Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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Nov 26, 2012

Five die in an apartment complex fire

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A film shooting set erected adjacent to an apartment complex caught fire yesterday at about 2045 hr and spread to the apartment. Five person...
Nov 25, 2012

Hit by beam, person driving on the road dies

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In an incident, an engineer driving a bike along Rapid Metro corridor under construction, was hit by an iron beam of 19 ft length, fell down...
Nov 24, 2012

A day full of nearmisses

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Today is not a good day for me with respect to my safety on the road. I started on bike in the morning to drop my child to school and we alm...
Nov 21, 2012

Fall from height - wrong use of forklift - firm penalized

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In an incident , two staff of a door fitting firm strapped a wooden crate to a forklift to go up and fix a motor on the wall for a rolling s...
Nov 18, 2012

Measures to be taken before a plant shutdown

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The following link provides good information on the above topic.  It suggests that one should engage experience technical persons for shut...
Nov 13, 2012

Can we have better surveillance cameras to monitor secured areas?

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It is common to see CCTV cameras at important places to monitor the movements of suspicious persons. These are located in super markets, res...

Better results for voluntary compliance instead of enforcement

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Many times we do things because we were told to do so. Else, there may be repercussions in the form of penalties or punishment. When we work...
Nov 10, 2012

Letter about the experiences on lab safety

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The link below takes to a letter published in Chemical Engineering News about lab safety, experience about lab safety in the college. Lab sa...
Nov 9, 2012

About HF spill in Gumi City - updates in Chemical World

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The report in the following link gives some important information about leakage of eight tonnes of HF. The police stated that workers did no...
Nov 6, 2012

Picture This! Three Little Words Versus One Big Risk-Taker » SafetySmart

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Picture This! Three Little Words Versus One Big Risk-Taker » SafetySmart What we say is not always followed.
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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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