Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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Dec 31, 2014

Worker killed in accident at BHEL - The Hindu

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Worker killed in accident at BHEL - The Hindu Incident occurred while lifting a heavy object and failure of wire rope. An apprentice die...
Dec 29, 2014

3 persons die of asphyxiation

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As per reports, 3 persons died after nitrogen gas leak at a reactor construction site. Government closed two more sites under construction ...
Dec 28, 2014

Safety - who is responsible - Failures attributed to regulators

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When there is a robbery, police are blamed. When there is violence, police are blamed. When there is train accident, railways are blamed. ...
Oct 13, 2014

Accident prevention - enforcement by mandatory publishing of safety data on product labels

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Reasons for accident prevention, as quoted by experts, are humanitarian, economic and legal. Thus, organizations have to invest sensibly for...
Sep 24, 2014

Fire Safety Demonstration by South Beach Tow(extinguish the cigarette or...

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Sep 10, 2014

Some thoughts on culture / safety culture

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One of the definitions on safety culture is "the way one works even when nobody's watching". If an organization functions trul...
Sep 1, 2014

DuPont Reaches $1.28 Million Settlement Over Toxic Gas Leaks -- Update - NASDAQ.com

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DuPont Reaches $1.28 Million Settlement Over Toxic Gas Leaks -- Update - NASDAQ.com Fines should be such that violations are not taken c...
Aug 24, 2014

Success or failure - it is a team's achievement - with a rider!

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Recently Indian cricket team lost the series to England. Those who praised the first win were the same to blame the losses also. However, s...
Aug 4, 2014

Dust explosion kills more than 65 persons

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In an incident of aluminum dust explosion , likely to have been caused by a flame lit , several persons died, many were injured with more th...
Jun 29, 2014

Ammonia reactor blast - 10 persons injured

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As per news reports, a brine unit chiller with ammonia exploded on Saturday i.e 28.06.2014, leading to ammonia leak, injuring 10 persons wit...
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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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