1 The status quo of China's labor protection products industry

  Labor protection articles are personal protective equipment used to protect workers from avoiding or reducing casualties and occupational hazards during labor. Equipping labor protection articles is one of the important measures to protect workers' safety and health. Therefore, labor protection equipment is also an important content in the supervision and management of safety production.

  The establishment and development of the labor protection products industry was established and developed with the establishment of my country's socialist system and the development of industry and agriculture. After the founding of New China, the Party and the government attached great importance to the development of the labor protection products industry, and the reform and opening up promoted the comprehensive development of China's labor protection products industry. At present, my country has a complete range of labor protection products and sufficient quantities, which basically meet the needs of domestic economic development, forming a labor protection product industry that protects the safety and health of workers.

  According to statistics, there are thousands of labor protection products manufacturers across the country, with tens of thousands of employees working for safe production. According to the incomplete statistics of the National Labor Protection Equipment Safety Production License Office, there are 800 special labor protection equipment manufacturers nationwide, and 1,288 safety production licenses have been issued, including 132 safety helmets, 74 seat belts, and 112 anti-static conductive shoes. ; 42 dust masks; 150 toe protection shoes; 46 flame retardant protective clothing; 190 safety nets; 158 anti-static work clothes; 49 acid and alkali resistant leather shoes; It can be seen that China's labor country protective equipment has formed a large industry.

   China's labor protection products market is also very large. According to statistics from relevant departments, the annual market demand for labor protection products is 25 billion to 30 billion yuan. The annual demand for protective clothing is 80 million sets, of which more than 10 million sets of special protective clothing; 2.6 million sets of flame retardant protective clothing; 2.7 million sets of acid and alkali-proof work clothes; 5 million sets of anti-static work clothes. The annual demand for various protective shoes is more than 96 million pairs, including 45 million pairs of anti-smashing shoes; 1.27 million pairs of anti-static shoes; 2.55 million pairs of acid and alkali-resistant shoes, 1.87 million pairs of oil-resistant shoes; 2.55 million pairs of insulating shoes 1.87 million pairs of puncture-resistant shoes; 21.15 million pairs of other protective shoes. The annual demand for various dust masks is 15,600. All kinds of gas masks are only coal, and the annual demand of the two chemical industries is 3.1 to 4.5 million. Therefore, it can be seen that my country's labor protection products have a broad market.

   However, my country's labor protection products industry is still a weak industry. Compared with developed countries, we still have a considerable gap. The main manifestations are that the labor protection products are extremely backward in compliance, there are still gaps in product varieties, the technological content is not high, the quality is uneven, the investment in scientific research is not enough, and the upgrading is relatively backward.

  2 Development Trend of China's Labor Protection Products Industry

With the continuous development of my country's economy, the improvement of people's living standards, and the enhancement of safety production awareness, the demand for labor protection products is increasing, and the variety and quality requirements of products are getting higher and higher. It provides infinite vitality for development, and at the same time, it constantly poses new challenges. The industry of labor protection products is a promising industry, a sunrise industry, and will have greater development in the 21st century.

  2.1 The industry of labor protection products will develop into a large-scale and group-based development

At present, my country's labor protection products enterprises are small and medium-sized enterprises. According to the statistics of relevant departments, 70% of the enterprises stay in the scattered, individual, manual workshop-style outdated production methods, with weak capital, small production scale, mechanization and low degree of automation. , in a low-level, low-quality, low-efficiency, low-efficiency production and operation state, which is not compatible with the rapid development of my country's economy, especially after my country's entry into the WTO, some large international labor protection products manufacturers have entered or are preparing to enter my country. market, and participate in the competition in my country's labor protection products market. Therefore, in order to survive, develop and be in an invincible position in the market competition, my country's labor protection products enterprises must improve their own competitiveness, recombine the scattered financial resources, material resources, and resources, and develop towards large-scale and group-based development. .

  2.2 The standards of labor protection products are closer to advanced standards and in line with international standards

Product standards are the basis for the production of labor protection products and the measure of the quality of labor protection products. Without advanced, more rigorous and scientific product standards, high-quality labor protection products cannot be produced, and workers cannot be effectively protected. safety and health. Although we already have equivalent standards or adopted international standards, some products have not yet formulated national standards, some standard technical indicators are still relatively low, and some product inspection methods are still relatively backward. With the development of global integration, it is inevitable that the labor protection products industry must integrate into the international market and participate in market competition. Therefore, it is necessary to make the product standards close to the international advanced standards, to be in line with international standards, to improve product quality and after-sales service, so as to survive and develop in the competition.

  2.3 Increase the scientific and technological content of labor protection products, and develop towards portability, comfort and multi-function

With the development of science and technology and the improvement of safety awareness of the whole nation, laborers not only require product quality and safety protection performance for labor protection products, but also require products to have a sense of comfort, beauty and convenience. The sense of defecation is to simplify the complex , transforming the bulky into light; the aesthetic sense is to dress beautifully, generously, and reflect the demeanor of the laborer. The sense of comfort is the simplicity and the try-on ability. The product versatility is also an important indicator of the quality and performance of labor protection products in the future. Because the production environment There are a variety of occupational hazards, and it is impossible to equip one type of occupational hazard with one type of protective equipment. It is required to integrate multiple functions of the product in order to effectively protect the safety and health of workers. For example, the work clothes worn by oil workers should be It has multi-functional requirements such as flame retardant, anti-static, waterproof and oil-repellent. Therefore, the research and development of the multi-functionality of labor protection products is also a subject to be developed and studied.

