The use of
contractors in our industry has grown exponentially over the past decade. The
training of these contractors varies from company to company. The best in our
industry treat contractors “as their own employees” regarding their safety
training and requirements. Here is a recent story emphasizing the importance of
proper training of contractors:
Local Police on arrested
two employees in India for the mishap at the company's aluminium plant, in
which four workers were injured one day during the week of May 3, 2015.
Four contractual
workers had sustained injuries when molten aluminium spilled in the plant. The officials, who
were arrested, included a senior manager and an assistant manager.
The workers had
gone to the smelter plant for maintenance work one day during the week of May 3, 2015.
However, molten aluminium spilled from the pot and fell on the workers, resulting
in injuries to four of them.
Two of them sustained
critical injuries and were shifted to a speciality hospital 300 kilometers away
for treatment.
"The two
officials were booked under section 287 and 337 of IPC, (acts of
negligence)" said inspector in-charge of the local police station.
"It was an
unfortunate incident. The workers, who were shifted to [a specialty hospital] for
medical care, are convalescing," said deputy general manager, corporate
communication of the aluminium company
The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog prays that all the workers recover fully
from their physical and mental injuries. It is unknown from the news article on
what training was given to the contractors upon entering the facility. What is
known is that there was a molten metal leak which resulted with four workers
being burned. Two of the workers’ burns were so severe that the local hospital
could not provide adequate care. Luckily these injured workers were transported
300 kilometers to a hospital equipped to care for the severe burns.
It is unknown what type of personal protection equipment (i.e.,
clothing) if any these workers were wearing. But what is known is that the
clothing that they were wearing was inadequate for the task(s) they were
performing.
The Aluminium Times magazine had an informative article about contractor training a few years ago. The information in the article is still relevant today.
The Aluminium Times magazine had an informative article about contractor training a few years ago. The information in the article is still relevant today.
Please comment.
I have seen a lot of explosions during my carreer and the best way to avoid injuries is to keep your employees out of molten metal exposure or at least to minimize it, if you don't have choice make sure they are well protected. Contractors like the others....
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ReplyDeleteIt is painful to see in this day and age, managers still allow workers and contractors to work in such conditions
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comments. Yes the best practice is to keep unneeded workers out of the area where molten metal is. Some of our industries worst catastrophes involved workers who should not have been in the vicinity of molten metal prior to the explosion.
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