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

Aug 13, 2015

Person close to the robot, dies from robot arm

As per the newspaper report, a person died after he went close to the robot arm of a machine. He went close to adjust a sheet that got dislodged when lifted by the robot arm.

It is normal practice to prohibit entry of personnel in robot working areas, as they do the work as per program.
It may not be practical to put proximity sensors on robot arms to stop robot movement as in that case their work output can be severely limited.
Instead, the entry to work area / reach of robots can be fenced and its entry door opening can be interlocked to stop operation.

 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Robot-kills-man-at-Volkswagen-plant-in-Germany/articleshow/47904748.cms
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