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 5, 2017

Flying rock from planned blasting crushes a car

During planned blasting for bypass road works, an exclusion zone of 200 m was maintained within which nobody will be permitted.
However, a car without inmates parked within this distance got crushed from the piece of rock that flew during blasting.

10 major industrial accidents in Bangladesh during last 12 years - an article in Indian Express

A compilation of list of 10 major industrial accidents in Bangladesh during last 12 years is available. The link is as below:


Among these, six are of fire incidents, 3 are of building collapse including an 8 storey building collapse leading to 1136 deaths and several injuries, and one incident of toxic leak.

Above building collapse is worded as second major industrial accident in the world after Bhopal accident.
It requires tremendous efforts and careful planning when we plan to have buildings accommodating such huge number of persons with regards to emergency. It is a lesson for all of us.

Jun 26, 2017

Grenfell Tower fire - Release of hydrogen cyanide during fire is suspected as reason for deaths

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/819869/Grenfell-Tower-deaths-toxic-gas-insulation-Polyisocyanurate-Building-cladding-London

As per experts opinion, that appeared in an article, the tower building outside had 150 mm thick insulation boards containing polyisocyanurate with aluminum foil clad. These boards released dangerous hydrogen cyanide gas upon exposure to fire.

Many household items, vehicles, furniture, etc use a range of products that are made having chemical compounds and these materials release dangerous toxic gases upon exposure to heat.

Still we use, attracted by colours, price, etc.


Chaos - principle of present day living

Persons continue to suffer from accidents, let it be controlled areas like factories or uncontrolled areas, like roads, fields, forests, etc.
It seems nobody got control occurrence of events, even where it can be. 
Nobody cares about rules and regulations.
On one side, everybody says, safety first, welfare first, and so on. However, the ground reality is quite opposite. Rule breaking appears to be the first priority. Everybody is in hurry to break the rules, without caring for themselves or others about their actions. No logic / explanation can be made.
We don't have right over our life or others lives. However, subjectivity takes precedence in anybody's action. Otherwise, let us not talk about importance or value of life. Let the jungle law be there. i.e. the mightier rules the land. 

The person driving the car on the road cares least about pedestrians. The bus driver cares little about cars and pedestrians. Car driver can't complain about rashness of bus driver, as car driver will be doing the same on to the pedestrians. Pedestrians too do not bother about using roadsides. They roam across the roads.
But, when something happens, the police are blamed, as if they can be present at the ratio of one for every person on the road. Within the disciplinary forces also, junior is questioned for his inefficiency by superior. This superior will be fired by next superior. 
Similar thing happens in work areas too. 
Unless self discipline is there, nobody on earth can help anybody. Police or other monitoring agencies can be helpful only to control those violators who are a fraction of total population. If everybody becomes violator, then controllers will be in minority and they have to protect themselves from unruly masses. These unruly masses start making illogical statements, blaming the protection forces as reason for unrest in the world.

But, the system will correct itself. It can take a long time during which many have to suffer. But, finally, jungle law prevails. Somebody will take lead and then we may even see strict regimes. The law can be, hand for hand. 


Jun 25, 2017

Fatal oil tanker fire - greed of persons to collect oil

http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2017/jun/25/death-toll-in-pakistan-tanker-fire-climbs-to-153-1620712.html

Fire from overturned oil tanker causes more than 150 deaths. Upon hearing the news of fallen tanker, nearby residents rushed to collect and died from the flames. They should have thought of fire hazard. No amount of training can help in such cases. Greediness is the culprit.

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