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Showing posts with label incidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label incidents. Show all posts
Mar 22, 2022

Display boards - its importance

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Many times, persons question about the importance of bill boards, its utility and money spent is considered as waste. Questions are also rai...
Feb 13, 2021

Importance of readily available data for preventing disasters - an article

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Recently, I came across an article  from Kinsmen Group, as given below. It discussed the importance of readily available data on workplace a...
Dec 30, 2020

2020: A review

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This year's happenings are like those that happen once in a lifetime. It can be like those faced during world wars. With the imposition ...
Dec 29, 2020

Distraction to drivers from bill boards on the roads

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Today, I was driving to workplace. Enroute, while glancing at advertisements, I narrowly missed hitting a pedestrian. The lady crossing the ...
Mar 25, 2019

End of financial year - some to do listing

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As the end of March month is approaching, industrial establishments will be working at frantic pace to meet their annual financial year prod...
Aug 29, 2016

Need for fire NOC should be made compulsory for all buildings irrespective of heights and nature of activities

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As per legislations, generally, fire no objection certificate (NOC) is issued by concerned fire service department, if the height of the bui...
Feb 26, 2015

Explosion in detonator factory during disposing of rejected detonators from explosives

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In an explosion in one of the largest explosives exporting factory, during separation of rejected detonators from explosives by cutting w...
May 1, 2013

Safety work permit - violation of conditions

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  Safety work permits are issued after ensuring that the site conditions are suitable for safe work. Check points are verified and are certi...
Feb 27, 2013

Ego - obstacle to safe practices

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Generally, safety professionals have advisory role. Any advise from company's safety professional(s) may be taken with good heart, reluc...
Jan 4, 2013

Manage Change before it manages you

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I read above quotation somewhere and noted in a pocket diary. Today, while going through the book I found this again. Many changes take pla...
Nov 13, 2012

Can we have better surveillance cameras to monitor secured areas?

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It is common to see CCTV cameras at important places to monitor the movements of suspicious persons. These are located in super markets, res...
Sep 30, 2010

Process Safety Management - for whom?

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Everybody says process safety management (PSM) without knowing or having commitment. Many may be thinking it as day-to-day plant operation. ...

Leniency to violators by authorities

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Every day, we see reports of many accidents, incidents, violations by factories. There will be hue and cry for lenient attitude / laxity on ...
Jun 29, 2010

Whether safety procedures cause stress at workplace

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Sometimes I hear shopfloor people grumbling at safety supervisors that by seeing them, B.P. increases in shopfloor workers. Others say that ...
Jun 27, 2010

Safety violations are found, then why the plants are allowed to run?

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In an article at http://www.safetyxchange.org/ , I read that there were more than 700 violations of safety, operation and environment found...