Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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Jul 1, 2024

Explosion in the compressor of glass factory

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In an explosion in a compressor in factory, 5 persons died.  For preventing excessive pressure, atleast a safety relief valve will be used, ...
May 10, 2024

Selfie madness

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Time to time, it is reported that people particularly youth have fallen from terraces, bridges, hit by moving vehicles, etc while taking sel...
May 3, 2024

Fatality -Consumption of dry ice mistakenly for normal icecream

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A boy took dry ice thinking it normal icecream and died. Dry ice can cause cold burns, asphyxia. Source for the information is from Inshorts...
Apr 30, 2024

Time - its importance in mission launch

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Timing https://www.wionews.com/science/isro-delayed-chandrayaan-3s-launch-by-four-seconds-to-avoid-massive-collision-in-space-716278
Apr 11, 2024

Seatbelt saved the person

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Apr 2, 2024

Routine - does it ensure doing in safe manner

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I was out of station for two days and stayed in a rented space.  To brush my teeth, confident of items in the regularly used kit, I picked u...
Mar 28, 2024

Getting down from car - a nearmiss incident

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Recently, I engaged a hired taxi to travel around. During the visit, sometimes I sat in the back row and got down with one foot near the car...
Oct 31, 2023

More hours of work - my personal experience

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Last 4-5 days, I was busy with personal works. Generally left home at about 0730 hr and was back only at around 2100 hr. It is highly stress...
Oct 28, 2023

70 hours work week

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LINK 70 hr for 6 working days averages to 11+ hr per day. Add another 2-3 hr for transport. Unmarried may be able to spend that much time, ...
Oct 1, 2023

Organ donation - life after life

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Personally, I feel donation of our organs to the needy after our life shall be part of our will that should be executed as a first step to c...
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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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