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AUTHOR: PARTHA DAS SHARMA
(B.Tech – Hons.) in Mining Engineering
E.mail: sharmapd1@gmail.com,
Blog/website:
http://miningandblasting.wordpress.com/
Workplace Safety Tops Mining Priority List
l Hard Hats
l Safety Glasses, Safety Goggles
l Clothing
l Work Gloves: Mechanics Gloves, Leather Gloves, Disposable
Gloves, Chemical Resistant
l Gas Detectors
l Eyewash Stations
l Ear Protection: Ear Plugs, Ear Muffs
l Dust Masks and Respirators
l OSHA Safety Signs
l Safety Signs: Restricted Area
l Safety Footwear, Safety Boots and Shoes
l Flashlights
l First Aid Kits
l Welding Equipment
PARTHA DAS SHARMA 13
Time management in the workplace
l Incompetence in the
workplace always exists.
l There are always people for
whatever reason that just
can’t seem to do their job
correctly.
l Incompetence is not a mistake
that a person makes every
once in a while.
l Incompetence is the same
mistake constantly being
made over and over again,
even after the person has
been shown how to fix it.
PARTHA DAS SHARMA 18
Avoidance of Incompetence cont’d..
l Partha Das Sharma is Graduate (B.Tech – Hons.) in Mining Engineering from IIT,
Kharagpur, India (1979) and was associated with number of mining and explosives
organizations, namely MOIL, BALCO, Century Cement, Anil Chemicals, VBC Industries,
Mah. Explosives etc., before joining the present organization, Solar Group of Explosives
Industries at Nagpur (India), few years ago.
l Author has presented number of technical papers in many of the seminars and journals on
varied topics like Overburden side casting by blasting, Blast induced Ground Vibration and
its control, Tunnel blasting, Drilling & blasting in metalliferous underground mines,
Controlled blasting techniques, Development of Non-primary explosive detonators (NPED),
Hot hole blasting, Signature hole blast analysis with Electronic detonator etc. Currently,
author has following useful blogs on Web:
l http://miningandblasting.wordpress.com/
l http://saferenvironment.wordpress.com
l http://www.environmentengineering.blogspot.com
l www.coalandfuel.blogspot.com
l Author can be contacted at E-mail: sharmapd1@gmail.com,
sharmapd1@rediffmail.com,
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l Disclaimer: Views expressed in the article are solely of the author’s own and do not
necessarily belong to any of the Company.