Beirut Explosion – Causes & Tolls
The Massive Blast in the early morning of 4th August 2020, rocks Beirut, the Capital city of Lebanon. An initial large explosion in the port area of Beirut took place around 6:00 pm local time (15:00 GMT) resulting in a fire, multiple small blasts and then a profound explosion that levelled the harbour front and […]
Chemical Safety Signs You Should Have At the Workplaces
Every chemical must be labeled with proper Chemical Safety Signs as they possess inherent hazardous properties of toxication or explosion. Throughout life, every person comes in contact with various Chemicals everywhere. Safety Signs are: “Information or instructions about health and safety on labels or on signboards with a specific color, an illuminated sign or acoustic […]
Risk and Hazards Associated With Chemical Handling and Storage
RISK AND HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL HANDLING AND STORAGE Hazards with improper Chemical Handling and Storage are one of the biggest concerns for the employee’s safety at workplaces. Everything around us including our body is entirely made up of various chemicals. All the chemicals have ingrained hazardous properties of toxication or explosion. DEFINITION OF HAZARDOUS […]
Industrial Safety – What should we learn from the Vizag Tragedy?
We all heard four tragic incidents in industries in India in a day, forcing us to think, are we serious about Industrial Safety? Haven’t we learned anything from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy? If we thought we were suffering the worst due to the pandemic and lockdown miseries, Wednesday 6th May, and Thursday 7th May have […]
How to Avoid Chemical Spills At Workplaces?
To Avoid Chemical Spills is the most important necessity of the Safety System at the workplace. Various types of chemicals are an inevitable part of every industry, among those chemicals, many of them are highly hazardous. Workers have to handle those chemicals now and then and in this process, if they are exposed to those […]
How To Conduct Chemical Safety Review Audits?
Chemicals are extensively used in our daily lives as well as in industries. They are as hazardous as essential hence Chemical Safety Review Audits are an indispensable part of risk management systems. The review takes a brief survey of possible chemical hazards and the control measures implanted to bring risk to an admissible level. It […]