A place for my personal thoughts/views on safety, with focus on industrial safety.
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
Dec 14, 2015
Refinery explosion - sound heard 25 miles away
Watch the report and the video.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3348269/Hundreds-oil-workers-run-lives-massive-explosion-rocks-gas-refinery-Texas.html
As per another report, there were already two small fires with intermittent sirens causing locals to evacuate. Soon after followed an explosion with a big fireball.
http://www.firehouse.com/news/12145837/early-warning-spared-injuries-in-massive-orla-texas-gas-plant-fire
Nitrogen gas leak - 3 persons die at a Korean nuclear reactor construction site
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/south-korea-nuclear-plant-3-die-after-toxic-gas-leak-two-under-construction-reactors-shut-618418
3 persons got affected on exposure to chlorine at a water project
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bhopal-chlorine-gas-leak-narmada-jal-project-644695
3 persons die on exposure to toxic gas from sewer of leather factory
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kolkata-gas-leak-factory-kills-3-658321
Tank repair - toxic gas leak/exposure - 3 persons die
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-gas-leak-kills-3-workers-at-ankleshwar-pharmaceutical-factory-two-critical/
Nov 15, 2015
Queensland worker trapped in conveyor belt
Queensland worker trapped in conveyor belt
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Workplace incident causes serious injuries to woman
Workplace incident causes serious injuries to woman
Oct 25, 2015
Fire in an eatery kills 8 - Times of India's report
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/fire-in-restraurant-7-from-kurla-college-among-8-dead/
Oct 11, 2015
Oct 4, 2015
Reduced working hours in Sweden
It is said that, present working hours of eight per day extends to 9-10 hr per day and if you add transportation time to and from workplace adds to 10-12 hr per day away from home. This leaves little time for attending family duties and sleep. Higher work hours also lead to increase in risk to health, as per the studies.
But by reducing working hours, I could not make out, whether number of work shifts will increase where round-the-clock operations are to be carried out, i.e some more persons will be recruited to run the fourth shift (4 x 6 = 24 hr a day).
But, it appears that 6 hr a day is a good idea for all. Youngsters can spend some extra hours for higher studies or pursue their hobbies. Elders can have more relaxation time.
http://www.sciencealert.com/sweden-is-shifting-to-a-6-hour-workday
http://www.sciencealert.com/working-long-hours-is-linked-to-a-significantly-higher-risk-of-stroke?utm_source=Article&utm_medium=Website&utm_campaign=InArticleReadMore
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/02/news/economy/sweden-6-hour-work-day/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-introduces-six-hour-work-day-a6674646.html
Sep 23, 2015
Sep 3, 2015
Industrial safety in Pakistan - an article from The Express Tribune
http://tribune.com.pk/story/949724/outdated-regulations-responsible-for-accidents/
Aug 26, 2015
Aug 20, 2015
A reason to restrict 8 hours a day of work
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Working-over-8-hrs-a-day-raises-stroke-risk-by-33/articleshow/48550484.cms
Aug 19, 2015
Health hazards of six pack body
The article can be read here.
Aug 18, 2015
Tianjin blasts
Aug 13, 2015
Person close to the robot, dies from robot arm
It is normal practice to prohibit entry of personnel in robot working areas, as they do the work as per program.
It may not be practical to put proximity sensors on robot arms to stop robot movement as in that case their work output can be severely limited.
Instead, the entry to work area / reach of robots can be fenced and its entry door opening can be interlocked to stop operation.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Robot-kills-man-at-Volkswagen-plant-in-Germany/articleshow/47904748.cms
Accidents, injuries, loss of property, some causes
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/13/tianjin-explosions-china-sends-troops-cleanup
Jul 27, 2015
Leader's behavior drives safety culture
Jul 25, 2015
Jul 19, 2015
Building collapse in Delhi - narrow passage hinders rescue operations
Paramilitary troops die more in road accidents than in terrorist operations
Road accidents statistics - Times of India
Jul 10, 2015
More layers of dress leads to exhaustion in the mid air
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
Jul 2, 2015
Worker killed by robot...
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
LINK
As per the commentary, once the temperature reaches 400 degree Celcius, the tanker blasts. Persons at 200 m distance suffered third degree burns.
Gas Safety Blanket Response to end of Pipe ammonia leak
LINK
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.
Jun 21, 2015
International yoga day: Safety guidelines for yogasanas
A link below takes us to safety guidelines to be followed for practicing yoga. No amount of information is a substitute for teacher's advice. Just for information.
http://www.wailana.com/yoga/asanas/guidelines
Yesterday, I heard a lecture from which I learnt that doing yoga helps us to harmonize our thoughts and helps to have more concentration. A practical session for 10 minutes during the lecture also made me to realize the same. All participants were asked to close the eyes gently, to sit relaxingly, to concentrate inhalation and exhalation at the nose entrance. After 10 minutes, after rubbing the palms and touching the eyes, we opened the eyes. The question asked was, how much time we concentrated and observed inhalation/exhalation.
I pondered over this later also and thought that this practice will help us to realize about ourselves and try to get more concentration with practice.
Fire accident at TVS showroom in Anantapur - Tv9
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Short circuit is suspected as the reason. About 200 out of 1000 bikes in the showroom got burnt. Fire Services is facing difficulty in entering the building.
Property of about rupees one crore got damaged.
Jun 14, 2015
Ammonia tanker stuck up under flyover, valve damage, 5 deaths, 140 injured near Ludhiana
See the photo here.
5 persons died and 156 got injured in the incident.
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/ludhiana-ammonia-gas-leak-tanker-kills-6-over-100-affected-635709
Jun 2, 2015
Toxic gas leak from neighbor factory affects 60 in a garment factory
From the above, it is important to all persons working in a cluster of factories to know about hazards and emergency actions not only from their work place but from surrounding factories also.
Ammonia leak from food freezing system from the neighboring factory is suspected in this incident.
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/60-garment-workers-faint-in-southern-vietnam-after-toxic-gas-leak-43833.html
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/52-garment-workers-hospitalized-again-one-day-after-toxic-gas-leak-in-vietnam-43906.html
May 24, 2015
For information - safety statistics by ILO from The Nation, Nigeria
- Every second 15 persons die, 6000 a day and 2 million a year due to accidents/diseases. This data is from reported data. There can be many more.
- In addition, 268 million non-fatal accidents and 160 million new cases of work related illness also occur.
- The direct and indirect loss due to accidents and diseases is 4% of global gross domestic product or USD 2.8 trillion.
May 21, 2015
Bus accident
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