生产安全事故报告和调查处理条例英文版.doc

Byelaw governing reporting, investigation and handling of production safety accidents An order by PRC State Council No 493 “The Byelaw governing reporting, investigation and handling of production safety accidents” was adopted at 172nd session of standing committee of State Council on Mar 28, 2007. It is hereby publicized and shall be implemented starting Jun1, 2007. Wen Jiabao, Premier of State Council Dated Apr 9, 2007 Byelaw governing reporting, investigation and handling of production safety accidents Chapter 1 General Rules Art 1. This byelaw is drawn up in accordance with “Safety Production Law of the PRC” and other relevant laws for the purposes of regulating the reporting and handling of production safety accidents, implementing responsibility recourse for production safety accidents and preventing and reducing production safety accidents. Art. 2. Reporting and handling of the production safety accidents that have happened during production and business activities and operations resulting in bodily injuries and deaths or direct economic losses shall be applicable to this byelaw. Reporting, investigating and handling of accidents in environmental contamination, nuclear facilities, and defense scientific research and production shall not be applicable to this byelaw. Art 3. Accidents shall be in general, divided into the following levels in terms of bodily injuries and deaths or direct economic losses resulted in by the production safety accidents (hereafter as “accident”): 1) Particularly serious accident: refers to accident that has resulted in over 30 cases of death or over 100 cases of serious injuries/wounds (including acute industrial poisoning, same hereafter) or over 100 million RMB direct economic losses; 2) Major accident: refers to accident that has caused over 10 but below 30 cases of death, or over 50 cases but below 100 of serious injuries /wounds, or direct economic losses amounting to over 50 million but below 100 million RMB; 3) Serious acci