Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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Feb 18, 2019

Why only safety department should see the deficiencies? why not the line staff?

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It is a misconception in several industries that safety is the responsibility of safety department. Production staff feel that their job is ...
Feb 17, 2019

Forklift safety

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As per a blog article , 100000 personnel are injured / killed in forklift accidents in US, siting OSHA. The article throws light into pos...
Feb 5, 2019

Leadership and safety management

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A presentation on the title is available HERE .
Jan 14, 2019

Safety - luck(?) or duck(0)

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Everyday we face many situations that are nearmisses let it be at home, on road or at work place. I think we are all lucky several times a d...
Dec 30, 2018

Some thoughts on fall of safety standards - forgetfulness, over-confidence, complacency, arrogance

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Anybody or any organization, immediately after an event not to like to happen will have several commitments to itself. I/we will do this or ...
Dec 11, 2018

Poor safety management - cause for blasts in chemical factory leading to 23 deaths

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The chemical factory stores vinyl chloride (chloroethene, chloroethylene) in three tanks. Two tanks were full with the chemical at the time ...
Dec 9, 2018

Boy dies in oven, after entering in it to escape cold weather

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A 15 year old boy dies inside the oven, after he enters into it to escape cold weather. The oven door closes leading to the death of the boy...
Dec 7, 2018

Death from hydrogen gas cylinder blast in IISc Bengaluru

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A person was thrown about 20 feet away, hit the wall and died due to suspected hydrogen cylinder blast.  3 others sustained injuries during...
Nov 30, 2018

Accidents due to opening of the door of cars/trucks

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I watched few videos in internet as well as learnt from experiences of friends about fall of persons on the road while walking / driving two...
Oct 30, 2018

Dangerous jobs

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https://www.thestreet.com/how-to/most-dangerous-jobs-in-america-14756704
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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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