What's it like to work in a chemical plant?

I work in a chemical plant, and now I am the most common operator, responsible for maintaining the normal operation of running machines and doing some chores.

To work in a chemical plant, you must first put up with all kinds of smells, such as sour, smelly, pungent, disgusting and smoky eyes. In different workshop locations, there will be different concentrations. We need to pay special attention to some toxic and harmful gases, such as hydrogen sulfide, chlorine, carbon monoxide and toluene. Because of negligence in some places, it will lead to the loss of life. There are countless examples of this.

My workshop is wastewater treatment, which mainly removes pollutants through evaporation and condensation. Due to the backward treatment technology, the water quality is relatively mixed, there are many things in the workshop, and equipment problems occur frequently. Pipeline corrosion, pump failure, salt accumulation blocking centrifuge and so on. Some problems in the workshop will be handled by the construction team in the factory, but operators like us will definitely not be idle, and they need to clean up the scene and help deal with various problems. Most importantly, the salary is only 3560.

Fortunately, there is no dangerous environment of high temperature and high pressure in my workshop, no toxic, harmful, flammable and explosive gases and no corrosive chemicals. The safety factor is relatively high, and only the compressor may explode once every five years.

Although other workshops are far away from these toxic gases, irritating gases such as ammonia and methyl ester will inevitably float in, which makes people very uncomfortable. There is dust in the air and noise in the equipment. The difference in working environment can be seen.

Someone who doesn't know how to do business once said that unmarried people can't work in chemical plants, which will lead to lifelong infertility. In fact, this is a wrong view, of course, this situation will exist, but in some very special positions, contact with some special chemical raw materials. The factory will also inform employees that generally 40-50 employees choose to hire people to enter such high-paying positions.

In chemical plants, some jobs are completely risking their lives to make money. There is a workshop in our factory called "DCNQ". This product is a relatively toxic chemical, and most people are allergic to it. The factory hires people with a monthly salary of more than 10 thousand, but it is difficult to recruit people. Finally, it was completely abandoned because of environmental problems.

One advantage of working in a chemical plant is that it is relatively easy. If everything is all right, it will be time-consuming. Operators like me, 12 hours, the workload is very small. But my wastewater treatment workshop is an exception, and I am very tired. The production workshop is relatively relaxed, but it is easy to come into contact with harmful substances.

If you give me a chance, I will definitely not work in a chemical plant again. But in order to pay the mortgage, I have to go again. When attracting investment, our urban area has entered a large number of chemical plants and smelters. The working environment of smelter is worse and the workload is bigger. As a bottom-level employee, there is not much room for choice.

Therefore, for the bottom employees, it is tears to say too much. Sometimes I really want to start my own business and do some business. But because of the mortgage, I was completely pinned down because I couldn't afford to lose.

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To be clear, each of us can't live without chemical plants, such as plastic bowls and chopsticks for eating; Clothes made of spandex and nylon worn on the body; Furniture and decoration materials at home; Many non-metallic parts of automobiles come from the chemical industry. The most primitive raw materials used in chemical production are oil, coal and natural gas. I once told a girl that "all the elastic underwear you wear is made of oil". She was surprised, but it's true!

Therefore, chemical industry has penetrated into our lives, and our lives cannot be separated from chemical industry!

Many chemical plants produce all the year round, and will never stop production except for maintenance and market reasons. Therefore, the vast majority of front-line workers in chemical plants work in three shifts or four shifts (8-hour or 12-hour shift work system), and national legal holidays are meaningless to them. Including the Spring Festival, which we care most about reunion, is no exception.

Ordinary workers in chemical plants are responsible for automatic control (technical term "internal operation"), and they are responsible for monitoring and remotely adjusting production process parameters through computers. Sit on a stool for 8- 12 hours as soon as you get to work, staring at two or three computer screens; Ordinary workers in chemical plants also include on-site operators (technical term "foreign operators"), who are mainly responsible for the operation and inspection of on-site equipment in chemical plants, the adjustment of process equipment and the maintenance of on-site sanitation.

Of course, ordinary workers in chemical plants also include maintenance and testing personnel.

