Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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Mar 7, 2009

Summer Fires

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This year, it appears summer started in January itself. As the weeks progress, already less crowds are seen on the roads in the afternoon. W...
Feb 14, 2009

Risk = Probability (???) x SEVERITY

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Yesterday I read a news item that a US satellite Iridium-33 in use collided with a Russian satellite Cosmos 2251 that is no longer in use on...
Feb 12, 2009

Location of industrial plants - safe distances

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Two days ago, there was a fire and explosion incident at about 2100 hrs in a chemical factory that makes some product and supplies to well k...
Jan 19, 2009

Safety Thoughts, News & Information: Why Gas cylinders should be kept in sun shade?

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Safety Thoughts, News & Information: Why Gas cylinders should be kept in sun shade?

Why Gas cylinders should be kept in sun shade?

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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 ...
Jan 17, 2009

Gas cylinder Explosion

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Yesterday (16.01.2009 Friday), I read a news items in a local news paper with the title, which is the title of this post. It states that fou...
Jan 11, 2009

Experience in Safety implementation

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There is a saying that "Experience makes a man wise". Yes, this is true, but not in all respects. Sometimes, it is good if we do n...
Dec 22, 2008

Chewing 32 times - benefits

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This is nothing to do with industrial safety or such sort. However, how I would like share my experience of chewing more number of times. We...
Dec 15, 2008

Importance of Learning

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Accidents and near misses are the result of mistakes committed by some one. On human errors, there is a quotation by the great safety profes...
Dec 14, 2008

Most cited reason for fires - Short Circuit

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Most of the times I read news papers on fire incidents, the reason told by the owner of the premises or security or fire service department ...
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V.V.Mahesh Kumar
Degree in Chemical Engineering, Diploma in Industrial Safety. Past experience - design of chemical equipment and piping for 11 yr. Working as an industrial safety professional in a government department for the last 25 years. For last four years, also engaged in advice on radiological safety.
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