The Ministry of Transport issued the Criteria for Determining Major Hazards during Goods Port Operations of Dangerous Goods

Recently, the Ministry of Transport issued the Criteria for Determining Major Hazards during Goods Port Operations of Dangerous Goods (hereinafter referred to as the Criteria). The Criteria for Determining Major Hazards during Goods Port Operations of Dangerous Goods maintains the original framework of the Guidelines for Determining Major Hazards during Goods Port Operations of Dangerous Goods. It defines 25 major hazards in five areas, including operations exceeding scope, capacity, or time limits, equipment and facilities not meeting operational safety requirements, inadequate safety facilities, failure to meet required safety distances (clearances), and significant flaws in safety management.

Major revisions in the Criteria include enhancing the operability and practicality of the standard and improving content related to fire prevention, explosion prevention, lightning protection, and electrostatic prevention, where operability was previously weak. Focusing on key areas of hazard identification, it specifically refines the criteria for determining major accident hazards in dangerous goods operation sites, such as fire control rooms, central control rooms, and tank areas that constitute primary and secondary major hazard sources. It also highlights the prevention of new risks and solving new problems. Related contents are supplemented in areas such as the safety production responsibility system for all personnel, the dual prevention mechanism, management of personnel behavior in high-risk operation areas, floating roof bottoming out operation, and fire-related work.