Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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May 30, 2012

Person consumes cow dung powder and dies

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A woman consumes cow dung powder and dies on the way to the hospital. She did this as her husband found that she had drawn Rs 50,000/- from ...
May 29, 2012

Dust explosions: little known hazards

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Hazards of dust and consequences arising out of dust explosions are still little understood by manufacturing facilities that handle dust of ...
May 27, 2012

Subsidies by governments - what about safety investment?

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In an article today, I understood where the huge amounts of subsidies allocated/borne by the government are utilized. Some amount goes to h...
May 26, 2012

Something about "Don't scratch silver foil coat with nails"

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Today, I saw an e-mail with the following information: ATTENTION! Medical research authority of the US have found new cancer in human ...
May 24, 2012

About probability of reactor accidents based on past accidents

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In an article, it is stated that the probability of contamination in severe accidents like that of Chernobyl and Fukushima will be far highe...

Payback from safety - calculation

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http://www.safetyxchange.org/financing-safety/measure-roi-safety-program

Mine accidents - a way to reach the trapped workers

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This evening, I was talking about this blog to my father-in-law who is a retired doctor. He told me about his initial working years after ed...

LPG cylinder burst - 5 injured - police book case

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In an incident, 5 kids were injured as the mini gas cylinder on which the house wife was preparing food at the time of the incident. Leakin...
May 13, 2012

Molten metal contact with water-blast-2 deaths

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In an incident, while removing the stuck slag from a blast furnace with the help of a poclainer and rod, the slag along with molten metal st...

Hydrogen balloon fireball injures 140 in Armenia

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Balloon fireball injures 140 in Armenia : More than 140 people have been injured after gas-filled balloons exploded at a concert in the Arme...
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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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