Safety Thoughts, News and Information

A place for my personal thoughts/views on safety, with focus on industrial safety.

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Sep 20, 2025

Injury from fall

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Presently, I am in Portblair for site seeing. Came two days ago and staying in a hotel room with sea view. It's drizzling now and then w...
Sep 12, 2025

Gas tanker topples-explosion

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Gas tanker topples-explosion What can be done to avoid such incidents? Ensure vehicle in good condition. Make a checklist, verify before eve...
Aug 31, 2025

Finger injuries from wrong placement of door handles

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I was in a hotel for a day. The door handle of washroom is very close to door frame.  I could have got finger injury,  while closing the do...
Aug 1, 2025

Road driver responsible to give signal before stopping

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Jul 27, 2025

Perception and safety

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Last night, I slept in a different room. Woke up at night, and while going back to bed, I hit the cot and almost fell, getting hit injury on...
Jul 21, 2025

Fall of persons from smooth and wet surfaces

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I came on official work to a project site and staying in our guest house.  Yesterday morning, I saw one server skidding on smooth mosaic flo...
Jul 18, 2025

Preventive maintenance and inservice inspection

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Preventive maintenance (PM), inservice inspection (ISI), calibration,  periodical load or pressure tests, electrical continuity and earth re...
Jul 8, 2025

Driving on water pools - splashing hazard

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During rainy season, to enjoy cool weather,  sometimes, I keep windows open.  But, the water pool patches on the roads are annoying. Other v...
Jul 6, 2025

Car door opening - accidents to adjacent commuters

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Many accidents are reported about other travellers / vehicle riders being hit, while car occupant opens the door. Person opening his vehicle...

Mobile phone permission to employees in workplaces

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Having mobile phone in work areas helps for easy communication and decision making. But, the spam calls, calls from family and friends in wo...
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V.V.Mahesh Kumar
Degree in Chemical Engineering, Diploma in Industrial Safety. Past experience - design of chemical equipment and piping for 11 yr. Working as an industrial safety professional in a government department for the last 25 years. For last four years, also engaged in advice on radiological safety.
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