Dear friends,
I missed you all for few days.
I am really glad to be back and participate in this purposeful forum.
I see very many interesting discussions going on.
Special thanks for the message from Mr. Dipil and his earnest attempt to keep the forum lively too.
Now on to business:
Please my friends don’t take H.W. Heinrich’s or others formula for first aid cases, lost time cases and fatal accidents. It is not going to help you any way. At a time when nothing was done or known or even considered accident prevention as a necessity these were of much help.
Now consider -in a country like India can you get accident statistics for the past year? And if one is available is it reliable ?
Answer is NO !
Have you got a perfect accident reporting, investigating, analyzing and documenting system in your organization ?
- most probably no. If you have you are lucky. Consider those documents seriously and derive at your own formula which will be fool proof.
In most cases industries manipulate accident records for some false prestige. Often Safety Officers also form part of this type of documentation for they are to show loyalty.
But privately one can take interest in this matter and collect data for a minimum period of three years to derive at a clear picture.
End of 19th century and beginning of 20th century the conditions were so bad. Even in 1931 when Heinrich brought out his book with his domino theory and the formula it was not that different.
What could be the ratio of first aid cases, LTA and fatal accident with the condition prevailing at that time may not suit now ?
Let us be realistic. Let us put forth some effort and find new things instead of blindly worshipping what ever is written by others. Let us start questioning those and be effective at this age I pray.
Regards,
KESAVA PILLAI
I missed you all for few days.
I am really glad to be back and participate in this purposeful forum.
I see very many interesting discussions going on.
Special thanks for the message from Mr. Dipil and his earnest attempt to keep the forum lively too.
Now on to business:
Please my friends don’t take H.W. Heinrich’s or others formula for first aid cases, lost time cases and fatal accidents. It is not going to help you any way. At a time when nothing was done or known or even considered accident prevention as a necessity these were of much help.
Now consider -in a country like India can you get accident statistics for the past year? And if one is available is it reliable ?
Answer is NO !
Have you got a perfect accident reporting, investigating, analyzing and documenting system in your organization ?
- most probably no. If you have you are lucky. Consider those documents seriously and derive at your own formula which will be fool proof.
In most cases industries manipulate accident records for some false prestige. Often Safety Officers also form part of this type of documentation for they are to show loyalty.
But privately one can take interest in this matter and collect data for a minimum period of three years to derive at a clear picture.
End of 19th century and beginning of 20th century the conditions were so bad. Even in 1931 when Heinrich brought out his book with his domino theory and the formula it was not that different.
What could be the ratio of first aid cases, LTA and fatal accident with the condition prevailing at that time may not suit now ?
Let us be realistic. Let us put forth some effort and find new things instead of blindly worshipping what ever is written by others. Let us start questioning those and be effective at this age I pray.
Regards,
KESAVA PILLAI