When executing the law enforcement inspection of occupational disease prevention and control in an enterprise, the law enforcement officers of Yongkang Safety Supervision Bureau of Zhejiang Province found that there was no waking warning sign and Chinese warning instruction on the packaging of imported ink and diluent used by the employer, and there was no Chinese instruction.

The law enforcement officer checks the supplier of the product, and verifying that there are only English, no warning signs and Chinese warning instructions on the packaging of the ink and diluent products. The supplier also failed to provide Chinese instructions. Then, law enforcement personnel to the unit issued a "rectification instruction book", and "does not provide Chinese instructions or the warning mark and warning Chinese" in accordance with the provisions of the filing, the supplier shall make a rectification order, decided to impose a fine of 50 thousand yuan penalty.

After investigation, the ink and thinner chemicals are imported goods, the supplier does not provide Chinese instructions to the employer, and the packaging of the product without warning marks and warning Chinese, use the unit does not understand chemical hazards and preventive measures should be taken, when used to avoid risks.

Supplementary reading

Legal basis

Obligation clause:

Article 1 of the twenty-ninth law of the People's Republic of China on the prevention and treatment of occupational diseases stipulates that a Chinese manual shall be provided to the employer for providing chemicals, radioisotopes and materials containing radioactive substances that may cause occupational hazards. The instructions should include product characteristics, main components, harmful factors, possible hazards, safety precautions, occupational disease protection and emergency treatment measures. The product package should have a warning sign and a Chinese warning note. The places where the materials are stored shall be placed at the prescribed parts of the dangerous articles or radioactive warning signs.

Penalty clause:

"People's Republic of China occupation disease prevention law" provisions of article seventy-third: employer possible occupation disease harm of equipment and materials, did not provide Chinese instructions or the warning mark and Chinese warning specifications in accordance with the provisions of the production safety supervision and management department shall be ordered to make corrections, give a warning, impose a fine of fifty thousand yuan more than two hundred thousand yuan fine.

Rectify and rectify

Has the supplier in accordance with the provisions of the employing units to provide imported ink and thinner Chinese instructions, the warning mark and warning Chinese striking in ink and thinner product packaging; will have to pay a fine of $5000 a nominated bank at the same time required to provide; the other employer ink and thinner inquiries, to the people the unit provides Chinese specification and set up eye-catching warning marks and warning instructions according to the provisions of Chinese.