Hebei Chengde has many hidden dangers in construction site safety helmets

For hard hats, people generally pay attention to whether or not workers wear them, and few people care about their age. Recently, Chengde Quality Supervision Department inspected the condition of helmets used on construction sites and discovered that the helmets used for construction were not very safe.

Recently, the law enforcement officers of the Chengde County Bureau of Quality Supervision conducted inspections on the helmets used in construction sites in the county and found that most of the helmets worn by construction workers had no CCC compulsory certification, and some even had been wearing them for many years. The law enforcement personnel made a deal on the spot and reminded everyone to use qualified safety products.

The staff of the quality supervision department told the reporter that some units have not rotated or tested strictly according to the product life cycle in order to save costs or management is not standardized. According to the national mandatory standard GB2811, the period of use of plastic safety helmets shall be 3 years from the date of manufacture, and the service period of glass steel helmets shall be 2 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.

On the morning of August 2, the reporter visited several sites in the urban area of ​​Chengde. Of the 11 construction workers interviewed, none knew the shelf life of helmets. Workers told reporters that most of them did not have fixed helmets. They took one when they used it, and there was no information such as shelf life on the helmet. It was difficult to know if the helmet had expired. Under normal circumstances, a helmet would always Used until broken.