In addition, in addition to ordinary operators, there are many managers in chemical plants. Those directly related to production are called professional technicians, usually technicians and engineers. Responsible for equipment, technology and safety production management. In most chemical enterprises, they are under great pressure and work hard (explain to laymen: they are not "officials"). Wages are generally slightly higher than those of operators.

Some people may want to ask, can major (major) safety accidents in chemical plants be completely eliminated? It is possible in theory, but it is impossible in practice, at least in the next 50 years! I can only say that the safety problem is minimized as much as possible.

Why?

First, inevitability.

Some safety management is loose, and long-term violations will inevitably occur over time. For example, you have stipulated that you must wear a seat belt when working high above the ground. If you violate this rule for a long time and survive 99 times, the100th time is bound to cause a big problem (fall to death)!

Second, contingency.

Some large enterprises with strict safety management organize production operations in strict accordance with laws, regulations and operating procedures. However, you will always ignore some small problems, which will lead to big accidents. (In this regard, in the eyes of perfectionists, it is incomprehensible. But everyone who has experienced it knows that not all accidents can be avoided. )

In addition, people who work in toxic and harmful chemical enterprises will be hurt more or less.

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Hello, I'm glad to answer your question! My feeling is very helpless, tired, dangerous and the working environment is poor. I really can't help leaving! 20 12 worked in our local chemical plant for two months and came out!

You may just have heard of chemical plants, and there are many news reports about chemical plants, such as explosions and poisoning incidents, but you don't know what they are produced. The chemical plant I entered is a chemical fertilizer production enterprise, which is also famous in our local area and even in the whole province. As we all know, fertilizer is the nutrition of dealers. When we open the fertilizer packaging bag, we will smell a strange smell, even a pungent smell. This is because the fertilizer smells of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonia, so we can imagine how we feel in the production workshop!

First, working in a chemical plant is easy to be poisoned and cause physiological disorders. Everyone who works in a chemical plant will wear a gas mask, but a gas mask is not everything. After staying in the factory for a long time, you will have obvious feelings. When toxic gases enter the human body, it will damage the physiological function or tissue structure of some tissues and organs of the human body and cause serious organ failure.

Second, it is easy to suffocate and lead to organ hypoxia. Working in a chemical plant, we often inhale toxic foreign bodies, which will lead to the sudden closure of the glottis and the inability of oxygen to enter the body, leading to our lack of oxygen. If you do it for a long time, you will naturally feel uncomfortable.

Third, working in a chemical plant can also cause burns, because some materials need high temperature treatment, so it is also very dangerous.

Fourth, because chemical plants are all open-air workshops, the environment is not very good, and a lot of waste, waste water, waste gas and dust are discharged everywhere. The most unacceptable thing is waste gas, and sometimes lack of oxygen will suffocate.

Fifth, the clothes working in the chemical factory are also particularly dirty. Every time I go home to wash clothes, I wash them separately from other clothes, because clothes are really dirty.

Well, I personally feel much more. Please forgive me if there is anything wrong. Please leave a comment. Thank you!

In a blink of an eye, I have been in the chemical plant for 6 years. Different positions have different experiences. Let me talk about me. Hungry after graduation, I found a relationship and entered a chemical factory. I started to cook frogs in warm water for 6 years.

Comfort and all kinds of problems. Why comfort? This is boiled frog in warm water, because the welfare is ok and the salary is guaranteed. I can't bear those wages, so I can only endure them. What's the matter,

One security problem, two health problems, three future problems and four problems out of touch with society.

1. Security issues. Let's talk about an accident I have a bunker just 100 meters away. If I happen to pass by or go in within 15 meters, I will be very happy. Fortunately, there were no casualties in the accident.

2. Health problems, all kinds of chemicals, intermediate products, by-products and finished products in the factory are harmful to health. Especially in the start-up and stop stages, some gases produced will be obvious. Why don't you go home from work? 50 kilometers away from the city, it is impossible for shift workers to go home every day. There are many people who call the factory their home. The other three classes are not good for body and mind, so don't repeat them.

