Industries & Construction Safety

Toolbox Talks  Topic:    Clothing Safety     An important but often overlooked aspect of safety is what we decide to wear each day on the job. Safety rules, weather, type of work, hazards of the work, and many other factors weigh in on what type of clothing is optimal for the tasks being completed that day. It […]

Lower / Upper Explosive Limits      Lower and Upper Explosive Limits for Flammable Gases and Vapors. Before a fire or explosion can occur, three conditions must be met simultaneously. A fuel i.e. combustible gas and oxygen (air) must exist in certain proportions, along with an ignition source, such as a spark or flame. The ratio of

Accident    Accident: Accidents are improper, uncontrolled and unplanned event which cause or likely to injury, it is something which is unexpected on unpredictable. This may occur post ignoring lots of near misses.           Hazardous are as hones are present in various industries. National Electric Code and IS: 5572 Part 1 – 1970 give classification of

Accident Investigation   Accident Investigation           “Incident should be investigated for several reasons perhaps the most important of which is to discover the cause so that corrective action can be taken to prevent similar incident from happening again.”  There are following reasons for carrying incident investigation: To record the facts of the incidents.

Safety Theories   1. Heinrich Theory       Heinrich concluded that 98% of the accidents were caused either due to unsafe acts or unsafe conditions (mechanical or physical conditions) or both and can be prevented. Heinrich Theory of Chain of Injury Occurrence which may be summarized as under:         ·       An injury occurs only

Safe Working Practices     Definition:     Safe working practices are generally written methods outlining how to perform task with minimum risk to people, equipment, materials, environment and process.   Overview (i)            5 E’s (ii)           Avoiding unsafe act or unsafe condition (iii)          Safety tag

Personal Protective Equipment Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Definition:   Personal protective equipment is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment attached to human body which is designed to protect the human’s wearer’s body from injury or infection. The hazards which include physical, electrical, heat, chemical, biohazards, and air borne particulate matter.       

Work Permit   Introduction           A Legal Written Document (Permit-to-work) which gives permission to start the job from the “Issuer to receiver”. Work permits to be always available at the worksite.      It is also a means of communication between Site Management, Plant Supervisors & Operators, those who carry out the hazardous work.   

Confined Space     Definition     Confined space is defined as a location that is an enclosed or partially enclosed space that is not primarily designed or intended for human occupancy. It has a restricted entrance or exit by way of location. As per Punjab Factory Rule-64 size should not be less that 40

Chemical Safety   Introduction           Chemicals have become a part of life, sustaining many of our activities, preventing and controlling many diseases, increasing agricultural productivity. However, one cannot ignore that many of these chemicals may, especially if not properly used, endanger our health and poison our environment.           It has been estimated that approximately one

Safety Officer     Definition           Safety Officer is a member of Command Staff in a company who monitors and assesses safety hazards or unsafe situations and also develop measures for ensuring personnel safety.   The Duties of Safety Officer varies depending on the company, organization, the sector, etc. which are as follows: Inter Department Communication:

Hot Works Introduction      Hot Work is defined as cutting and welding operations for construction / demolition activities that involve the use of portable gas or arc welding equipment, or involve soldering, grinding, drilling or any other similar activities producing a spark, flame or heat.   Arc Welding Gas Cutting Grinding Drilling Sand Blasting  Arc

Sand / Shot Blasting   Introduction Sand blasting is also called “Abrasive blasting”. “Blasting” means cleaning, smoothing, roughening or removing of any part of the surface of any article by the use as an abrasive of a jet of sand, metal shot or grit or other material which is propelled by a blast of compressed

Safety at Civil Construction activities Introduction         According to Govt survey & reports, one in ten construction workers are getting injured every year (by near miss or human error) while the report suggests that there are about 15,000 construction site where accidents occur every year. Workers between the age of 25 years

Excavation   Definition “Digging and removal of earthen or rock from ground is called excavation”.  OR “Any man-made cut, cavity, trench or depression in an earth surface, formed by earth removal”.     ‘Trench’ means a narrow excavation (as per its length) made below the ground whose depth is greater than the width, but the