Post lockdown industrial accidents and their safety ontology

A nationwide lockdown has been announced on March 25, 2020, for 21 days, limiting movement of the entire residents of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India. This lockdown has been extended further in a phased manner up to 3rd May and unlocked some of the areas where they reported no COVID case past 14 days. Since the unlock from May 4th India returned to work, more than 30 industrial accidents happened, at least every two days one accident, killing 75 people, injuring hundreds, polluting the surroundings with long-term health, and environmental implications. Nearly of the accidents on May 7th are toxic gas leaks at LG polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh, boiler explosion at Yashashvi Raasayan Private limited in Gujarat, and Neyveli Lignite Corporation’s thermal power plant in Tamil Nadu. Safety Ontology study gives information about the root causes of these accidents such as process safety management failure, entropy risk occurrence, the role of ergonomics, and the inadequacy of the statutory system in India. This study aids to recover the start-up, shut down trials, hidden threats due to unexpected shutdown, opposing effects of overdue maintenance, and poor valuation of the life cycle of material or product in the various chemical process plants.