Malaysian drivers oooo Malaysian drivers...

Yesterday, Jan 30th, a road fatality accident happened at Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Kulim Kedah (at Jalan Perdana)... one motorcycle biker was die on the spot due to head injuries (based on initial report by KHTP)... I used the road yesterday, and I can see the victim was covered using the plastic back... it was 755am... the biker had an accident with Proton Wira car... the car was still in the middle of the road when I passed by.... from my observation, it looks like the car is coming from the opposite direction, crossed the middle road divider and hit the biker....

I'm in the process to identify the possible root cause based on the info/facts that I observed yesterday.... Will update the accident later...

BUT, I will always remind myself... if this accident happen to me, what will happen to my beloved family? How they feel when they heard about this news? etc.. a lot of questions will flying in my mind if this accident happen to me or to my family members...

Hacking inside the building

One of my project right now is to supervise the construction of radiation room... My roles
- to transfer the facility/utility & radiation safety technology from our counterpart in Europe
- monitor the project's safety during construction
- dealing with the authority on the approval of the radiation aspects
- of course other paperworks... :)

Yesterday, interesting activity was performed. We need to monitor 2 important parameters before the real hacking activities allowed inside the production building.... 2 parameters: the vibration & the noise level... this is critical in order to get a baseline data on those parameters to ensure it will has minimal impact to the production & OSH at the workplace... alhamdulillah, the results are ok... the hacking activity inside the building makes the noise level reach >100dBA!!... luckily, all the partitions already erected, PPE is mandatory to ensure the noise is minimized.... BUT, don't forget the dusts generated from the activities... additional ventilation needed, respirator is compulsory... don't forget to isolate the smoke detector bacause it can be triggered by the dust... of course, close supervision is needed to ensure no flammable materials are kept within the area!

Macro "Safety" (Part II)

I hope it's not too late to wish everybody a Happy Maal Hijrah 1430 (for muslim...) & Happy New Year 2009..

Today, Monday Blues.. Monday Fever.. Monday s#*@t ... disappointed little bit with my boss... well, after I did my macro safety, I'm trying my best to prioritize my workload... between important & urgency of my workload.... take over the workload from 3 previous engineers, trying to digest & transfer the workload slowly to my new colleague... sometimes just wondering whether I did the right thing, or my boss don't know my real workload, or my boss don't know his job (at least supporting us to deliver our job)... trying to explain to him, but he looks like more as Army Jeneral (my colleague's term given to my boss) than my office's supervisor.... I think this is a typical Malaysian or Asian's managerial style... have the authority, have the power instead working as companion/colleague /team to solve the problem for the company...

However, just keep reminding myself this is part of gaining knowledge & experience for myself... trying to think rationally not emotionally....

When thinking about Macro Safety, I'm trying to adopt "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" method... one of it Put 1st Things 1st.... quite a straight forward principle, BUT it's not that easy to execute.... I believe we need to practice it... by categorized your task to important & urgent matrix, hopefully we can prioritize our workload more efficient.... it can be more efficient & effective if we can get a full support from our supervisor!!.. hehehe, back to my Monday blues...