The so-called "safety production" refers to taking corresponding accident prevention and control measures in order to avoid accidents that cause personal injury and property loss during production and operation activities, so that the production process can be carried out under specified conditions, so as to ensure the safety of employees. Personal safety and health, protection of equipment and facilities, protection of the environment, and related activities to ensure the smooth progress of production and business activities.

"Cihai" defines "safety production" as a series of measures and activities to prevent personal and equipment accidents in the production process and to form a good working environment and work order.

"Encyclopedia of China" explains "safety production" as: a policy aimed at protecting the safety of workers in the production process, and a principle that must be followed by enterprise management, requiring the maximum reduction of work-related injuries and injuries to workers. Occupational diseases, to ensure the safety and health of workers in the production process. The latter interprets safe production as a policy, principle and requirement of enterprise production, while the former interprets it as a series of measures and activities for enterprise production. According to the point of view of modern systems security engineering, the above explanations only express one aspect, and they are not comprehensive enough.

In a nutshell, safe production refers to taking a series of measures to make the production process in line with the specified material conditions and working order, effectively eliminate or control dangerous and harmful factors, and prevent production accidents such as personal injury and property damage, so as to protect personnel. A state in which safety and health, equipment and facilities are not damaged, and the environment is not damaged, so that production and business activities can be carried out smoothly.

The concept of "safe production", in a general sense, refers to the harmonious operation of people, machines, materials, environment and methods in social production activities, so that various potential accident risks and injury factors in the production process are always effective. Control the state and effectively protect the life safety and physical health of workers. That is to say, in order to make the labor process be carried out under the material conditions and work order that meet the safety requirements, prevent production accidents such as personal injury, property loss, etc., eliminate or control dangerous and harmful factors, and protect the safety and health of workers and equipment and facilities from damage. , all acts of environmental protection from damage.

Safe production is the unity of safety and production. Its purpose is to promote production safely, and production must be safe. Doing a good job in safe work and improving working conditions can mobilize the enthusiasm of employees for production; reducing casualties of employees can reduce labor losses; reducing property losses can increase enterprise benefits, which will undoubtedly promote the development of production; and production must be safe, because Safety is a prerequisite for production, without safety, production cannot be achieved.