According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", a now-resigned employee of Taiwan's " Academia Sinica " was diagnosed with new coronavirus pneumonia in December 2021. Chen Shizhong, commander of the Taiwan authorities' "Epidemic Command Center", said on the 20th that the incident has been investigated At the end of the day, a fine of NT$150,000 (NT$, the same below) will be issued. In addition, the Taipei City Labor Bureau has fined NT$60,000, totaling NT$210,000 (approximately RMB 48,000).
According to reports, a staff member of the P3 laboratory of Taiwan's "Academia Sinica" was diagnosed with a local case of new coronary pneumonia. According to the report sent by the agency to the Taiwan authorities' "Epidemic Command Center", an internal investigation found a total of three infection exposure risk factors. First of all, there is environmental pollution in both the experimental operation area and the non-operation area; secondly, this case and other laboratory personnel only wore general protective equipment to perform experiments; thirdly, this case took off masks first during the process of taking off protective equipment.
[Taiwan's "Academia Sinica" P3 Laboratory]
Chen Shizhong said at the epidemic press conference on the afternoon of the 20th that the case of leaking the new coronavirus from Taiwan's "Academia Sinica" P3 laboratory has been handed over to experts to complete the investigation, and the final decision was based on the prevention and control of infectious diseases on the island. According to Articles 34 and 69 of the relevant regulations, the maximum fine amount is NT$150,000 (approximately RMB 34,500).
Chen Shih-chung said that the Taiwan-based "Institute of China Research Institute" must complete improvements within one month from the day after receiving the arbitral letter, and asked the agency to review the requirements of the arbitral letter again to ensure the implementation of standard processes in the laboratory.
After the new coronavirus leakage incident, Liao Junzhi, president of Taiwan’s Academia Sinica, said that he attaches great importance to the experimental safety and work rights of front-line researchers, and proposed three major reform measures, including studying high-risk work allowances for P3 laboratory personnel, strengthening Cultivate P3 laboratory talents, retain and recruit strategies, and establish a "P3 Laboratory Comprehensive Review Committee" to truly improve the management and operation of the laboratory and the biosafety supervision and inspection mechanism.
According to other reports, the Taipei City Labor Bureau issued a press release on January 4, stating that the Labor Inspection Department sent personnel to investigate three times on December 10, 15, and 22, 2021, and confirmed that the case had only been worn in mid-to-late November. General protective equipment, failure to wear N95, double-layer gloves, goggles or face mask to perform experiments violates Article 287 of the Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Rules.
The Taipei City Labor Bureau further stated that this laboratory is at risk of biological pathogen hazards. Taiwan’s "China Research Institute" did not provide workers with necessary health management and personal protective equipment wearing drills and other infection prevention measures, violating Article 297 of the Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Regulations. Clause 1 of Article 1.
According to reports, Chen Boduan, chief of the Occupational Safety and Health Section of the Taipei City Labor Bureau, said that for these two violations, a fine of NT$60,000 will be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Article 6, Item 1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Law ( Approximately 13,800 RMB).
In addition, the Taipei City Labor Bureau pointed out that Taipei's "China Research Institute" did not provide relevant preventive measures for workplace bullying and other violations, violating Article 324-3 of the Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Regulations, paragraph 1, paragraph 1, paragraph 2, and paragraph 3. , Paragraphs 6 and 7 stipulate that the employer will continue to be monitored for improvement.
