Daily Mirror on 21st January reported “An eight-year-old student of Ananda College, Colombo was fatally injured after being pinned against a wall by a lawn roller in the school premises”.
What a shocker; it made the entire country mourn. That story depicts the sad situation in the school sector regarding the safety towards the students, especially kids. In the city or rural areas, wherever, safety concerns are not properly addressed.
Being engineers, have we ever thought of contributing our experience to solve this matter? Usually Safety Engineers are responsible for developing risk assessments and designing safety operating practices for construction and manufacturing companies.I am not suggesting that you visit 10,000 schools and evaluate safety in those schools. But, now the time has come to propose some useful methodology to intervene in this type of situation with the engineers’ expertise.
Remember, Goal 9 of the IESL corporate plan is “To elevate the image of the engineering profession and the IESL in the industry and the society”.
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