Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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Jul 18, 2011

Electrocution

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A person died due to electrocution, as reported in a news paper . He received electric shock when he tried to cross a water pool and held ne...
Jul 6, 2011

Activities that burn your calaries

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An article in Times of India on 5th July 2011 is about guidelines of Hyderabad based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) for changing the...

Sleep walk, sexsomnia, etc

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A news item in Times of India today is about the innocence of a person suffering from sexsomnia. Experts told the court that the person wi...

Trench cave-in

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The following article appeared in free e-mail news letter of bongrade.com on Wednesday,July 6, 2011, Volume 2, Issue 27. The important point...

BLEVE explanation with video

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The following link gives explanation for BLEVE ( B oiling L iquid E xpanding V apor E xplosion). The explanatory text below states that BLEV...
Jul 4, 2011

Some statements on safety

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Following are some of the statements in "Process Safety Analysis - An Introduction"  by Bob Skelton published by Institution of Ch...
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...
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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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