  2.4 Adapt to the modernization of labor protection products industry and require high-quality talents

  The development of modernization of labor protection products will inevitably realize mechanization, automation, and adopt new technologies and processes. Objectively, high-quality producers and operators are required to manage a modern enterprise well; educated and high-quality workers are required to manage a modern enterprise well; only literate and high-quality workers are required to control modern equipment and produce high-quality products. The product. At present, the workshop-style production method, family-style management model, workers with low educational level, lack of operational skills, and managers lacking modern management cannot participate in the international market competition. To develop the labor protection products industry, the first is the production and operation operators. It is necessary to change the concept, establish a modern consciousness, and establish a management system suitable for modern enterprises; the second is to improve the cultural quality and operation skills of laborers, and improve the overall quality of enterprise personnel.

  2.5 The labor protection products market is more standardized and legalized

  In order for an enterprise to survive and develop, it must follow international practices to organize the production, operation and sales of labor protection products. This is an unchangeable operating rule. At present, due to the lag in the construction of labor protection products industry laws and regulations and the development of the market economy, some enterprises use improper business methods to produce and sell substandard and shoddy products, disrupting the normal market order and seriously endangering the safety of workers with health. Therefore, with economic development and the strengthening of national management functions, the labor protection products market has become more standardized and legalized

  3 Ideas for the management of labor protection equipment

  3.1 Accelerate the legal construction of the labor protection products industry and improve the supervision and management system. The supervision and management of labor protection articles is an important part and important content of safety production supervision and management, and the improvement of regulations and standards is the basic work of safety production supervision and management. For decades, the labor protection products industry has done a lot of work in the construction of regulations and standards, and built a regulations and standard system that basically adapts to economic development. However, with the needs of the development of the market economy, especially the continuous emergence of labor protection products and new processes, accelerating the construction and improvement of regulations and standards, especially the continuous emergence of new products and new processes for labor protection products, accelerating the construction of regulations and standards is an urgent need for a period of time in the future. work tasks.

  3.2 Further speed up labor protection supplies are a special product that protects the safety and health of workers. If the protective performance of labor protection equipment cannot meet the requirements of the standard, it will not only fail to protect the safety and health of workers, but will become a harm to the safety and health of workers, seriously endangering the safety and health of workers. Therefore, strengthening the supervision and management of the labor protection products market is an important part of future work. These include:

   (1) Strengthen the supervision and management of the safety performance of labor protection articles.

At present, the safety performance of most products in the labor protection products market meets the standard requirements, and plays an important role in protecting the safety and health of workers. However, some products are of low quality, shoddy and shoddy. It is necessary to further play the role of inspection agencies, intensify random inspection of labor protection products, expose product manufacturers that do not meet the requirements of the standards, resolutely close down enterprises that do not meet production conditions, and resolutely crack down on the manufacture of inferior products.

   (2) Strengthen the supervision and management of using units.

In order to prevent inferior products from entering the use link, in the future, the supervision and management of the purchase of labor protection articles by the user will be increased, and the enterprises that purchase inferior labor protection articles will be investigated and punished according to relevant regulations.

   (3) Strengthen the supervision over the provision of labor protection equipment.

At present, in order to save trouble or save money, some enterprises convert labor protection products into cash, or do not distribute labor protection products at all. In particular, it should be pointed out that in the construction industry, there is a phenomenon that workers are not provided with labor protection equipment. In the future, in accordance with the requirements of the (Safety Production Law), the supervision and management of the distribution of inferior labor protection articles by enterprises will be strengthened.

   (4) Strengthen the scrapping system of labor protection articles.

Each type of labor protection equipment has its expiration date. Employers must promptly replace expired and failed products, especially special labor protection equipment, in accordance with national requirements and product expiration dates.

  3.3 Implement the strategy of scientific and technological progress, strengthen technological development, improve product quality, grade and variety, and continuously meet the needs of the market. Most of the labor protection products manufacturers in my country are small and medium-sized enterprises. Due to the limitations of material resources, financial resources, manpower and technology, generally speaking, the product quality is not high, and the product replacement is slow, which restricts the development of the labor protection products industry. Therefore, it is necessary to increase scientific research and development, establish a "industry-university-research" combination mechanism, give full play to the expertise of enterprises, institutions of higher learning and scientific research units, complement each other's advantages, jointly develop new varieties, and actively participate in international market competition.

  3.4 Strengthen the publicity of the basic knowledge of labor protection products and establish workers' awareness of self-protection. The revitalization and development of the labor protection products industry requires the attention and support of the state and society, as well as the improvement of workers' own safety awareness. At present, there are still some enterprises who do not have a clear understanding of the importance of safe production and are unwilling to invest in labor protection equipment. Some enterprise leaders even ignore national laws and regulations and fail to provide workers with labor protection equipment that meets safety requirements, or Equipped with labor protection equipment that does not meet safety requirements. There are still some workers who lack the awareness of self-protection. In order to have a job, enterprises are not required to be equipped with necessary labor protection equipment, or even equipped with labor protection equipment that is not used or cannot be used normally. Therefore, it is necessary to use various media and publicity agencies to fully publicize the knowledge of safety and labor protection products, and to conduct safety awareness training for workers according to national requirements, so as to improve the safety awareness of the whole people and the awareness of workers' self-protection. For "I want to be safe" and "I will be safe", the safety production in our country will develop in a good environment, and the labor protection products industry will have greater development.