire extinguishers is: 1 for every 80m2 of factory building and 1 for every 100m2 of warehouse. Article 4.0.4 of the Design Standard for Emplacement of Fire Extinguishers in Buildings (GBJ4090 Document): The number of fire extinguishers provided for undergrou

28、nd structures shall be more than that for the related ground structures by 30%. Article 4.0.5 of the Design Standard for Emplacement of Fire Extinguishers in Buildings (GBJ4090 Document): For places equipped with fire hydrants and fire control systems, the number of fire extinguishers may be cut in

29、the following way: (1) By 30% for places equipped with fire hydrants; (2) by 50% for places equipped with fire control systems; (3) by 70% for places equipped with both fire hydrants and fire control systems.Article 4.06 of the Design Standard for Emplacement of Fire Extinguishers in Buildings (GBJ4

30、090 Document): For places where inflammable materials are stockpiled in open air, liquid of Categories A, B and C is stored and tanks of inflammable gas are kept, the number of fire extinguishers may be cut by 70%.Article 4.07 of the Design Standard for Emplacement of Fire Extinguishers in Buildings

31、 (GBJ4090 Document): The number of fire extinguishers for one place should not be less than 2 and should not exceed 5 for each emplacement point.Article 5.1.3 of the Design Standard for Emplacement of Fire Extinguishers in Buildings (GBJ4090 Document): It is advisable to put portable fire extinguish

32、ers on hooks, brackets or cases with the top not more than 1.5m and the bottom not less than 0.15m above the ground. Article 3.0.2 of the Fire Prevention Standard for Building Design (new revision of GBJ 16-87): The type of fire extinguishers selected shall meet the following stipulations (see of Re

33、marks for fires of A, B, C and D types): (1) To put out fires of type A, water, foam, phosphoric acid ammonium salt powder and alkyl halide fire extinguishers should be selected; (2) To put out fires of type B, powder, foam, alkyl halide and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers should be selected. Chemical foam fir