Three people were injured in an explosion at a factory in Nanjing

A two-shot and three-shot blast in a steel casting workshop in Jiangning

Department of gas cylinder unloading caused shock waves

In the early morning of the 4th (Thursday) morning, a strong explosion sounded from the foundry of a cast steel company in the Jiangning Development Zone in Jiangning, Nanjing. A wave of heat knocked all five people who were unloading gas cylinders on the ground.

According to the reporter’s knowledge, Chen, a driver of Nanjing Special Gas Plant, was driving a truck and came to the workshop to transport gas cans such as oxygen and propane. During the unloading process, a bottle of about 15 kg of gas tank exploded, causing two deaths. Three others were injured.

According to reports, of these five people, three were the staff of the special gas plant who came to transport gas tanks, and two were employees of the Steel Casting Co., Ltd.

At present, the local police and safety supervision departments have been involved in the investigation.

Because of the on-site blockade, reporters can only observe the incident site at a distance. Jinling Evening News reporter Dong Hongwei photo

Scene: The glass of the factory building was shattered

The accident site is located at No. 739, Dashi Road, Binjiang Development Zone, Jiangning District, Nanjing. The company named Nanjing Yihe Cast Steel Co., Ltd. opened about a quarter of its doors for rescue.

Many media reporters, including the Jinling Evening News, can only observe one hundred meters away from the scene of the incident, across the factory gate. Although far away, we can still feel the destructive power brought by the blast wave: A white factory building is facing the gate of the factory. Near-door glass is almost completely shattered. Large pieces of debris are scattered at the gate of the plant, and a few dozen meters The cordon closed all the factory gates to the perimeter wall of the factory yard, and police and firefighters appeared on the cordon and outside.

Looking through the gate of the factory building, the reporter saw the silhouette of a truck. However, the lights were dark and the distance was far away, making it difficult to observe the specific conditions in the factory.

However, onlookers told reporters that the explosion occurred in this factory building. The witness Zhang told reporters that the sound of the explosion occurred around 7:50 in the morning when he rode a bike and suddenly heard a loud noise, feeling even a little quivering near the ground. At first, he thought it was a nearby construction vehicle puncture, and later he walked to the nearby foundry and foundry of Casting Steel Co., Ltd., and discovered that the glass on the roof of the workshop not far from the factory door was shocked by the explosion. broken. Since then, police cars and ambulances have rushed to the scene one after another.

According to the fire department, they received an alarm and rushed to the scene to carry out search and rescue work and quickly rescued the injured.

Hospital: Injured person is no longer in danger

Jinling Evening News reporter saw on the scene that the vehicles in the two funeral parlors waited outside the casting workshop. After about one hour from the incident, the staff lifted two male bodies from the foundry.

It is understood that in addition to the death of two men at the scene, another three workers were injured in the accident.

According to reports, five people were responsible for unloading gas tanks at the blast site, three were gas tank workers who came to transport gas tanks, and two were cast steel employees. Somehow, a bottle of 15 kilograms of industrial oxygen cylinder exploded during the transportation. At the instant of the explosion, the survivor ran instinctively but failed to escape the huge air blast that occurred during the gas explosion. All the people on the scene were turned over to the ground by this heat wave. According to the person in charge of the hospital, the injured are currently rescued by the hospital and are no longer in danger.

According to Jiangning District Propaganda Department, after receiving the report, the leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government paid great attention to it. The main leaders of the district party committee and the district government organized relevant departments for the first time, rushed to the scene, and sent the injured to the hospital in time. At the same time, investigation and disposal work was carried out

According to the investigation, at 7:50 on July 4, 2012, the driver of Nanjing Special Gas Plant, Chen, drove a gas cylinder to a truck and delivered it to the foundry of Nanjing Haohe Cast Steel Co., Ltd., and an accident occurred during handling and unloading. Two died and three were injured.

Safety supervision: Oxygen cylinder explosion causes casualties

Jinling Evening News reporter then called the Jiangning District Safety Supervision Bureau to ask the department's investigation of the accident. According to an accident staff member, after receiving the report, they immediately rushed to the scene to investigate. It has been found that the explosion of the cylinder that day was loaded with oxygen. This industrial oxygen can be used for cutting in industrial applications because oxygen can have a combustion-supporting effect. According to preliminary investigations, there are five people working on the site, three are employees of the Nanjing Special Gas Factory, and two are from Nanjing Yihe Steel Company.

The two people who were killed in the accident were employees of Nanjing Special Gas Factory. Their identity and other specific information were still to be investigated. At present, three injured people have been treated by hospitals. The injuries have stabilized and the injuries are not too heavy.

Because there were rumors of accidents caused by illegal operations, Jinling Evening News reporter was asked to verify with the person in charge of the State Administration of Work Safety when he was told that the specific reasons for the incident were to provide information on the situation provided by the wounded and organize an expert field investigation. After the cause of the accident, "Because this involves technical aspects."

The investigators said that according to the regulations, oxygen belongs to dangerous chemicals transportation. Responsibilities of the relevant departments are responsible. The investigation of accidents is led by the safety supervision department. A department of the Safety Supervision Bureau is responsible for investigating the gas plants supplying gas. The Bureau of Quality Supervision investigates gas cylinders, while the Bureau of Transportation examines the transported cars and the personnel of the transporting personnel. . The accident department of the SAWS also has the duty to participate in the investigation of the accident. With the above reasons, the investigation will definitely take time.

On this matter, Jinling Evening News reporter made a phone call on the Nanjing Special Gas Factory website to call for advice. But the people who answered the phone all said that this was the phone in the guard room. They wanted to find the leader. They did not know the phone and could not provide it.

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According to online information, Nanjing Yihe Cast Steel Co., Ltd. is the only high-tech foundry company approved to enter the Nanjing Binjiang Development Zone, and is one of the rated casting bases in Nanjing. With an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons, the company has obtained ISO9001 quality system certification. CCS and other classification society certifications are being processed.

This statement has not been confirmed by Haohe Steel Co., Ltd. for the time being.

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