A place for my personal thoughts/views on safety, with focus on industrial safety.
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
Dec 3, 2012
How can we reduce unsafe acts on the roads and avoid accidents?
These acts endanger the vehicle drivers as well as other vehicle drivers and pedestrians. And it is not possible for the traffic police to catch all of them at all times.
Common public should be encouraged to take photographs of such unsafe acts along with readable vehicle numbers and local government should create a website for uploading of such photos by public and ensure some responsible authority in the control room to verify, prepare and issue penalty notices. Surely, local authorities can make a killing by collecting parking fee on the roads instead of their own buildings because of parking everywhere on the roads. Non-payment should result in attaching the vehicle and/or property of the offenders.
Only when such public participation is ensured, road safety for all can be a reality. Else, it will be difficult for anybody to control and avoid accidents on the road.
May 26, 2012
Something about "Don't scratch silver foil coat with nails"
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When I tried to know about information about silver nitro oxide, I found the following blogpost on the same subject, as per which the above information is totally wrong.
http://cyberworldfrauds.blogspot.in/2011/08/scratching-recharge-card-coating-silver.html
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Search from internet on the same topic (hazards of sliver coat on recharge cards in google search engine) took me to the following post, which is a health study on scratch cards in Nigeria that concludes heavy metal contamination of food after scratching the cards.
http://www.academicjournals.org/jece/PDF/pdf2011/April/Okunola%20et%20al.pdf
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Anyway, leaving the information out, we can use some coin to remove the coat on the recharge cards or scratch cards, etc instead of using our nails. The coat is some chemical compound and is better to avoid contact with any chemiclas whenever / wherever it is possible.
If we have to recharge our mobile, we can do the same with credit cards or at the street shop by going physically or if we developed some rapport with him, he can do based on our phone call.
Oct 23, 2011
No increase in brain cancer from mobile phone use - Danish study
If you are a business man and sitting at one place use fixed phone instead of mobile phone. If you are on the move, you can postpone your conversation till you reach your residence or office. If you are a marketing executive on the move, use earphones that are declared safe. Use of mobile phone on move also introduces other hazards like lack of concentration and can involve you in road accidents.
You may be lured by mobile applications, but the time spent on surfing or learning the applications is more than the actual gains and burning the pocket.
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