We are nothing after our death. Let us donate our body organs for the poor.

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work The moment you fear, you are nobody - Swamy Vivekananda

If you think safety is expensive, try an accident... - O.P.Kharbanda

Preventable accidents, if they are not prevented due to our negligence, it is nothing short of a murder - Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishna, 2nd President of India

Zero accidents through zero unsafe behaviors. Do not be complacent that there are no accidents. There may be near miss accidents (NMAs). With luck/chance, somebody escaped knowingly or unknown to the person. But, we can't be safe, if we depend upon the luck.

Safety culture is how the organization behaves when no one is watching.

We make No compromise with respect to Morality, Ethics, or Safety. If a design or work practice is perceived to be unsafe, we do not proceed until the issue is resolved. - Mission statement by S&B Engineers & Consultants Ltd. http://www.sbec.com/safety/

Human meat gets least priority - A doctor's comment on accidents

CSB video excerpts from Dr.Trevor Kletz, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQn5fL62KL8

Mar 28, 2024

Getting down from car - a nearmiss incident

Recently, I engaged a hired taxi to travel around. During the visit, sometimes I sat in the back row and got down with one foot near the car and another one away. Before I moved out of the car, the driver started the vehicle rubbing my calf muscles. I noticed that had the foot been a bit closer to the car, the heel portion would have been under the rear wheel of the moving car. This happened quite a few times during the two-day hiring period. 

Oct 31, 2023

More hours of work - my personal experience

Last 4-5 days, I was busy with personal works. Generally left home at about 0730 hr and was back only at around 2100 hr.

It is highly stressful to be on some work. Having headache, and feeling like isolated from family. Though I did personal work, still, the feeling of away from home is there.

I think, we have to find alternative means to improve output by using productive tools. Else, human labour is not sustainable for same person in the long run.


Oct 28, 2023

70 hours work week

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70 hr for 6 working days averages to 11+ hr per day. Add another 2-3 hr for transport. Unmarried may be able to spend that much time, but married persons with children can't. If 70 hr a week is implemented, soon, there can be resignations. In present day life, both husband and wife have to work to meet children education, own a house and have money for post retired life. 

Again as children grow up, health of own and taking care of aged parents will need time for the family.

Work from home wherever possible may allow for personnel to work extra hours. But, not true for all organizations.

Already, we have growing number family court cases. More hours of work along with travel time will add to family quarrels due to work stress, uncared children and chaos in the society depending upon how the children will shape up. To address this, organisations should be able to provide facilities for creche, schools, medical facilities for family, either by individual organization or by joining hands with others.

Even then, allocating 13-14 hr a day will disturb family life. In the long run, it will have negative impact on everyone.

Extra hours for national growth can be added by increased automation, use of machines and tools where possible. 
Nation's growth can be achieved by wise spending of the revenue. Money spent should add to growth of assets, not for paying day-to-day living.

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/bengaluru-cardiologist-on-narayana-murthys-70-hour-work-week-advice-wonder-why-young-people-are-getting-heart-attacks-11616091.html

Oct 1, 2023

Organ donation - life after life

Personally, I feel donation of our organs to the needy after our life shall be part of our will that should be executed as a first step to claim other assets by our children or beneficiaries.

As per government procedure, we don't have rights on our body for self donation. Our family members have to agree for this. This is  unfortunate. 

What is the use of burning or burying, when it will be useful to several people.

Government should make organ donation compulsory. Instead of only death certificate, another certificate for having donated or harvested useful organs also should be made compulsory for authorities of graveyards or burial grounds to permit and complete the after death activities as per their faith.

The following link gives information about the organ donation and it's importance. It also states the maximum time by which different organs can be harvested.

I am committed and informed my family about organ donation. I had also stated the same to my well-wishers for execution.



https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/deceased-organ-donations-in-india-a-story-of-challenges-awareness-and-insurance-11695920370077.html

Sep 15, 2023

Waiting time for consultation in a hospital

Today, I went to a corporate hospital with my wife for consultation. The appointment time to actual consultation is more than 3 hours. And, I found many patients including old and those suffering, waiting for their call, though the display boards showed no patients in the consultation rooms. I felt like it is better to suffer at home rather than waiting with pain in the hospital for consultation.

Jul 2, 2023

Road accidents - Road hypnosis


In a recent road accident at midnight, where 25 passengers of the bus died, one of the reasons mentioned is road hypnosis. 

Information extracted from internet:

What Causes Drivers to Experience Highway Hypnosis? Drivers may become hypnotized by the monotony of the road, such as an empty highway with an endless white line. This phenomenon is especially common when drivers travel for long distances on open highways with little traffic.

By going through the above, all of us must have experienced this at one time or another on many occasions. 

How to prevent drivers from going into such trance-like situations and make them physically aware of their surroundings appears to be having series of road humps which are small height (maybe one inch) barriers for every one kilometer or so. The jerks of the vehicle while passing on these make the drivers come to aware of their surroundings and be alert. 


May 26, 2023

Observing the traits of shopfloor personnel for safety

Persons behave differently when they are alone or in their known circle, and in another fashion when present with unknown persons. In the first instance, a carefree attitude can be seen while in the later case, generally, it is composed, well mannered.

Apart from these, we can also check the way logbooks/reports are scribbled or made and this too can give a hint about the type of person we are examining. If details are not included or are evasive or little, this may be an indication that the person is either not attentive or there is something hidden. 

The same may be the case with respect to handwriting. Several years ago, I had gone through a book on graphology where it is stated that the opinion of graphologists is taken into account by the court of law for the land. 

Maybe we have to observe the manner in which a person talks (face reading). 

And, then coupled with our knowledge and experience, we can have an assessment of the persons engaged in the shopfloor and take a decision on whether to continue or change the person for good.

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