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A passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair (29th January 2025) Wednesday and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. The plane, American Eagle Flight No. 5342, a regional jetliner, was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members on a flight from Wichita, Kansas. There were three soldiers aboard the U.S. Army's Sikorsky H-60.

National Safety Week is an important time to raise awareness and promote safety practices across various sectors of society. As the title says this week should be carried out like a celebration. Every year people should look forward for it. Achieving this will nourish the safety culture of your organization. People will look forward to safety rather than move away from it. Here are some event ideas that can be organized during National Safety Week: 1. Safety Workshops: Conduct workshops focusing on specific safety topics relevant to your organization or community. Topics can include fire safety, workplace ergonomics, first aid training, hazard identification, and safety protocols for specific industries. 2. Safety Drills: Organize mock safety drills such as fire drills, earthquake drills, or evacuation drills to ensure that everyone knows their roles and responsibilities during emergencies. 3. Safety Demonstrations: Arrange demonstrations by safety experts or professionals showcasing the proper use of safety equipment such as fire extinguishers, personal protective equipment (PPE), safety harnesses, etc. 4. Safety Competitions: Host safety-related competitions such as safety quizzes, poster-making contests on safety themes, or safety slogan contests. Encourage participation from employees, students, or community members. 5. Safety Talks and Seminars: Invite guest speakers, safety experts, or professionals from relevant industries to deliver talks and seminars on various safety-related topics. Topics can range from road safety to cybersecurity awareness. 6. Safety Awareness Campaigns: Launch safety awareness campaigns using posters, banners, flyers, and digital media platforms. Promote safety tips, best practices, and emergency contact information. 7. Safety Walks or Inspections: Organize safety walks or inspections in workplaces, schools, or communities to identify potential hazards and promote safety awareness among participants. 8. Health and Wellness Activities: Incorporate health and wellness activities such as yoga sessions, stress management workshops, or nutrition talks as part of safety week events. Healthy individuals are better equipped to handle emergencies. 9. Safety Film Screenings: Screen educational films or documentaries related to safety, workplace accidents, emergency response, or disaster preparedness. Follow up with discussions or Q&A sessions for deeper insights. 10. Community Safety Fair: Collaborate with local authorities, emergency services, and safety organizations to host a safety fair showcasing safety equipment demonstrations, safety tips, interactive sessions, and safety resources for attendees. Remember to tailor these event ideas according to the specific safety needs and priorities of your organization, community, or target audience. Engage participants actively and encourage ongoing safety awareness beyond National Safety Week for sustained impact and improvement in safety practices. Some of the events which i have personnaly conducted are, 1. Board Games with dice ( Safety Snake and ladder, tailor made to an activity focussing on its hazards and best practices ) 2. Arrange the puzzle ( Safety Slogans or posters cut up into puzzles ) 3. Spot the hazard ( As per the maturity of the organization may be a photo with multiple hazards or an onfield exercise with multiple teams) 4. PPE Donning Race Additionally you can set up photo booths, blind spot demos, PPE exhibition and demonstations. Hope you have gained some info from this post, pls. do contribute your experience in the comments.

The incident took place inside a refinery while handling a sample bomb in which sample had been taken from a liquid nitrogen tanker. Prior to unloading the liquid nitrogen tanker, purity of nitrogen was to be checked. Accordingly, a sample had been collected. Subsequently, the sample bomb exploded during leak checking of the bomb valve and split into 02 pieces. One of the pieces (dome along with valve) penetrated in the upper part of left thigh of the truck cleaner/ helper. Truck helper succumbed to the injury a day later. Recommendation - 1. Usage of non-standard sample collection devices: Nitrogen Gas sample shall be taken instead of nitrogen liquid sample in line with the operating manual and standard practice. If liquid nitrogen sample is required, then appropriate collection device, suited for cryogenic services, is to be used. 2. Training: Induction & refresher safety training shall be strengthened for all employees and contract workmen handling cryogenic product to improve awareness level. Toolbox talk, adequate training with coverage to all possible hazards should be ensured to all concerned personnel. 3. Sample Collection Responsibility: a) Responsibility of sample collection should be fixed and shall be done by the company designated persons who are trained and have the necessary skills to perform the task. b) Purview of the contract labours/ drivers should be restricted to the job they are meant and skilled for. 4. Documentation: a) Use of the sample bombs whose OEM documentations/ engineering design details are not available, shall be suspended. b) OEM documentations/ engineering design details of equipment should be available as and when required. c) Hydrotest records shall be maintained in standard format. 5. PPE: Use of specialised cryogenic gloves while handling liquid nitrogen shall be ensured as per clause 8.1.8 of OISD-STD-155. 6. Other Recommendations: a) Non-standard practices, like of testing of leakage of valve by dipping in flowerpot filled with garden water hose shall be brought to notice of concerned through reporting of unsafe act/condition and shall be discontinued. b) In the event that laboratory reports that a sample bomb, used for the purpose for which it is meant, was received empty, the subject bomb usage should be discontinued immediately and the same should be sent for testing. c) Tracking mechanism, like numbering of the sample bombs, should be followed religiously so that it can be known at any time that how many times the bomb has been used. d) Company should take non-conformity to procedures mentioned in operating manual, improper usage of equipment for which the same is not meant/ designed, & inadequate supervision, seriously and take necessary corrective actions for improvement. Source : https://www.oisd.gov.in/