Around five years back, as part of a training, we were working on the Risk Assessment for rooftop work.
One of them suggested lightning as a potential risk.
The other said ‘But when it is cloudy or stormy, we don’t go to the rooftop, right.’
The trainer then said:
Yes. You are right. You will not go to the rooftop when the weather is bad.
But say, you are already on the rooftop to setup three devices for your experiment. You finished two.
The sky suddenly starts to turn cloudy and stormy. You hear thunders.
But you don’t run. Rather, you will think, let me finish this one and leave, otherwise I have to come up again for this small work another day. Y
You will think when was the last time people died due to lightning anyway? You will continue to work.
And that is how accidents happen.
People are mostly safe and sound when they are prepared.
They get injured badly only when the accident happens in the least expected scenario.
- You carry your helmet always, but one day you don’t because you are just driving to a nearby shop.
- You drive in the opposite direction as taking a U-Turn is very long.
- You cross the road thinking no vehicles are coming.
- You agree to the intimate moments being photographed or recorded as you trust your partner more than you trust yourself.
- You say yes to the person you parents had chosen without even talking to him, thinking that they know better.
These are the situations where you least expect things can go wrong.
But they can go worse.
Hence, take everything seriously. There is nothing wrong in being extra careful. You friends might laugh at you or make fun of you for being over-perfectionist, but when you see loses you have escaped, you should be proud of yourself.
-Srinath Nalluri,M.Sc., B. Eng. Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (2020)
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