Shenzhen 200 elevators failed

Three consecutive elevator incidents occurred within 30 days in Luohu District, Shenzhen: “4·17” East Gate Dikeko Children’s Park escalator injury incident, “4·24” People’s Nantianqiao escalator injury accident, “5·15” Gui Garden Street Changhong Building Elevator Death Accident.

According to the data from the most recent (2012) spot check, 18,500 of the more than 100,000 elevators in Shenzhen may be unqualified. Experts pointed out that the vicious competition in the elevator maintenance market is squeezing down the price, followed by a lot of problems in cutting corners.

A sample of 200 units and 37 units failed According to the latest data released by the Shenzhen Market Supervision Bureau website, in the first half of 2012, the bureau randomly sampled 100 units from 191 elevator maintenance units in the city. Each unit random-checked them. The 2 elevators are maintained. Of the 200 elevators that were sampled, 37 were unqualified. Zhang Shaobiao, director of the Special Administrative Division of Shenzhen City, introduced that currently there are more than 100,000 elevators in Shenzhen, the third largest in the country, and 10,000 new ones are added every year. According to the result of the spot check, 18,500 of the 100,000 elevators in Shenzhen are unqualified, and the number is astonishing.

According to the official announcement, there are many reasons for failures of the unqualified elevators, mainly because elevator safety technical files are not complete, some safety protection devices are missing or invalid, and some parts and components are not repaired in time.

According to Tang Hongkai, Secretary General of the Shenzhen Special Equipment Industry Association, the special equipment for elevators has a large number of spare parts, and the service life and operational safety focus on post-installation maintenance, according to the regulations of the State Bureau of Technical Supervision. Maintenance is required once every 15 days, but when it is specifically implemented, “half-monthly inspections are often changed to monthly inspections by maintenance companies, even if there is no accident, they will not be checked.”

Tang Hongkai said that Shenzhen’s elevator maintenance and protection units have grown rapidly and this year it has reached 316, with an average of more than 300 elevators per house. The fierce competition can be imagined. Competition for homogeneity has intensified, and maintenance companies have lowered their prices while maintaining elevators. They have now reached an "unbelievable price." The maintenance unit wants to survive and can only reduce the quality of service. In addition, because of the competition in the market, some maintenance companies have made compromises on the failure of elevator users to timely fund the rectification of hidden dangers, leading to the failure of timely rectification of safety hazards.

An elevator maintenance company official said in an interview with reporters that the maintenance of the elevator, the industry's current default criteria is "can also be used on the line," the business is not good to do, some elevator use units do not pay for replacement parts, maintenance The company also has no alternative.

The low quality of maintenance salaries, poor quality of the market, and vicious competition have resulted in low maintenance costs and the quality of maintenance workers.

“The maintenance work is dirty, tired and insecure, and the salary is not high. Training is not in place.” A person in charge of the elevator maintenance company said that the current problem faced by many maintenance companies is that “their own profit is extremely low, maintenance workers Difficult to recruit, it is difficult to retain a person, and the retention of the technology can not keep up." In addition, how many elevators can a repairman repair a company to make it profitable? This involves "people ladder ratio." The person in charge said that currently there is no provision for "people ladder ratio", the general company is certainly the use of fewer people the better, and supervision and assessment will not keep up.

Tang Hongkai believes that at present, maintenance companies are not willing to put training on maintenance workers, have not implemented a strict self-inspection system, and lack effective supervision and supervision over maintenance personnel. He disclosed that according to the latest statistical report of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), 50% of elevator accidents were caused by illegal operation by maintenance workers. Zhang Shaobiao said that before Shenzhen, maintenance workers had been killed by elevators while working in elevators.

Supervision and supervision of black holes is a family member of the Shenzhen Institute of Special Equipment Safety Inspection Bao Xianhua revealed that the Institute is the only one in Shenzhen City, the city's elevators for annual testing agencies. The reporter inquired that the Institute was a subsidiary of the Shenzhen Municipal Market Supervision Administration. The current supervision agency for Shenzhen elevators is an ad hoc division of the Market Supervision Bureau. It is responsible for elevator inspection and supervision. It is actually a family. .

The person in charge of the Shenzhen Elevator Maintenance Company stated that more than 100,000 elevators in Shenzhen have to pass the annual inspection of the Shenzhen Institute of Special Equipment Safety Inspection. The 7-floor elevator annual inspection fee is about 700 yuan. Plus, detection becomes a profit-making behavior.

Calculated according to the lowest price of 700 yuan, Shenzhen, more than 100,000 elevators, light inspection fee there are more than 7,000 million, where these huge funds flow? Bao Xianhua said that the money was directly turned over to finances, and the “Special Inspection Institute” did not handle it.

In addition, the Shenzhen Institute of Special Equipment Safety Inspection official website shows that the existing staff of the hospital 402 people, even if these people are all engaged in elevator inspection, the average person is also responsible for 248 elevators, the pressure can be imagined.

Policy Black Hole Countries No mandatory scrapping system According to the investigation of Shenzhen Market Supervision Bureau, the “5·15” accident elevator was put into use for nearly 19 years and is an old elevator. At present, Shenzhen City has invested a total of 2,471 elevators for over 18 years (according to elevators registered before the end of 1994). Due to the long service life of these elevators, the mechanical and electrical control systems may experience ageing, and the safety and reliability may be reduced, and failures and even accidents may occur.

The president of the China Elevator Association, Li Shoulin, said recently that China’s elevator safety situation is severe at present, and more than 2.4 million units have been “aging out” with elevators. Bao Xianhua, deputy director of Shenzhen Special Equipment Safety Inspection Research Institute, said that at present, there are no provisions on the use of elevators at the national level, and there is no system for compulsory retirement. More often, old elevators are just a problem with a component, repairs. It will continue to be used afterwards.

In the end, the investigation of the entire investigation can be suspended. The violation of the law can be punished. Due to the frequent occurrence of elevator safety accidents in the near future, the Shenzhen Special Equipment Safety Inspection Institute has already conducted a random inspection of the elevator safety supervision, and the number of random inspections is 10,000 units. Among them, the Mitsubishi SP-VF elevators in the “5·15” accident and the lifts safeguarded by the party responsible for the accident are all 100% sampling inspections; elevators with a service life of more than 10 years will be randomized to 20% of the total amount. . If the sample fails to pass the inspection, the “Reform Notice” will be issued to require the use of the unit to rectify the deadline and stop using it.

Zhang Shaobiao, Director of the Special Administrative Division of Shenzhen City, said that for the three recent elevator safety incidents, the relevant departments will certainly pursue the investigation, and the public security department will also intervene. Responsible persons should chase after the criminal responsibility. Zhang Shaobiao stated that if the elevator maintenance unit violates the regulations to a certain extent, it will firmly escort it. Zhang Shaobiao also revealed that at present, the Market Supervision Bureau has formulated the "Shenzhen Elevator Safety Supervision Reform Plan" (Consultation Draft). There are 11 measures to improve elevator safety supervision.