Safety Thoughts, News and Information

We are nothing after our death. Let us donate our body organs for the poor.

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work The moment you fear, you are nobody - Swamy Vivekananda

If you think safety is expensive, try an accident... - O.P.Kharbanda

Preventable accidents, if they are not prevented due to our negligence, it is nothing short of a murder - Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishna, 2nd President of India

Zero accidents through zero unsafe behaviors. Do not be complacent that there are no accidents. There may be near miss accidents (NMAs). With luck/chance, somebody escaped knowingly or unknown to the person. But, we can't be safe, if we depend upon the luck.

Safety culture is how the organization behaves when no one is watching.

We make No compromise with respect to Morality, Ethics, or Safety. If a design or work practice is perceived to be unsafe, we do not proceed until the issue is resolved. - Mission statement by S&B Engineers & Consultants Ltd. http://www.sbec.com/safety/

Human meat gets least priority - A doctor's comment on accidents

CSB video excerpts from Dr.Trevor Kletz, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQn5fL62KL8

Jul 19, 2015

Road accidents statistics - Times of India

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 main reason as per the data presented.

It appears more are dying from road accidents than any other factor and we worry more about dangers of setting up of industries.

Jul 10, 2015

More layers of dress leads to exhaustion in the mid air

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 layers of dress. With assistance, he recovered.

This is a lesson for us. I do not know that such a thing can happen.May be safety caution should be printed in this regard also on the ticket about not to wear more than one pair dress.

Read the report HERE.

Jul 3, 2015

Fall of bus silencer causes fatality

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 type of hazards.

Jul 2, 2015

Worker killed by robot...

As per a report, worker was killed during installation of a robot in a car manufacturing firm. Though the title leads to wrong conclusion, robots are lifeless and brainless and any action is due to wrong programming/setting by the concerned programmers/assemblers.

The robot must have been in commissioning stage or under trial runs. One has to do thorough event tree and fault tree analyses before putting the logic into field use.

Nobody should be allowed to be within the reach of the machine and suitable physical barriers and sensors/interlocks should be incorporated.

Jul 1, 2015

Oil Tank Explosion

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

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

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Gas Safety Blanket Response to end of Pipe ammonia leak

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03s0bXNUgOU

Something new and easy to use to control anhydrous ammonia leaks. Though the picture of the person is not shown fully in this video, the warning message at the end about not to enter without proper PPE should be followed.