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

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Jun 20, 2010

Compensation for victims of industrial accidents

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There is discussion on deciding the quantum of compensation for victims of industrial accidents. The compensation amount should be fixed for...

Hazard Communication - One more idea to warn to about dangers

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In my earlier post, I mentioned few things to communicate hazards to machine / equipment operators. In addition, it will also be effective t...
Jun 19, 2010

A tale of compensation payments by two companies - Union Carbide & BP

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Bhopal accident that caused more than 15000 deaths and injuries to thousands of persons lead to payment of US$ 470 million (1997 ?) whereas ...
Jun 14, 2010

Hazard communication - Way to reduce accidents

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

There are NO instant solutions for achieving safety - You can't see results immediately

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If there is an accident in the workplace, immediately investigation committee is constituted, some report is produced with recommendations a...
Jun 13, 2010

Oil spillages - What about other environment damage factors?

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There is lot of concern about BP oil spillage and its effect on environment. But, very little action is seen on the use of fuel guzzlers for...

Who is responsible for safety?

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After the last week verdict on Bhopal tragedy for fixing the responsibility, so many people in responsible positions commented about the ver...
Jun 5, 2010

Why people continue to do mistakes even after accidents take place

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Many times people repeat same mistakes and similar accidents take place. Even if root cause analysis is done, still they fail to take preven...

Value of human life for risk assessment

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I received a mail (risk-safety.com blog) about Treatment of Value of Life and Injuries in Preparing Economic Evaluations is mentioned in an ...

World Environment Day 2010

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Today is the World Environment Day and our organization is celebrating it in a big way. Last few days saw conduct of competitions in slogan ...
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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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