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Written by: Chen Leilei, Cai Zhengbang, Deng Yongzhong
2020-06-14 09:40
Last update date: 2020-06-14 12:53Industrial accident at Tsing Yi Chemical Waste Treatment Center! At 9 o'clock this morning (14th), a metal frame collapsed at the Chemical Waste Treatment Center of the Environmental Protection Department at 51 Tsing Yi Road. Ten workers were reported injured, some were once trapped, and the injured were sent to various hospitals for treatment , 2 people are in critical condition and 3 are serious. At present, the fire collapse search and rescue team continues to search and rescue.
It is understood that the location involved is a 20-meter high incinerator with a diameter of about 3 meters in the center. The metal scaffold was recently built for maintenance work. The metal frame accidentally collapsed this morning, causing maintenance workers to be trapped.
Many people were trapped in the metal frame of the Tsing Yi Environmental Protection Department's Chemical Waste Treatment Center.
At 9 o'clock this morning, at the location of the Tsing Yi Environmental Protection Department's Chemical Waste Treatment Center, concrete and concrete structures fell. Ten workers were reported injured and four were once trapped. Firefighters were on the scene to rescue and dispatched at least 13 ambulances. Arrived at the scene. By 10:40 am, 10 people had been rescued at the scene. A number of injured persons were rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital, Renji Hospital and Caritas Hospital by three ambulances. Two of them were in critical condition and three were seriously injured.
In addition, the Fire Services Department also dispatched the first pick-up vehicle for alert. According to the information, the vehicle mainly carried out long-term fire fighting operations in areas where large amounts of gasoline were stored.
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According to the website of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Chemical Waste Treatment Center was opened in 1993 with a designed treatment capacity of 100,000 metric tons of chemical waste per year. The current management and operation of the center is undertaken by Hengli Chemical Waste Treatment Co., Ltd. The main operations of the Chemical Waste Treatment Center include collecting chemical waste, analyzing waste composition and processing chemical waste.
According to the Medical Waste Control Plan, the Chemical Waste Treatment Center is the designated facility for the treatment of medical waste. Any producer of medical waste must arrange for proper disposal of the relevant medical waste in accordance with the provisions of the Waste Disposal (Medical Waste) (General) Regulations. To fulfill this responsibility, medical waste producers can entrust licensed medical waste collectors to deliver medical waste. In addition to this arrangement, healthcare professionals can directly deliver medical waste to chemical waste treatment centers on their own. The chemical waste disposal center charges $2,715 per 1,000 kg for medical waste disposal.
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