Lessons Learnt (OHS)

Summary: A fire at an illegal paint factory in Delhi killed 11 workers and left several others injured.Details: The factory was found to be operating without proper authorization, highlighting serious regulatory failures in industrial safety. Read more

Summary: A waste disposal site at a nickel plant in Sulawesi Island collapsed, killing one worker and leaving two missing.Details: Heavy rains caused sludge to engulf dump trucks operated by PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (PT IMIP). The region has witnessed multiple industrial accidents at Ch

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

Moving on from exploding fire extinguishers, lets ponder upon exploding oxygen cylinders. Thinking about explosion it is very confusing to grasp. Because the phenomina of explosion and our basic understanding of explosion is very different. I have seen explosion in fire crackers. It had fuel, oxidiz

Tata Steel BSL Dhenkanal plant, also known as Bhushan Steel Ltd (BSL), Tata Steel BSL Odisha, and Tata Steel Angul steel plant, is a 5600 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in

Summary: A blast at Amudan Chemicals in Mumbai killed 13 workers and injured over 60.Details: The explosion was linked to major safety lapses. Authorities launched an investigation into regulatory violations at the plant. Read more

Summary: A tourist submarine operated by Sindbad Submarines sank near Hurghada, Egypt, killing six Russian tourists.Details: The vessel was on an underwater excursion to observe coral reefs when it sank. Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the accident. Read more

A fixed roof acrylic acid tank exploded in which there was one fatality and 36 people were injured. The tank acted as an intermediate storage between two distillation columns for purifying acrylic acid. Originally the tank had been used at full capacity. The contents were cooled and mixed by pumping

For the past couple of days, incidents related to trucks have caught my eyes. All accidents involving trucks had two things in common. It has something to do with either the load carried by the vehicle or Drowsiness at the wheels. Pondering over both the causes, it seems one can be easily addressed

Under construction Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bihar’s Bhagalpur collapses for the second time the bridge has collapsed. First collapse was on 29th April 2022. Further details awaited. 1700 crores were being spent on building this bridge. Work on the 3.1-km bridge to link Aguani in Khagaria distr

Summary: A blast at the Escientia Advanced Sciences pharmaceutical factory in Anakapalli district killed 17 workers and injured 36.Details: Investigations revealed safety violations related to improper chemical storage and handling, leading to a major explosion. Read more

In a tragic incident that has left Mumbai's Dharavi area reeling, over 20 LPG cylinders exploded on a truck, causing significant damage and raising concerns about safety protocols in densely populated regions. The explosions resulted in injuries to several individuals and prompted a swift response f

A blast occurred in the factory during the manufacturing of plastic granules from cigarette lighter scrap, resulting in injury to six people. Two of them died at spot. An explosion occurred within the confines of a factory situated in Bawana, Delhi on September 20th, 2023, at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Can a fire extinguisher explode ? That is a very good question. A fire extinguisher is basically a pressurized container. A typical Dry powder extinguisher will have a pressure of 185 to 195 psi and a Carbon Di-oxide type fire extinguihser has around 825 psi. Now how high of a pressure is this. F

Incident Description: At 07:15 PM, 04 Nos. of workers were engaged in shifting of pulley for belt pulley replacement work. Fitter fixed a wire rope sling of 12.7 mm diameter and 1.5 Mtr. length around hydraulic cylinder at mid length to shift it using crane of 20 ton. Hydraulic cylinde