The picture shows sanitation workers cleaning the green belt.
Photo by Lu Jun
China News Service, Chifeng, February 22nd: Question: Approaching sanitation workers to record the type of work that bends an average of 2,000 times a day
Author Aolan Li Mengzhu
At 4:30 in the morning, Li Wenling came to work early as usual and organized the team members to clean the road.
It is the Spring Festival, and there is more domestic waste than before.
As the squadron leader, she needs to appropriately adjust personnel allocation, increase the intensity of garbage removal in the community, and increase the frequency of removal.
She wakes up at 4 a.m., can swing a broom more than 40 times a minute at work, bends down about 2,000 times a day, and takes more than 10,000 steps per day... This is Li Wenling's daily life in the 17 years she has been working in sanitation.
The picture shows Li Wenling at work.
Photo by Lu Jun
Li Wenling is born in the 1970s. She was a farmer before and occasionally went to construction sites to do odd jobs during her spare time.
In 2007, she joined Chifeng Jinghuan Environmental Services Co., Ltd. in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and became a full-time sanitation worker.
Today, she is the squadron leader of the 7th Squadron of the Manual Work Team. She leads 6 teams with a total of more than 70 sanitation workers every day and is responsible for the sanitation work of 5 main roads in the city in Hongshan District.
There are more than a thousand businesses here, with a large flow of people and heavy cleaning tasks.
The characteristics of sanitation work are hard, dirty and tiring.
If there is one word to describe Li Wenling's daily work status, it would be "busy".
"Pi Xing gets up early and Dai Yue comes home late." Li Wenling told reporters that every morning before dawn, everyone is already cleaning the streets and alleys; we don't get off work until the street lights turn on at night.
"On holidays, we have to work as usual at our locations."
The daily morning scan starts at 4:30 and usually lasts until 6:00.
After finishing, Li Wenling and her friends went back and forth in the street area to check up, promptly pick up garbage on the road, clean the stains on the outside of the fruit bins, and clean up the small advertisements along the street... This kind of "street sweeping" usually lasts until after get off work.
In addition to "artifacts" for cleaning operations such as shovels, brooms, and dustpans, hats, masks, gloves, and water bottles are also necessities for sanitation workers.
"Each has its own use." Li Wenling told reporters that hats can keep warm in winter and protect from sun in summer.
"We often come into contact with garbage and sewage, so gloves are also essential."
Due to the continuous low temperature these days, the oil pollution cleaning truck was unable to operate normally. Li Wenling quickly coordinated with her team members to manually clean the oil pollution blocking the sewer wells to avoid sewer blockage and sewage overflow.
"There are also 'seasonally limited' cleaning tasks in every season." Li Wenling told reporters, poplar catkins in spring, water on roads in summer, fallen leaves in autumn, and snow in winter.
"At times like this, the workload is relatively heavy."
In the 17 years since she has been engaged in sanitation work, Li Wenling has witnessed with her own eyes the improvement of the urban environment and the rapid changes in the sanitation industry.
"Now there are fewer and fewer people throwing away garbage, and more and more people are taking the initiative to maintain environmental sanitation." Li Wenling told reporters that the careful care of the whole society is not only a respect for the fruits of the labor of sanitation workers, but also a sign of urban civilization. progress.
The picture shows Li Wenling at work.
Photo by Lu Jun
During the interview, the reporter learned that 12 love stations have been established in Hongshan District, distributed in various streets, to facilitate sanitation workers to rest.
Although the area of the post station is not large, it is fully equipped with facilities and equipment. It not only has basic facilities such as electric heaters, electric fans, microwave ovens, tables and chairs, and electric kettles, but is also equipped with newspapers, books, wardrobes and other heart-warming items.
In 2019, Chifeng sanitation ushered in the era of mechanized operations.
"The most obvious change is in winter. It used to be the most tiring when it snowed. When the snow was deepest, it would be tens of centimeters. After the snow, the road would be covered with thick ice. People could only use shovels and homemade snow shovels. Waiting for tools to smash and knock. After mechanized operations, snow plows are clearing snow on main streets, and sanitation workers are clearing snow on sidewalks and sidewalks. Human-machine linkage has greatly improved the efficiency of snow clearing." Li Wenling was deeply moved by this.
"Mechanization only reduces the burden on workers, but it cannot replace manpower." Li Wenling gave an example. The sweepers equipped can only operate on open and flat roads, such as back streets, alleys, and curbs, which must be manually cleaned.
In 2020, Li Wenling was named a national model worker for her 17 years of hard work on the front line of environmental sanitation; in 2023, she was elected as a representative of the National People's Congress.
"Ordinary positions can also produce extraordinary results. I love the city I live in and every street I am responsible for. The more rainy and snowy the day, the earlier I have to come out. The earlier the leaf-falling season, the earlier I have to arrive at work. By doing this, I just want to add glory to our city through hard work," Li Wenling said.
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