How many helmets are "in service" during the extended period?

For hard hats, people generally pay attention to whether or not workers wear them, and few people care about their age. The reporter learned from the quality supervision department that, according to the standards, the use of plastic safety helmets shall have a maximum service life of three years and the use of glass steel safety helmets shall be two and a half years. After the expiry of the use of the unit must go to the relevant departments to carry out spot checks, can only continue to use qualified, otherwise the batch of helmets will be scrapped.

The year is near, it is the end of each construction project and the time when construction workers have finished the last post. In the past few days, the reporter visited a number of construction sites in Chengdu and found that many construction workers' helmets on the top of the head were either unable to find a production date or had expired. In the event of danger, can these expired “safety helmets” protect the safety of construction workers?

Site:

Many workers do not know that helmets have a shelf life

At the end of January, the reporter visited several sites in the urban area of ​​Chengdu. None of the 11 staff members and construction workers surveyed knew the shelf life of helmets.

On a construction site on Jackie Chan Road, when the workers took a rest, the reporter came up to chat with them. According to Master Li from Lezhi, he and fellow homeowners' helmets are contractor hair. When a reporter asked whether the helmet had a shelf life, Master Li said, "As long as wearing a head on the head will not be fined, and no one has to check if the helmet is expired, generally we use rotten and then change. ."

According to national standards, each helmet should have the following permanent signs: manufacturer's name, trademark, model, production date, production certificate, production license number, and qualified helmets. Terms of use and so on. While constructing a construction site outside the fragrant street, the reporter carefully looked at the yellow or red helmet worn by the steelworker Pharaoh and his coworkers and found that the permanent signs on their helmets were largely incomplete. What's more, the production date marked on a plastic helmet is actually 2006!

In response, a person in charge of the construction site said that because there are several construction teams on the construction site, their managers have limited manpower, and the issue of whether or not the helmets used by the workers expired cannot be covered.

market:

Most poor quality helmets do not have marked production date

The investigation of the use of helmets on the construction site is not optimistic. So how do the helmets sold on the market do this? In response, the reporter visited two large electromechanical markets in the Tibetan hotel area and the Jinfu Road, where sales of safety protection products are concentrated in Chengdu. It was found that the sales price of helmets ranged from a few yuan to several tens of yuan, and the materials were different. Great. However, helmets less than 30 yuan are not marked with production deadlines.

In Jinfu Road, a labor insurance product sales shop, the reporter found that the helmet with the lowest quotation was 6.5 yuan, and the market price was mainly between 18 yuan and 28 yuan. "You see it and you buy 200 or more, you want to hit it." The date of the sign can be marked.” The shopkeeper gave this answer to the reporter’s question whether there was a production date on the helmet.

Chen Wenyi, sales manager of Chengdu Fulidian Electromechanical Co., Ltd. told reporters. "The hard hats produced by regular manufacturers are priced at at least 30 yuan and weighing no less than 310 grams."

expert:

Many safety protection products have a shelf life

"The use of hard hats for extended periods of time will result in brittle cracks in the shell material, impact resistance, puncture resistance, lateral stiffness, electrical insulation, and flame retardancy, all of which will reduce the protective effect of workers. A person from the Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision told reporters that the phenomenon of excessive use of safety helmets on the job site is common. Some companies have used helmets for nearly 10 years and are still using them indefinitely. Companies are unaware of this. Do not ask, but every year due to the aging failure of safety helmets, large and small safety accidents occur from time to time. “This problem must be avoided very simply. As far as I know, the electric power and petroleum departments have done a very good job. Their safety supervision departments have established archival materials for the use of safety helmets. Once the expired helmet is immediately scrapped and destroyed, it will never be used indefinitely."

In addition, the person also reminded the laborer to use labor protection articles and should also pay attention to the use of various types of products and the terms of their rejection. For example, the lifespan of the seatbelt is 1 to 2 years; the use period of the polyurethane safety shoes is 1 year; the use of the rubber bottom safety shoes in non-malignive environment is 2 years; and the compact mesh safety net is a one-time use. product.

Reporter Jin Taiwen/Figure