SPECIAL REPORT

Spectrum Safety Council Seminar

Risk assessment in Paint & Coating Industry

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SPECIAL REPORT
Spectrum Safety Council Seminar
Risk assessment in Paint & Coating Industry
A FULL day seminar cum workshop on the theme 'Risk
Assessment in Paint & Coating Industry' was organized by the
Spectrum Safety Council at TIP Auditorium, Pune. The Seminar
was the contribution of Spectrum Safety Council towards
generating safety awareness & safety management strategies in
the industry.
Dr R.H.Dongre ( Head TIP) welcomed
the delegates at the inaugural function &
felicitated chief guest
Dr.S.T.Lonkar.(Director-Pune
Envirocare). Later the safety oath was
given by Prof.V.R.Bhide (Senior Safety
Counsultant) to all dignitaries &
Dr R. H. Dongre delegates
In his welcoming lecture Dr.R.H.Dongre(Head TIP) talked
about the importance of risk assessment in paint & coating
industry. Risk analysis is necessary to be done in a systematic
manner by considering all aspects
covering men, machine and all event
related to hazards due to human error or
failure of any of operation essential to
eliminate accidents.
Hon.Chief Guest Dr.S.T.Lonkar
(Director-Pune Enviro-care), in his
keynote address focused on
environment protection & pollution Dr. S. T. Lonkar
control by industries. He also discussed
about impact of industries and the need for preventive
maintenance thro risk assessment. He specified that safety is of
prime importance whether the industry
is small or big. He appreciated Spectrum
Safety Council for its efforts and
contribution towards safety awareness.
Mr.Pankaj Shah (Convener) briefed
about Spectrum Safety Council's present
activities & future perception to develop
safety culture in industry & focus on Zero
Pankaj Shah Accident and to know about accident
prone areas as also to create safety
awareness. Risk Assessment & Risk Analysis is very much
essential to achieve this motive.
In pre lunch session, Prof V.R.Bhide (senior Safety
Counsultant) mentioned in his speech about the Risk
assessment thro the valuable concept of Layer of Protection
Analysis( LOPA). He explained about what is LOPA? Layers of
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protection analysis (LOPA) is a powerful
analytical tool for assessing the adequacy
of protection layers used to mitigate
process risk. LOPA builds upon well-
known process hazards analysis
techniques, applying semi-quantitative
measures to the evaluation of the
frequency of potential incidents and the
probability of failure of the protection
layers. Prof V. R. Bhide
Mr.Satish Chavan(ex D.M. Tata
Motors Ltd) explained in his presentation
about Behavioral based Safety thro
graphical presentation. He told about
what is behavioural safety & how does
this safety works? He explained
Henrich's Law for Behavioral Based
Safety(BBS)
Satish Chavan
This pre lunch
session was very much appreciated, due
to actual case study by Mr.Sanjay Angel
(senior manager-Tata Motors-supplier
quality) & Mr. Appa Patil (DM-supplier
Quality).They explained about safety
measures and related preventive
maintenance. Mr.B.S.Sangwar(safety
Sanjay Angel
professional) & Mr Milind Dolhare & Mr.
Kishore Jere (senior paint professionals)
expressed their views about safety & risk assessment involved in
paint manufacturing.
The post lunch session was also
equally interesting because of Audio
Video presentation related to personal
protective equipments, behavioral
safety, fire safety, laboratory safety etc.
Mr Hemant Marathe(Voyave Air
P u r i fi c a t i o n Hemant Marathe
S y s t e m &
Equipments) in his lecture discussed
about VOC Analysis and air purification
with equipment demonstration.
Mr.Subhash Randive (ex Joint
Director-Department of Health & Safety-
Maharashtra govt.) gave excellent talk on
Safety Rules, Regulations and Factories
Subhash Randive Acts.
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A safety quiz was conducted among the participants

& token of appreciation given to winners. Certificates
of participation was issued by Council.

Dr.R.H.Dongre proposed the vote of thanks to chief

guest, delegates, organiser & coordinators. Mr.Satish
Chavan thanked all delegates for their active
participation & was encouraged to organise such
remarkable event for safety awareness.

The Seminar was concluded with safety wishes &

View of the audience
networking. n

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