Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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May 31, 2019

Faith / belief

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Somewhere I read that if you believe in something, it can happen. I have mood swings on this statement. Sometimes, I experience it and other...
Apr 14, 2019

Too much illumination on streets

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With the intention of good infrastructure, mobility, security, etc governments are striving hard for better facilities. One among them is st...
Mar 31, 2019

Need for more safety officers, statutes are not favorable

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Different state rules specify availability of safety officers at 4-6 in organizations employing as high as 10000. But, this is grossly inad...
Mar 25, 2019

End of financial year - some to do listing

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As the end of March month is approaching, industrial establishments will be working at frantic pace to meet their annual financial year prod...
Mar 13, 2019

Accident reduction - meetings before start of work with executiing agencies

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Use of persons on contract or by outsourcing is widely favored by organizations in manufacturing. The reasons being saving on wage bills com...
Mar 2, 2019

Intolerance to safety is not tolerable.

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In any workplace, if employees are ignorant of safety procedures, they can be identified easily and can be trained. But, if persons are arro...
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...
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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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