Benefits of Physical Safety Measures to Minimise Worker Injuries from Typical Hazardous Scenarios in Indian Foundries

摘要

Foundry operations are inherently hazardous as it involves working with hot molten solids. Moreover, the industry is labour-intensive and still depends largely on manual operations of most of its processes. Hence, there is always a high risk for serious injury and/or fatality of workers. The hazards mostly emanate due to wet material charging, exposure to toxic metal fumes and sand dust, metal splash, bridging causing explosion, electrocution and failure to follow SOP during any operation. This paper attempts to assimilate various methods and techniques being implemented or being discussed in literature that would prevent, control and mitigate hazardous scenarios in foundry industry. The author has also provided recommendations that may be helpful in bringing awareness to acknowledge the present safety conditions in foundries across India and the pressing need to implement these protection measures.