Safety Thoughts, News and Information

NDTV news report link provides details about construction industry hazards. Read the report here. http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/even-aft...

Some workers of a garment factory sensing strong smell of a gas tried to runaway from workplace but fainted before reaching the gate. A taxi...

 I heard many times from my friends in safety department in various government and private organizations about the tough talk and occasional...

There is an article in The Phillippine Star about 10 most common poisons at home that are likely to harm children health and one of the pois...

Here is an article on protecting oneself from hazards including workplace violence. Though, all of us know to maintain distance away from ha...

Another year passed to count on Bhopal accident. After the Bhopal accident, we can recount the accidents at HPCL, Vizag and IOCL, Jaipur whe...

Automation of processes is preferred by most of the organizations as it reduces human interface and improves productivity. In manufacturing ...

A newspaper report stated that in a pharma company, sparks fell from a capacitor when two electricians were on the job. The sparks fell on t...

In my earlier post, I mentioned few things to communicate hazards to machine / equipment operators. In addition, it will also be effective t...

Accidents recur regularly on same or similar process / machine. A friend of mine said once that operators and supervisors can be reminded ab...

After the last week verdict on Bhopal tragedy for fixing the responsibility, so many people in responsible positions commented about the ver...

A safety officer’s main role in the organization to help in hazard identification and thus he will have a hawk’s eye for hazards. The condit...

I read in Rules for gas cylinders that gas cylinders should be kept under sun shade, should not be exposed to direct sun light, the storage ...