Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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Jun 30, 2011

Green Chemistry

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There is an article in Chemical & Engineering News on 27.06.2011 about green chemistry, the history behind its development, 12 principl...
Jun 28, 2011

Home poisons - tips to handle the dangers

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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...
Jun 26, 2011

Slipping on ice

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Last week I was on a personal tour and walked a bit on snow mountains. I saw water flowing down under ice and some of the tourists are slidi...
Jun 13, 2011

Heavy winds upturn 7 containers and flyoff 2 drivers

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There were reports of heavy winds in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, India on 10.06.2011. Seven containers on the road were upturned, t...
Jun 7, 2011

Dust explosion

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There is one more dust explosion at Hoeganaes facility, Tennessee on May 27th in which two persons died and another is seriously injured. Ea...
Jun 5, 2011

17 year old dies during height increase exercise

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A 17 year old boy dies due to entanglement of nylon cloth sari. He used to practice height improvement exercise by hanging from ceiling and ...

Protect children from pollution - a cartoon in Deccan Chronicle

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A cartoon on pollution in the cities and protecting school going children from pollution. Counterpoint Deccan Chronicle LINK

Electrocution of two contract workers

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As per news paper report , two persons died while climbing down the electric pole after doing repair jobs on a 11 kv feeder line. As per the...
Jun 4, 2011

Fall and death of a boy in corn machine

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As mentioned in a local news paper report, a boy died due to fall in the corn processing machine while adding corn to the machine. The 14 y...
Jun 2, 2011

Case study - compressed air turns man into a balloon

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All of us know the hazards of compressed air when targeted on persons. Here is an incident which almost lead to bursting of the person. Thou...
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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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