China News Service, April 22. According to the website of the Supreme People's Procuratorate on the 22nd, in the first quarter of 2022, a total of 4,329 public interest litigation cases in the field of safety production were handled.
Judging from the case handling, the current safety production problems around the masses are mainly concentrated in four areas.
First, in the field of hazardous chemicals, especially gas safety hazards are still prominent.
The procuratorial organs have carried out special supervision activities for gas safety public interest litigation for two consecutive years.
In the first quarter of 2022, a total of 897 gas safety public interest litigation cases were handled.
The investigation found that the hidden dangers of gas safety in "large gas users" such as old residential areas, rural areas, and midnight snack stalls are still prominent, and there are gas alarms not installed in place, unauthorized changes to gas lines, and gas pipelines and power equipment in the construction of "coal-to-gas" facilities. Insufficient safety distance, etc.
The procuratorial organs carried out the special activity of "Public Interest Litigation to Safeguard Peace, Peace and Harmony during the Spring Festival", conducted centralized screening of hidden dangers in various links such as gas supply, transportation, distribution, and use, and held pre-litigation consultations and hearings for administrative public interest litigation, and issued procuratorial suggestions, etc. ways to promote stronger governance and eliminate hidden dangers.
Procuratorial organs in many places have also launched public interest lawsuits against various safety issues such as "scan code payment" at gas stations, illegal conversion of trucks into "mobile fuel trucks", and burning waste oil for heating, and promptly urged relevant departments to eliminate potential safety hazards.
Second, the safety production in the field of construction still needs to be strengthened.
Through the analysis of safety production accidents in this field in recent years, it is found that almost all accidents have signs of occurrence before they occur, enterprises already have potential safety risks, and many illegal and illegal production behaviors have occurred, but they have not been paid attention to and rectified in time, and eventually major incidents have occurred. Safety production accident.
In response to this problem, the procuratorial organs have used public interest litigation to promote early efforts to catch small signs and prevent small hidden dangers from turning into major accidents.
For example, a local procuratorate found in the investigation and verification of public interest litigation clues that there were loopholes in the daily safety supervision and inspection of a certain project, and the safety awareness was not strong, resulting in irregular production operations of workers and injuries caused by falling objects. The project site production status, safety management system, etc. put forward rectification suggestions, and at the same time urge the administrative organs to move forward, and increase the investigation and rectification of hidden safety hazards in the construction field.
Third, it is difficult to supervise work safety in the field of transportation.
The transportation field is a high-incidence area of production safety accidents. Due to its wide range, it is difficult to carry out all-round supervision and long-term supervision.
During the handling of the case, the procuratorial organ found that there are various levels of potential safety hazards in the fields of highway, waterway, and railway transportation.
For example, the road speed bumps are worn and missing, the steel nails are exposed to form a "nail array" on the road, and the necessary traffic signs are not set up at the intersection, which affects the driving safety; the exposed wires in the fishing port area are placed at the entrance and exit of the fishing road, and the electrical equipment is damaged and aged not in time. Maintenance, docked fishing boats and privately pulling power lines, and irregular use of electricity and fire will affect the safety of fishing ports; random construction, farming and cultivation along the railway, accumulation of floating objects and garbage, and stocking of livestock, etc., affect the safety of railway operation.
In response to the above problems, the procuratorial organs in many places have carried out special supervision on production safety in the fields of waterways, highways and railways. , improve the efficiency of dealing with hidden safety hazards, strengthen the supervision of daily inspections, and effectively achieve all-round supervision and long-term supervision.
Some procuratorial organs are also exploring the establishment of a mechanism for rewarding complaints and reports to further expand the sources of supervision clues.
Fourth, the daily safety management and maintenance of common special equipment such as elevators needs to be strengthened.
The types of special equipment are complex and diverse, and the procuratorial organs focus on finding clues and supervising the safety production of elevators and large entertainment facilities that are closely related to the daily life of the masses.
For example, a local procuratorate has conducted in-depth investigation and verification on the use, maintenance, supervision and other aspects of elevators. For the elevators of high-rise buildings in urban areas, there is no response to emergency calls, delayed responses, and no special equipment inspection signs, safety precautions, and inspection signs are posted. For potential safety problems such as overdue, procuratorial suggestions are issued to relevant administrative agencies to urge timely and effective supervision, and to continuously follow up on the implementation of rectification.
During the handling of the case, the procuratorial organs also found that there were potential safety hazards in some local children's amusement parks and marine entertainment venues.
For example, the fire resistance rating of recreational facilities is not up to standard, the operating environment is not standardized, the safety management of recreational projects such as surfing, sea fishing, and diving is lacking, and the relevant practitioners lack qualifications.
Relevant procuratorial organs are searching for clues and actively handling them to promote the elimination of dead spots in safety production around the people.
In the next step, the procuratorial organs will take the opportunity to implement the No. 8 procuratorial suggestion of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, continue to pay close attention to the safety production issues around the masses, and promote the deepening of public interest litigation in the field of safety production.
The first is to increase the intensity of case handling.
Focusing on the issue of safety production that is strongly reflected by the masses and harming national interests and social and public interests, proactively perform duties, and carry out special supervision activities according to the situation to promote timely elimination of hidden dangers.
Timely summarize and analyze safety production problems in high-risk industries, key industries, emerging industries, and other industries or fields with concentrated hidden dangers and frequent accidents, and put forward targeted countermeasures and suggestions to relevant departments to promote prior governance, source governance, and systematic governance.
The second is to deepen internal and external cooperation.
Establish an internal and external cooperation mechanism for coordination, rapid response, and efficient disposal, strengthen the cooperation between the criminal prosecution department and the public interest litigation prosecutorial department, improve information sharing, clue transfer and other mechanisms, and enhance the joint force of public welfare protection.
In-depth practice of the concept of win-win, multi-win and win-win, strengthen cooperation with departments responsible for safety production supervision and management, strengthen communication and coordination with courts, and further build consensus and perform duties collaboratively.
Explore the establishment of a third-party professional support mechanism, and do a good job in relevant assessment, demonstration, inspection, and testing during case handling.
The third is to improve the quality and efficiency of case handling.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate will directly file and handle public interest litigation cases involving major safety hazards when necessary, or handle them by means of assignment, referral, supervision, etc., to give full play to the advantages of the integration of the procuratorate, and form a case-handling pattern with unified command, unified deployment, and efficient operation. .
Strengthen case guidance and similar case research, improve case handling capabilities, and escort economic and social development with the good results of work safety public interest litigation.