On April 14, with the increasing DC power of the electrolyzer in the Chlor-alkali Branch, Shenyang Chemical resumed work and production successfully. This smooth resumption of work and production is the result of the 21-day and night standby of 116 resident employees of Shenyang Chemical, as well as a concrete embodiment of the responsibilities of 162 employees of the Chlor-alkali Branch after the lockdown lift of Shenyang.
Since March 24, Shenyang Chemical has started to implement lockdown management according to the development trend of COVID-19 and the requirements of the Shenyang municipal government. Most employees worked at home, and the subsidiary entered a shut-downing state. By observing the times and judging the occasion, the Chlor-alkali Branch decided to take this period of time to complete the maintenance tasks to be completed during the annual power outage maintenance, turning the passive situation of production caused by the epidemic into the active situation of inspection and maintenance.
Under the unified arrangement and deployment of Shenyang Chemical, the Branch established a capable resident team with the Plant Manager Meng He as the team leader and each section director and key post personnel as the team members, with a total of 14 people, to complete the maintenance of equipment and coordinate the inspection and repair work. During the 20 days of lockdown, the resident team organized and completed 34 inspections and maintenance work, which has laid a solid foundation for the resumption of work and production as well as stable production in the future.
On the eve of the company's resumption of work and production, the Chlor-alkali Branch, after receiving the instruction, worked out two plans to deal with possible problems by considering that there were still lockdown areas and control areas in Shenyang, some employees in those areas could not travel normally. All sections and departments also took immediate action to count the number of people in the lockdown areas and control areas and equipped with a work safety lineup that can meet three shifts with two changing, completing the deployment and arrangement of resumption personnel in a very short time. The first batch of employees who meet the conditions for the resumption of work (negative certificate of the nucleic acid test within 48 hours, green health QR code, qualified body temperature, wearing masks) has returned to their posts in the plant one after another. Before returning to work, the company also conducted training and examination for these employees.
At 10:00 on April 14, the DC of the electrolytic production unit began to increase slowly. Seeing the burning flame of the hydrogen chloride synthesis furnace, the employees of the company who participated in the resumption of work finally showed a happy smile on their faces.