Now a days, it is a regular phenomenon of reading / viewing the fall of innocent kids in open borewells. We also see, once a kid falls into a borewell, after it is brought into the attention by media, all agencies will come into action. For 8-10 inch borewell, a big well will be dug parallelly and a contact will be made to save the child. Proper closure of borewell, once dug, will cost a few hundred rupees. This responsibility should be squarely put on the person who digs it and after seeing so many incidents of fall of children into open borewells, it becomes necessary to even FENCE the closed borewell in a secured manner. If a borewell after drilling is not fitted with pumping arrangement immediately, then, it should not be taken up for drilling. Work should be completed in all respects and it is like playing with the lives of innocent children, IF the wells are not closed in a proper and secured manner. A lock and key arrangement should be made. If there is possibility of theft of lock, then, hand / motorised pump should be fitted immediately and the borewell should be put into use. Then only, I feel, we can avoid these recurring incidents of fall of children into thse wells.
Any person, who leaves the open borewells after drilling, should be put behind bars without bail. Then only people will realize the dangers posed by these open borewells.
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Oct 30, 2008
Uneven floor - finger injury
A person was loading a gas cylinder on to the cylinder trolley, by rolling the cylinder in inclined position with one hand. While rolling the cylinder near the trolley, it slipped and fell on the hand. Before he could take off the hand, it fell and the person's finger came between the cylinder and the trolley. Though, the uneven surface was known to the people, not much attention was given for repairing it and this hazardous condition lead to finger injury. It is not possible always to predict what type injuries a hazard can cause. However, it is common sense to remove any hazard once it is idenfied.
If we don't respect the hazardous condition, then the hazard also will return the favour in the same manner. People spend more time and give justification for not attending the hazard rather than taking corrective action.
If we don't respect the hazardous condition, then the hazard also will return the favour in the same manner. People spend more time and give justification for not attending the hazard rather than taking corrective action.