Safety in factories

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As photographs are usually more informative than long texts,  we decided to release a few related to safety in factories. Similar to the previous time, we included comments with the pictures to point out risks or good practices.
The recent fire in the Garig&Garig factory in Bangladesh is an unfortunate but harsh reminder of basics in safety in factories: to be pro-active in preventive measures. This essentially means to provide the necessary training and put in the measures to ensure the protection of workers in the likelihood of accidents.

	The lack of a handrail makes these stairs dangerous to use everyday and almost useless in emergency evacuation because of smoke and panic.
	Locked metallic gates on emergency exits are one of the major causes of deaths in fires.
	During an audit, one should avoid letting first impressions whether positive or negative set the tone. Although this boiler is old, it is welll maintained and is located in a separate room. Risks of starting or spreading a fire are low.
	This workshop clearly is crowded and dusty. The risks are numerous including fires, electrical accidents, worker injuries, to just name a few.
	In this workshop water is heated on a simple gas heater. The gas tank is stored in the same workshop with the gas pipe on the floor. The risk of  leaks are high. Installing a better heating area would not be very expensive and can do a lot to avoid such key risks.
	This tired worker lying next to chemical cans is key in showing that safety awareness in workers is not only to avoid accidents, but also to avoid sickness and intoxications.
	Illegal construction sites also pose major risks in some countries. Ensuring the building plans match the actual building sites need to be systematic in these countries.

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