Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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Apr 29, 2014

Explosive effect of accidents in the chemical industry

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An article about chemical accidents http://www.icis.com/Articles/2010/03/29/9345517/the-explosive-effect-of-accidents-in-the-chemical-indu...

Blast during dismantling of a chemical boiler - 3 persons die due to burns

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Three persons died in a blast that occurred during the dismantling of a chemical boiler in a scrap godown. The contents of the boiler are no...
Apr 27, 2014

Plant shutdown after reaching the target

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I am surprised to read a old news item (see the link below) on the above title. The title of the news item is about an accident causing burn...
Apr 26, 2014

Effectiveness of safety programme - management support

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Appointment of safety officers is a mandatory requirement. When cost cutting is the mantra (rule) everywhere particularly when the company i...
Apr 13, 2014

Easy to blame others for fires in our premises - what about our preparedness?

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Today I read in a news paper that fire services reached late to the site of fire by which some property damage already took place. Such reas...
Mar 1, 2014

Sun flowers for radioactive material decontamination - WTF Facts : funny, interesting & weird facts

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WTF Facts : funny, interesting & weird facts LINK
Feb 15, 2014

Stress and its impact on safety

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I attended a seminar on occupational health and one of the topic discussed was stress management. Ill effects of stress on the person and it...
Feb 2, 2014

Etiquette / decorum during safety meetings, classes

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Participants in the meetings and training programmes find it disturbing when they see some audience  argue without end talk with others ...
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...
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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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