The future of this industry depends on qualifications and pays attention to relationships. The factory was put into production in 2008, and I 10 entered the factory. There is no hard relationship, so there is no future. For your reference, our factory is the director in charge in 2006, the host or core technician in 2007, the management in 2008 and the workers after 2009. The salary is 10000 to10,68000 to10000,7000 to 9000,4000 to 6000 respectively. Of course, workers are not qualified for any professional titles, and there are at least 9000 professional titles.

4. A factory divorced from society is a small society with a typical industrial age model. All your social activities are in the factory. You should smile at the leaders and get along with your colleagues carefully, because you can't see them when you look up. Because the point is that in this small society, there will be very little real social contact, especially in unfamiliar cities, and the inclusiveness is very small. However, a person's opportunity can only appear after contact with society, which is a vicious circle.

Therefore, to sum up, I suggest that the subject be engaged in the chemical industry after full investigation. Don't eat on an empty stomach. Ask yourself more whether you are ready to leave the information age and return to the industrial age. Are you ready to exchange health for money? Are you ready to endure unfair treatment in your career? Are you ready to be separated from your family and friends? Are you ready? No matter how hard you try, as long as you don't leave, there is no hope.

The most terrible thing for people is that they can still see themselves after 10 years. As an ordinary person, I have no great skills. I have worked in several positions in chemical plants, including those with more contact with the outside world. Finally, I returned to the post of three shifts with high salary and became a small monitor. When I have saved enough money, I will escape from this pot of warm water as early as possible.

/kloc-graduated from a university in 2 1 1 in 5 years, majoring in chemical machinery (to be precise, process equipment for control engineering). I have been working in the front line since I graduated from the refinery. Environmental protection is very strict now. For central enterprises and state-owned enterprises, they will always be the pioneers of national systems and policies. Great investment has been made in environmental protection, and the factory has no odor. All kinds of active and passive safety measures are complete. The level of personnel is generally high. The company has formal staff training, high-level operation and sis system protection, and there have been no accidents for many years. Of course, there are still many dangers in the front line, and shift work is harmful to health. At the age of 25, I have obviously felt my memory decline.

I also work two shifts in the chemical plant, 12 hours, and my salary is less than 4000. Besides, we don't have five insurances, one gold factory and no insurance for Ben. The raw materials we use are all toxic, such as dibenzoate, phenol, cresol, o-benzene and other industrial raw materials, and some solid raw materials are harmful to our health. Naturally, we have masks, but sometimes we still feel chest tightness. I can't breathe. The boss in the factory is still picking out masks. Only once every half month, the old insurance products have been reduced in price again and again. Not for living. Who wants to work in this environment? Every inspection is notified first, and then checked for fraud. Wages are still opaque. Every night, the whole park smells bad. Now the air is polluted by the whole chemical plant. Polluted factories must be treated first to have a blue sky.

Just resigned from a chemical plant in February this year.

This chemical plant mainly produces pharmaceutical intermediates, that is, semi-finished raw materials of western medicine, which are mainly exported to Europe, America and India.

There are roughly three kinds: asthma in children, lowering blood pressure and vitamin C.

The working hours are three shifts, one shift is 8 hours, that is, the working system of stopping people.

As soon as I entered the factory, the first thing I smelled was the pungent smell, which made people sick and want to vomit.

Then the machine roared and made a lot of noise. Keep your voice down. You can't hear me.

Raw materials and products are highly toxic, flammable and explosive.

Such as chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, bagged powder and bottled water.

Cell phones and smoking are strictly prohibited in the factory. Work clothes are uniformly distributed cotton cloth. At work, they are armed to the teeth, wearing helmets, protective glasses, gas masks and even elephant trunk masks.

Mobile phones generate electromagnetic sparks, chemical fiber fabrics generate static electricity, and smoke is an open flame. Because the ignition point of raw materials and products is very low, these are absolutely not allowed.

Mainly because I think toxic gas is harmful to human body and my throat is inflamed, which is the main reason why I chose to leave the chemical industry.

Secondly, security issues. Failure to operate according to regulations or misoperation may lead to steam burn, nitrogen suffocation, fire and explosion.

The chemical industry was once unable to recruit people because of its particularity and danger.

So the personnel department recruits people every day. Even introduce a worker, as long as he has worked for half a year, the introducer still has 300 bonuses.

