Experts spoke about the importance of industrial safety at a workshop organised by the Environment, Health and Safety cell of the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture at Bajaj Bhavan in the MIDC on Wednesday.
Anil Nalawade, senior manager at EHS, Wockhardt Ltd, Aurangabad, said, “Unsafe working conditions are among the biggest causes of accidents. These are associated with detective plants, tools, equipments, machines, and materials. Such causes are known as technical causes. They arise when there are improperly guarded or defective equipments, faulty layouts and plant location, inadequate lighting arrangements and ventilation, unsafe storage, inadequate safety devices and others.”
He said that psychological reasons such as working overtime, monotony, fatigue, exhaustion, frustration and anxiety are also some other causes that cause accidents. “Safety experts have identified that there are some high-danger zones in an industry. These are, for example, hand-lift trucks, wheelbarrows, gears and pulleys, saws and hand rails, chisels and screw drivers, electric drop lights and others where about one-third of industrial accidents occur,” said Nalawade, who has 21 years of experience in environment, health and safety.
While speaking about unsafe acts, he said that industrial accidents happen due to certain actions by workers. “These actions may be the result of lack of knowledge or skill on the part of the worker, certain bodily defects and wrong attitude,” he said.
The workshop also highlighted key topics such as direct and indirect impact of accidents, methods of accident investigation, techniques for prevention and case studies.Aurangabad: The ever increasing mechanisation, electrification, chemicalisation and sophistication have made industrial jobs more and more complex and intricate. This has led to increased dangers to human life in industries through accidents and injuries. Underlining the need for and importance of industrial safety Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture Environment, Health and Safety Cell organized a workshop on ‘Techniques for prevention of Industrial Accidents, on Wednesday, at CMIA, Bajaj Bhavan, P-2, MIDC Area, Station Road, Aurangabad.
Anil Nalawade, senior manager, EHS, Wockhardt Ltd, Aurangabad said, Unsafe working conditions are the biggest cause of ACCIdents. These are associated with detective plants, tools, equipments, machines, and materials. Such causes are known as technical causes. They arise when there are improper guarded equipment, defective equipment, faulty layout and location of plant, inadequate lighting arrangements and ventilation, unsafe storage, inadequate safety devices, etc.
Besides, the psychological reasons such as working overtime, monotony, fatigue, tiredness, frustration and anxiety are also some other causes that cause accidents. Safety experts identify that there are some high danger zones in an industry. These are, for example, hand lift trucks, wheelbarrows, gears and pulleys, saws and hand rails, chisels and screw drivers, electric drop lights, etc, where about one-third of industrial accidents occur, said Nalawade, who holds 21 years of working experience in the field of Environment, Health & safety.
While speaking on unsafe acts he said that industrial accidents occur due to certain acts on the part of workers. These acts may be the result of lack of knowledge or skill on the part of the worker, certain bodily defects and wrong attitude, he said.
The workshop was aimed to prevent industrial accidents, said CMIA EHS official J D Chaudhary.
The workshop highlighted various key topics such as causes of industrial accidents, direct and indirect Impact of accidents, methods of accident investigation, techniques for prevention of industrial accidents and case studies related to industrial accidents. Officers, supervisors, engineers, managers from various industries participated in the programme.
Date: January 21, 2016