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, 2008

Communication - an important tool to help others to improve safety

Every day we see, hear, read and may experience accidents. But, how much time we spend on thinking about those accidents and what can be done to prevent such accidents. As we think more and more on the subject, our thoughts will be streamlined and a day will come when it becomes a part of life.

True, we need safety. But, normally we just leave it as such, as we have more important things to do (so as we assume).

Do we leave things as they were, if it is our children involved in such activities. A BIG NO. We tell a hundred times about how to proceed with a task, if it is to be done by our child. We also ensure some sort of supervision or keep watch on them.

The way we communicate with our children, we have to do it with our colleagues or partners in the work area also. BECAUSE, safety is a team work.

We may follow safety rules. But, we can't be sure of a safe work place, unless all those involved in the work also follow those safety rules.

Do not say later on that I told you so / I did but why you did not. Say it before taking up the task.

Communication should be simpler, straight, easy to understand, written and confirm it by asking questions.

If there is any doubt, get it cleared at once. You may be called Doubtfire. It doesn't matter. Because it is 'I' or 'Me' who is going to be involved in the job and even a wrong step can cause danger to others also.

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