The manual slag poking in the bottom ash hopper of coal-fired boilers is of significant personal safety risks.In order to eliminate such safety risks in manual slag poking,a power plant proposed and implemented a scheme of mechanical slag poking in the bottom ash hopper.The implementation results show that the slag poking machine is of a simple structure and reliable in operation,available for mechanical slag poking to replace manual slag poking,eliminating the safety risks of manual slag poking,and improving the labor productivity and civilized production level.