Palm Oil Engineering Bulletin No.92 (July - Sept 2009) p29-33
Hazards associated with processing in a palm oil mill
MENON, N. Ravi

Millers are invited to take a second look at what they have implemented so far in their mills in terms of modernizing the thinking behind the safety features in the processing plant so that there shall have no accidents in the mill at any time. The right ‘thinking’ is relevant as safety measures employed must emanate from a caring mind rather than for the sake of satisfying regulations enforced by regulatory bodies. Millers may not even need to read regulations to implement good safety features in their mill if such a system is based on their own common sense rather than just some procedures contained in regulations as the regulations may miss out some important points.



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