Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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Jul 27, 2015

Leader's behavior drives safety culture

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At a Fleet Safety Conference, Shell Global Road Safety Manager stated in an address that leader's behavior drives safety culture in the...
Jul 25, 2015

Lightning strike on beach - dissipation of electric charge through water - three injuries

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This too can happen. https://in.news.yahoo.com/three-injured-by-lightning-strike-on-americas-145112440.html
Jul 19, 2015

Building collapse in Delhi - narrow passage hinders rescue operations

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As per Times of India report, a building collapsed in Delhi, where three women died and 10 were injured. Fire department found it difficu...

Paramilitary troops die more in road accidents than in terrorist operations

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As per Times of India report, more number of paramilitary troops died in road accidents than in terrorist operations.  They will be under m...

Road accidents statistics - Times of India

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As per report in Times of India , in 2014, 16 persons are dying in road accidents every year. 1,41,000 died in 2013. Over speeding is the ma...
Jul 10, 2015

More layers of dress leads to exhaustion in the mid air

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In a report, a passenger collapsed of heat exhaustion in the mid air, after tried to avoid excess luggage fee to the airlines by wearing 12...
Jul 3, 2015

Fall of bus silencer causes fatality

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A person going on a bike comes under the bus tyre, after the silencer of the bus falls off on the bike rider.  Difficult to predict such ty...
Jul 2, 2015

Worker killed by robot...

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As per a report ,  worker was killed during installation of a robot in a car manufacturing firm. Though the title leads to wrong conclusion...
Jul 1, 2015

Oil Tank Explosion

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LINK As per the commentary, once the temperature reaches 400 degree Celcius, the tanker blasts. Persons at 200 m distance suffered thir...

BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) Demonstration - How it ...

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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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