Safety

(We also recommend the reader to look at the documentation of the accidents, several of which bring out (lack of) safety practices to the fore. Also do look at relevant communications on safety, both from Citizens' Forum and others concerned).

    As is evident from large number of accidents and deaths, safety practices are not followed within the campus. This is particularly critical at construction sites, but also holds for sewage workers, cleaners, and other labor within the campus. We collect various recommendations and reports in the context of safety practices on this webpage. 

• My visits to construction sites in November 2012

  • by a senior faculty member, IIT Kanpur.

  •     This report was made in wake of two serious accidents leading to deaths in late 2012. The report contains several pictures of so called "safety equipment" at IITK. You can also view the related picture gallery. 

  • Safety and Best Practices Committee Report by an institute committee consisting of Dr. S Sundar Kumar Iyer, Dept. of EE, Shri R K Verma, EE-II, Dr. Geeta Pathak, Dept. of CSE, Dr. Suchitra Mathur, Dept. of HSS, Dr. Shashank Mehta, Dept. of CSE, Shri Arvind Kothari, President Student Gym., Shri E Venkatesan, JE This committee was constituted by the Director in Sept. 2007 in the context of three successive deaths in the campus. Unfortunately only a shoddy attempt to implement the recommendations has been made -- for example, take a look at photographs of the safety gear for cleaning workers.

• Making Workplace Safe for Contract Workers at IIT Kanpur

  • by Ashok Gupta (for Citizen's Forum), Arun Srivastava (1972 Batch), Damodar Agarwal (1975 Batch), P. R. Swarup (Head CIDC and 1975 Batch), Ram Vikas Manohar (Safety Consultant)

  •     Concerned over several deaths in the campus yet again in 2011, some alumni formed their own safety committee and came up with a detailed set of recommendations in this report.

• The life of a construction labourer @IITby IITK Students This 2010 report by students on construction labourers at IIT Kanpur also talks about safety related issues at the worksite at some length.