Safety Thoughts, News and Information

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

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Aug 31, 2025

Finger injuries from wrong placement of door handles

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I was in a hotel for a day. The door handle of washroom is very close to door frame.  I could have got finger injury,  while closing the do...
Aug 1, 2025

Road driver responsible to give signal before stopping

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Jul 27, 2025

Perception and safety

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Last night, I slept in a different room. Woke up at night, and while going back to bed, I hit the cot and almost fell, getting hit injury on...
Jul 21, 2025

Fall of persons from smooth and wet surfaces

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I came on official work to a project site and staying in our guest house.  Yesterday morning, I saw one server skidding on smooth mosaic flo...
Jul 18, 2025

Preventive maintenance and inservice inspection

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Preventive maintenance (PM), inservice inspection (ISI), calibration,  periodical load or pressure tests, electrical continuity and earth re...
Jul 8, 2025

Driving on water pools - splashing hazard

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During rainy season, to enjoy cool weather,  sometimes, I keep windows open.  But, the water pool patches on the roads are annoying. Other v...
Jul 6, 2025

Car door opening - accidents to adjacent commuters

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Many accidents are reported about other travellers / vehicle riders being hit, while car occupant opens the door. Person opening his vehicle...

Mobile phone permission to employees in workplaces

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Having mobile phone in work areas helps for easy communication and decision making. But, the spam calls, calls from family and friends in wo...
Jul 1, 2025

Slept in the car - lost life from suffocation

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"Crime news: Two youths died of suffocation after sleeping in a car under the influence of alcohol | two-youth-died-of-suffocation-in-a...
Jun 30, 2025

Concrete roads - skidding hazard

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Concrete roads last longer than bitumen roads. However,  concrete surfaces,  being smooth compared bitumen roads seems to be slippery in wet...
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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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