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| Safety first, deadlines later: Jaipal Reddy |
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| Posted by Farhan on Jul 13, 2009 |
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| Having worked in the construction sector for the past 13 years (7 in India and 6 in UK) it is not difficult to find out the reason for this accident and the aftermath. It is very obvious that the contractor did not adhere to the Method statements or the risk assessments relating to the task which normally should happen in Construction of this magnitude, but often is ignored while hitting deadlines. The same can be said for the rescue operation in which a proper method statement would have stated the use of certified cranes and calculations would have required the use of a factor of safety beyond that which was used (one crane failing could have still not lead to the disaster had a factor of safety of 1.5 been used). And risk assessment would have required the use of automatic and not manned cranes for such a risky opersation, or cordoning the entire area out for everyone except for the crane operators who would have had a escape method planned in case of such a failure. MSRA (Method statement and Risk assessment) must have been calculated and approved. This is corporate manslaughter and the contractor involved must be held accountable and fined/punished accordingly. Contractors under the pretence of cutting down costs often disregard commonsensical safety standards and this indirectly costs them and those effected in times of accidents a lot more than basic precautionary steps. How many more accidents will it take for the government to improve and immplement safety standards in COnstruction??? |
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| Posted by chandra on Jul 13, 2009 |
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| Biggest Joke that the government is saying about the safety. The cheapest in the world today is Indian Human being and the government in India is doing very well and proving day by day in this regard and talking these kind nonsense too. |
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