On April 18, 2007, a tragedy occurred in Qinghe Special Steel Co., Ltd., Tieling City, Liaoning Province, when 32 workers were having a routine meeting before the start of construction. The lifting equipment for loading ladle was broken, which caused the wire rope to trip, and the molten iron with a temperature of 1600 degrees poured out instantly and all of it was poured into the small conference room. The 32 workers in the conference room were instantly reduced to ashes. In addition to the 32 workers who died, six workers were burned to varying degrees and suffered heavy losses.
Afterwards, the State Council set up an investigation team to confirm the cause of the accident. The lifting equipment does not meet the national safety regulations. In order to save costs, steel mills use ordinary cranes instead of special casting cranes for metallurgical industry. There are some major defects in the daily maintenance of steel plant equipment, such as vague awareness of safety inspection, chaotic production site, messy materials and equipment, and unqualified evacuation route for employees.
In addition, the location of the pre-shift meeting is seriously illegal. The narrow conference room used to be the utility room in the factory, which was under the vacuum furnace for a long time, and there was a huge safety hazard. Once the spoon is dropped, the conference room is finished.
After the workers compensated for pouring the ladle, the scene was very tragic, and 32 workers were killed in a short time. Finally, even the remains have been completely fused with molten iron, forming a 70-square-meter discus. In addition, there are only a few red lumps left, and the identity of the victims can only be confirmed by DNA comparison.
After the disaster, how the relevant departments deal with it affects the hearts of people from all walks of life, so this disaster is not an accident, but an out-and-out man-made disaster. The relevant departments have investigated the criminal responsibility of the responsible person, and the chairman of the steel mill and the assistant to the head of Qinghe District have been directly held accountable.
Compared with who should be held accountable, the broad masses of the people are more concerned about the compensation of the victims' families. After the accident, caring people from all walks of life enthusiastically donated money, hoping to give their families some comfort with their own strength, and the compensation was successfully distributed to the families of the victims.
The steel mill should be mainly responsible for the accident and compensate the relatives of each victim for 2 1 000. After receiving donations from all walks of life, Tieling City Federation of Trade Unions distributed 6,543,800 yuan+0.2 million yuan to each family member of the victims. The death accident in 2007 can get 330 thousand yuan compensation, which is already very high compensation.
But for the families of the victims, the death of their loved ones is the biggest tragedy in the world, and no amount of money can make up for their inner pain. As long as the prevention is strengthened, this disaster can be completely avoided. I just hope that people will take a warning and avoid similar incidents from happening again.