The age has been relaxed again and again, from twenties to thirties to forties and fifties, but it is still difficult to recruit workers. We joked that this was a "nursing home".

There is a serious shortage of people in each position, with one top two employees, and some of them are 8 to 8 for a long time (12 hours).

At present, there is a shortage of labor force and an aging population in all industries. Some of them are placed in first-tier cities, and they don't want to do anything.

Chemical industry is a high-risk industry. Although there are five insurances and one gold, the living accommodation has improved, but it is limited to the consumption level in the mainland, and the salary is too low. These reasons lead to the chemical plant can not find people, can not keep people.

Three shifts, special gas for producing nitrogen trifluoride, electrolysis section, pretreatment section and workshop require high-efficiency output, but the equipment can not meet the required output. Busy with work every day, I have to be careful. Because the process is not ranked first, there are many problems and I am nervous every day. In the first-line workshop, 8 people in 10 were urinating fluorine. Because there are few products produced in China, occupational diseases are unknown. For the sake of health, I worked for several years and then ran away. High temperature, high fever and high toxicity scared you to death. The temperature in the electrolysis workshop is about 50 degrees. When I enter the workshop, I must wear a sweater, a raincoat, a gas mask, a helmet and a mask leg, and an anti-static work shoes. A pair of thin latex gloves are covered with thick rubber gloves, and I haven't missed a trace of skin all over my body. Fortunately, I was burned by electrolytic raw materials (many times stronger than sulfuric acid), but I used a special potion within one minute or I burned my bones. There's no way to send it to the burn hospital.

Think about what it's like to work in a workshop in summer. It's great to work in it for half an hour. The front-line employees in the workshop are old and young, but who will do it? But which city is this factory in? Compared with other factories, the salary is much better and there is no default. (evolution factory should be carefully considered. Unmarried and single people had better not go, especially front-line workers. How much happened in the factory will be concealed. There will be fires, explosions and leaks. After a few words, I ran for several years for health. I have no regrets at all. Immature chemical plants are dying, and they are constantly making progress with various accidents. I hope my former colleagues will get better and better.

I have worked in a petrochemical plant for more than ten years. At first, our unit was a private enterprise, and later it was acquired by state-owned enterprises. Now it has become a well-known state-owned enterprise, but the salary is pitifully low. After five insurances and one gold, the monthly salary is about 3000 yuan, and there are about 10 days of annual leave a year. Generally, I work in three shifts in four shifts, and my biological clock is out of order. Now the chemical management is more and more strict, and the state-owned enterprise system is unreasonable, which is a mere formality. Many times I go to work to cope with various inspections and cleaning, but the real production is behind. After having a family and children, I have less time to spend with my children because of shifts, and sometimes I really want to give up.

I majored in chemistry and have been working for more than ten years since graduation. In 20 12, there was a big explosion accident in my company, and I worked the night shift. Chemical plants are definitely harmful to my health, and my personal safety is not fully guaranteed. But I can't. I have been to several chemical plants to support my family, and one of them is still very good. The pressure in the laboratory is not great, and the leaders appreciate it. I have a day and a half off a week, and my salary is ok. I am single. Because of the introduction of my classmates, I went to another factory to be a workshop manager. Because it is a newly opened factory, the technology is not mature, and I am tired. I lost more than ten kilograms in January and February, and my boss was ungrateful and the benefits were not good. I left and went to another pharmaceutical intermediate production enterprise to be the workshop director. The salary is acceptable. I am close to home and go home from work to take care of my children every day. The former boss built a new business nearby, and his classmates invited him. Although the boss has a normal relationship, my classmate is the factory director, so I went anyway. That's a new product. They are all tired and dirty. For some reasons, the ownership structure of the company has changed, and the management has also changed. My classmate was still the general manager of the factory director, and he wanted to leave or resign. He went to a Chinese medicine extraction enterprise as a quality supervisor. He was well paid and had a good working environment, but his wife couldn't go to work, his children had to be raised and he had a second child. The classmate introduced the enterprise to him for the first time. He changed his boss, and his salary was improved when his classmate was away. Although he hesitated, he went.