Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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 ...

A good article (in a blog) on injuries from work related stress is available in the link below. https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/workers...

At least 8 students, 1 teacher injured in chemical fire at Hendersonville school : An official with the Hendersonville Fire Department said ...

Loud blast due to e xplosion during welding on a oil tanker parked in ship breaking yard, caused more than 10 deaths and injuries to about ...

Construction scaffolding collapses, killing 74 at Chinese power plant - World Socialist Web Site It is reported that during construction w...

As per a report , many accidents are happening in China due to poor safety conditions, lack of implementation of regulations and inspections...

In an incident of liquefied ammonia tanker driver trying to go through under a flyover, at 11.00 PM, the lid and the valves at the top got ...

The link to the information is here. http://thenationonlineng.net/new/6000-die-daily-in-work-related-accidents/ As per ILO, following ...

It is quite common for safety professionals to be at receiving end, bombarded with questions, when suggestion / advice is given based on rul...

During early hours, false ceiling of a portion of the airport near arrival area fell down and no injuries were reported. And, such inciden...

Those who do not like safety officers to inspect their areas for identifying hazardous conditions and also pick up arguments to make/scare ...

Recently, in a conversation during an audit, I heard the following instructions to supervisors and employees about the use of PPE: Tell th...

This may be an exceptional case. But, people should not draw inspiration to use forklift for personal movement. Forklifts are for material h...

Today, I attended a one-day medical education programme. In one of the sessions, a speaker, while speaking about industrial injuries and car...

Four states of mind are responsible for 90% of injuries at home and work place.  The four states are rushing, frustration, fatigue and compl...

It is common to read / hear about the accidents all over the world. However, what is surprising me is that the number of accidents, type of ...

It is a good practice to have safety nets for works at height to prevent injuries during fall of persons. Small time contractors usually avo...

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