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

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Showing posts with label chemical burns. Show all posts

Showing posts with label chemical burns. Show all posts

Apr 23, 2018

Ammonia causes chemical burns

During unloading, ammonium hydroxide from the tank splashes on the face of the person causing chemical burns. The person was taken to hospit...

Nov 11, 2013

Chemical burns - why to wash a spilled chemical on the body for atleast 15 minutes?

Recently, during an interaction with some trainees, nobody could understand the reason for washing a body part splashed with acid/alkali for...

Nov 5, 2012

Two employees receive chemical burns - firm is fined

It is reported that a cleaning firm was fined after two of its employees received chemical burns in two separate incidents. The firm was fi...

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Vudhya Venkata Mahesh Kumar: Degree in Chemical Engineering, Diploma in Industrial Safety. Past experience was 11 years in the design of chemical plant equipment and piping. Worked as an industrial safety professional in a government department for the last 26+ years, enforcement and advice on process safety, construction safety, safety studies and coordinating with regulary agency for operational clearances of operational plants and a greenfield project. Last four years include enforcement and advice on radiological safety; training activities of HRD to new recruits, employees, apprentices, etc.

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