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

Showing posts with label acid fumes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acid fumes. Show all posts

Jul 16, 2017

Sulphuric acid fumes leak from batteries affects 4 persons

The sulphuric acid fumes leak from batteries causes four persons at discomfort. 
Power supply was disconnected, and batteries were cooled with fans, as water can't be applied due to stored electricity and water on sulphuric acid will heat up further and aggravate the problem. Persons affected with toxic fumes were treated by attending personnel.

Dec 22, 2012

Toilet cleaning with acid - fumes affect students

In an incident reported, fumes from toilet cleaning with acid in a religious place affected students in the adjacent school causing hospitalization. Some students vomited while the teacher became unconscious.
Status on the persons cleaning the toilet is not known. 
It's my personal experience wherein acidic fumes during toilet cleaning cause severe lung congestion, respiratory problems, etc and we stopped using acid and instead we are using toilet cleaners that are mild and also have perfume smell. 

Mar 9, 2011

Spread of acid fumes from broken bottles to three villages

A news item in Hindu news paper today is about leakage and impact of acid fumes on residents of three villages. The leakage and spread of fumes from possible broken bottles containing bromine (HBr?) caused health complications such as irritation in the eyes, trachea and stomach, coughing, nausea, skin allergy. Another report says about the quantity stored as 40 bottles of each 750 ml. And as per another report, it is stored in 2 and 5 lit bottles and liquid bromine from one broken bottle reacted with husk in the area. I am unable to guess what quantity of the chemical leaked that caused spread of thick fumes to three villages affecting the people. 
A report on the same incident mentions

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