Safety measures should be noted in mining at Hoang Mai quarry.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee, Head of the Provincial People's Council's Economic - Budget Committee, Head of the supervision delegation. Photo: Mai Hoa

There is no procedure to confirm completion of environmental protection.

Hoang Mai Stone Joint Stock Company is a unit that exploits, processes stone and produces prestressed reinforced concrete structures of all kinds. The total number of employees currently working in the enterprise is 98 people.

Through on-site supervision at the quarry area, the Provincial People's Council delegation pointed out a series of issues related to the unit's compliance with the law on environmental protection and occupational safety and hygiene. Most concerning is that despite operating in a field with a high risk of occupational safety, the unit has not yet developed an emergency response plan according to regulations.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thieu - Head of the company's Administrative Organization Department admitted the shortcomings and limitations pointed out by the monitoring team. Photo: Mai Hoa

The mining area of ​​the enterprise is at risk of labor safety loss. Photo: Mai Hoa

The mining area is not standardized, does not ensure industrial hygiene, there is no drainage system to prevent landslides and rolling rocks due to erosion; signs and regulations on occupational safety and hygiene are not fully installed. The mining technique has many hanging rocks, causing occupational safety risks.

In addition to actual supervision, Deputy Head of the Culture - Social Committee of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Thi Lan also pointed out a series of shortcomings that the provincial interdisciplinary inspection team concluded on July 31, 2018, such as the unit not conducting periodic environmental monitoring twice a year (in 2017); not having a certificate of completion of environmental protection works serving the project's operation phase; not periodically reporting the situation of hazardous waste generation to the authorities; not having a basic design file and a decision approving the technical design of exploitation...

The delegation directly supervises the company's mining area. Photo: Mai Hoa

Attention to labor safety

Concluding the inspection, stating the geological nature of the soil-rock combination, combined with outdated mining technology, especially drilling and blasting, Head of the inspection team Le Hong Vinh emphasized that the number one concern for Hoang Mai Stone Joint Stock Company is labor safety, especially paying attention to blasting safety in mining when the quarry is located close to the North-South railway and National Highway 1.

Regarding environmental issues, Head of the delegation Le Hong Vinh requested the enterprise to implement measures to spray mist to suppress dust in the construction and stone crushing lines; collect and manage stone, waste soil, and wastewater; build public roads; plant trees in the production area; have solutions to handle hanging stone, and at the same time research to seriously overcome the existing problems that have been concluded by the provincial interdisciplinary inspection team.