Journal of the Association of Engineers, India

Bhaskar Chakraborty ¹

Affiliations
1 Consultant, Advisor & Strategist, Former HSE Head, Engineers India Ltd., India, Former Complex HSE Manager, Reliance Industries Ltd., Jamnagar, Gujarat, IN

Abstract

Engagement of safety personnel in organisations in India is not spontaneous as yet, rather a sort of compliance of legal stipulation. Additionally, use of safety people, in the absence of rigorous monitoring from Governmental authorities are often found to be quite diverse. Most of the organisations do not acknowledge them as their key member rather a supporting staff and use of them as scapegoat whenever incidents are caused. Outright accusation of safety personnel within organisation and even branding them guilty have been noticed evident in the name of follow-up action in India. It is not only a constant downgrading of safety personnel’s morale and a discouraging business practice, but stands as prominent contradiction to existing legal statute too.

Keywords

Statutory, NGO, Stipulation, Enactment, Duty Of Care, Denigrating, Remuneration, Boon, Recognition.

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Bhaskar Chakraborty ¹

Affiliations
1 Freelance Safety Advisor, Former HSE Head, Engineers India Ltd., New Delhi, IN

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Bhaskar Chakraborty ¹

Affiliations
1 Freelance Safety Advisor, Auditor, Consultant, Strategist, Trainer, Former Divisional Head (HSE), Engineers India Limited, New Delhi, Former Complex HSE Manager, Reliance Industries Ltd., Jamnagar, Gujarat, Life Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India), Life Fellow of Association of Engineers of India, Life Member of Safety Engineers Association, Life Member of Indian Society of Ergonomics, IN

Abstract

Perception of Line of Fire and Fire Line is very important because they signify two distinctly different aspects. While a “fire-line” is defined as the area within or adjacent to the perimeter of an uncontrolled wildfire of any size in which action is being taken to control fire, “line of fire” indicates position where someone is aiming their gun at me - if I move into their line-of-fire, I move into the position between them and the thing they are aiming at. In any work front we remain surrounded by many types of hazards including “line-of-fire” hazards which have potential to cause minor, serious or even fatal injuries. Hence it is necessary to follow specific system / protocol while dealing with such hazards. Line-of-Fire hazards are not constant and vary with work progress too. Line-of-fire injuries may be caused by gravity, moving machinery, flying objects / projectiles, contact with rotating hazards, automated equipments and also human behaviour (e.g. spitting, sneezing, throwing/hitting etc.). To avoid “line-of-fire” incidents we must keep our body parts in a safe zone all the time in relation to work that we perform / that are performed around us. Of course the universal principle for hazard control is equally applicable for “line-of-fire” too - (a) identify hazards, (2) recognise hazards, (3) evaluate risk level of those hazards, (4) control the hazard by elimination / adjustment and (5) protect human by enforcing use of personal protective equipments.

Keywords

Action, Absurd, Demarcation, Direction, Domain, Escape, Injury, Intersection, Physical, Shoot, Tension, Turbulence, Unstable, Vigilance.

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