Articles for Safety Gear

Safety gear use still remains poor among workers of Greater Chennai Corporation
7 months, 1 week ago

Safety gear use still remains poor among workers of Greater Chennai Corporation

The Hindu  

Some of the conservancy workers in the Greater Chennai Corporation are still being seen segregating waste and desilting catch pits and storm-water drains without safety gear. Shyamala B., a Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission worker in zone 5, said they had not been provided with safety gear by the civic body. Regional Deputy Commissioner Katta Ravi Teja mentioned that …

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The difficult lives of migrant workers in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district
1 year, 2 months ago

The difficult lives of migrant workers in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district

The Hindu  

An hour before dawn breaks, Maharana, 40, rushes to a messy corner of his one-room rented accommodation. Sometimes, we lack proper safety gear,” says Adinarayana, a migrant worker from Narasannapeta mandal in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. It is clear that urgent measures are needed to improve the living and working conditions of these migrant workers, says CPI Anakapalli district …

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Manual scavenging continues in different forms in Adilabad
2 years, 8 months ago

Manual scavenging continues in different forms in Adilabad

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The banned manual scavenging is continuing in the municipalities in the erstwhile Adilabad district despite the governmental claims to stop this practice. The sanitation workers may not clean the wet toilets but they clean the drainages into which shit flows in various ways. “In practice, the sanitation workers of the municipality clean the drainages in which the human excreta …

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Healthcare workers fear greater coronavirus risk due to safety gear shortage
4 years, 9 months ago

Healthcare workers fear greater coronavirus risk due to safety gear shortage

LA Times  

Registered nurses join healthcare workers at Keck Hospital of USC near downtown Los Angeles to listen to representatives of the California Nurses Assn., which is angry about the lack of preparation for COVID-19 outbreaks. “Our most exposed workers in the world right now to this virus are frontline healthcare workers,” said Dr. Mike Ryan chief of the health emergencies program …

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For Avalanche Safety, Data Is as Important as Proper Gear
5 years, 9 months ago

For Avalanche Safety, Data Is as Important as Proper Gear

Wired  

On a crystalline blue morning in the Chugach Mountains southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, Mike Welch skis about 70 yards through untouched powder before stopping abruptly. The Chugach National Forest covers nearly 7,000,000 acres—about the size of New Hampshire—and is comprised of jagged glaciated peaks that extend right to the ocean’s edge. Welch, the snow safety director and lead guide for …

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