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

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Dec 14, 2013

Ensuring use of PPE (personal protective equipment) by employees - whose responsibility?

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Recently, in a conversation during an audit, I heard the following instructions to supervisors and employees about the use of PPE: Tell th...
Dec 8, 2013

Starting problem with vehicle not used for some time

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I am having scooter which I sparingly use as I my regular use vehicle is a motor cycle. Today, I gave my motor cycle for servicing and I had...
Nov 30, 2013

Safety education - a subject to be made compulsory at all levels in schools and colleges

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Even after so many years of industrialization, with all available knowledge, still, accidents are taking place. This only shows that managem...
Nov 15, 2013

Cockroach chase leads to factory fire - how to eliminate cockroaches in your place?

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Today, I read in a forum, i.e indiansafetyprofessionals@yahoogroups.com, that a house wife died of burns when she sprayed a cockroach killer...
Nov 12, 2013

Double riding on forklifts - is it acceptable?

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Questions are raised on whether one can have a ride on the forklift apart from the forklift operator? Or, for that matter on any other mater...
Nov 11, 2013

Chemical burns - why to wash a spilled chemical on the body for atleast 15 minutes?

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Recently, during an interaction with some trainees, nobody could understand the reason for washing a body part splashed with acid/alkali for...

Trade off between production and safety

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Safety is our first concern, so say, everybody in public forums. But, there is also something called, ALARP (As Low As Reasonably Practicabl...
Oct 16, 2013

Compressed Gas Safety » SafetySmart

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Compressed Gas Safety » SafetySmart LINK
Oct 9, 2013

Government proposes safety rating system for chemical plants | Business Standard

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Government likes to rate chemical plants based on 19 key performance indicators in order to create need for zero accidents in their plants w...
Sep 20, 2013

WTF Facts : funny, interesting & weird facts about probability, risk

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WTF Facts : funny, interesting & weird facts The above link gives information about the probability of some events (mostly death). Can...
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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 26 years, advising on process safety, construction safety, safety studies and coordinating with regulary agency for operational clearances. For last four years, also engaged in advice on radiological safety and training activities of HRD
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