Srinivasan Ramabhadran

Author is the Managing Director for DuPont Sustainable Solutions Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.

Are we learning from safety incidents?

WITHIN THE FIRST three weeks of January 2021, there were three major incidents: a toxic gas leak that resulted in at least four fatalities in Rourkela Steel Plant, a fire that consumed 10 babies in a hospital in Bhandara and another fire that resulted in loss of at least five lives in Serum Institute, Pune. These on the back of a few major incidents that occurred in 2020 that include gas leaks in Baghjan Oil India and Vizag LG Polymers and explosions in Yashahvi Rasaya, Dahej and Neyveli Lignite Corporation. Why is there a sudden increase in the number of such accidents?

Are we learning from safety incidents?

Industrial Safety Are we learning from safety incidents? Risks are always present and there is a need to understand and manage risks proactively. WITHIN THE FIRST three...

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