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Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers

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Title Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers : Consolidated edition (incorporating amendments 1-6).
Publisher Norwich : The Stationery Office Ltd
Creation Date 2022
Content Code of SafeWorking Practices for Merchant Seafarers -- Standing order service -- Numbering, replacement and control of pages -- Sample amendment sheet -- Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THIS CODE -- CHAPTER 1 MANAGING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What does a safe working culture look like? -- Annex 1.1 Management of change -- Annex 1.2 Five steps to risk assessment -- Annex 1.3 Risk assessment form: example 1 -- Annex 1.4 Risk assessment form: example 2 -- CHAPTER 2 SAFETY INDUCTION -- 2.1 General -- 2.2 Emergency procedures and fire precautions -- 2.3 Accidents and medical emergencies -- 2.4 Health and hygiene -- 2.5 Good housekeeping -- 2.6 Environmental responsibilities -- 2.7 Occupational health and safety -- 2.8 Company and worker responsibilities -- 2.9 Consultation procedures -- CHAPTER 3 LIVING ON BOARD -- 3.1 General -- 3.2 Fitness, health and hygiene -- 3.3 Smoking -- 3.4 Medication -- 3.5 Malaria -- 3.6 Avoiding the effects of fatigue (tiredness) -- 3.7 Working in hot or sunny climates and hot environments -- 3.8 Working in cold climates and environments -- 3.9 Working clothes -- 3.10 Shipboard housekeeping -- 3.11 Substances hazardous to health -- 3.12 Common personal injuries -- 3.13 Sunglasses -- 3.14 Risk from sharps -- 3.15 Mobile phones and other personal electronic devices -- CHAPTER 4 EMERGENCY DRILLS AND PROCEDURES -- 4.1 Musters and drills -- 4.2 Fire drills -- 4.3 Action in the event of fire -- 4.4 Abandon ship drills -- 4.5 Action in the event of abandoning ship -- 4.6 Man overboard drills -- 4.7 Action in the event of man overboard -- 4.8 Dangerous (enclosed) space drills -- 4.9 Action in the event of a dangerous space emergency -- 4.10 Assisting a casualty -- 4.11 Drills for leakage and spillage -- 4.12 Action in the event of a leakage or spillage.
4.13 Damage control drills -- Annex 4.1 Table of emergency drills and their frequency -- Annex 4.2 Precautions to be taken when carrying outlaunching drills -- CHAPTER 5 FIRE PRECAUTIONS -- 5.1 General -- 5.2 Smoking -- 5.3 Electrical and other fittings -- 5.4 Spontaneous combustion -- 5.5 Machinery spaces -- 5.6 Galleys -- CHAPTER 6 SECURITY ON BOARD -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Ship security plans -- 6.3 Security levels -- 6.4 Precautions -- 6.5 Terrorism -- 6.6 Stowaways -- 6.7 Piracy and armed robbery -- 6.8 Smuggling -- 6.9 Personnel joining and leaving the vessel -- CHAPTER 7 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE -- 7.1 Duty of employers -- 7.2 Purpose of health surveillance -- 7.3 Application -- 7.4 What to do -- 7.5 Seafarers -- 7.6 Managing health surveillance -- 7.7 Additional practical guidance on health surveillance for exposure to biological agents -- 7.8 Reporting of occupational diseases -- CHAPTER 8 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 General requirements -- 8.3 Seafarer duties -- 8.4 Types of equipment -- 8.5 Head protection -- 8.6 Hearing protection -- 8.7 Face and eye protection -- 8.8 Respiratory protective equipment -- 8.9 Hand and foot protection -- 8.10 Protection from falls -- 8.11 Body protection -- 8.12 Protection against drowning -- CHAPTER 9 SAFETY SIGNS AND THEIR USE -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Duty to display signs -- 9.3 Role of the seafarer -- 9.4 Signs and notices -- 9.5 Occasional signs -- 9.6 Electrical wiring -- 9.7 Gas cylinders -- 9.8 Pipelines -- 9.9 Portable fire extinguishers -- Annex 9.1 Safety signs in accordance with the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels -- Part 1 - prohibitory signs -- Part 2 - warning signs -- Part 3 - mandatory signs -- Part 4 - emergency escape, first-aid signs and safe condition -- Part 5 - firefighting symbols -- CHAPTER 10 MANUAL HANDLING -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 General.
10.3 Role of the Company -- 10.4 Good manual-handing techniques -- 10.5 Safety for seafarers rigging accommodation and pilot ladders -- Annex 10.1 Factors to be considered -- CHAPTER 11 SAFE MOVEMENT ON BOARD SHIP -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 General principles -- 11.3 Drainage -- 11.4 Transit areas -- 11.5 Lighting -- 11.6 Guarding of openings -- 11.7 Watertight doors -- 11.8 Stairways, ladders and portable ladders -- 11.9 Shipboard vehicles -- 11.10 Entry into dangerous (enclosed) spaces -- 11.11 Working on deck while ship is at sea -- 11.12 Adverse weather -- 11.13 General advice to seafarers -- Annex 11.1 Standards for hold access -- Annex 11.2 Standards for lighting -- CHAPTER 12 NOISE, VIBRATION AND OTHER PHYSICAL AGENTS -- 12.1 General advice -- 12.2 Prevention or control of exposure to a physical agent -- 12.3 Consultation -- 12.4 Seafarer information and training -- 12.5 Noise: introduction -- 12.6 Assessing exposure to noise -- 12.7 Risk assessment: noise -- 12.8 Health surveillance: noise -- 12.9 Noise arising from music and entertainment -- 12.10 Types of vibration and their effects -- 12.11 Exposure limits set by the vibration regulations -- 12.12 Determining vibration levels -- 12.13 Mitigation -- 12.14 Mitigation: hand-arm vibration -- 12.15 Mitigation: whole-body vibration -- 12.16 Health surveillance and health monitoring: vibration -- 12.17 Additional guidance -- 12.18 Other physical agents -- Annex 12.1 Examples of typical dB(A) levels -- Annex 12.2 Daily exposure to different sound levels -- Annex 12.3 Personal hearing protection -- CHAPTER 13 SAFETY OFFICIALS -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Employer duties -- 13.3 Company duties -- 13.4 Duties of safety officers -- 13.5 Powers of safety representatives -- 13.6 Advice to safety representatives -- 13.7 Advice to safety committees -- 13.8 Accident investigation.
Annex 13.1 Checklist for safety officer's inspection -- Annex 13.2 Voluntary statement -- CHAPTER 14 PERMIT TO WORK SYSTEMS -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Permit to work systems -- 14.3 Sanction to test systems -- Annex 14.1 Permits to work -- Annex 14.1.1 -- Annex 14.1.2 -- Annex 14.1.3 -- Annex 14.2 Sanction to test: electrical high voltage -- CHAPTER 15 ENTERING DANGEROUS (ENCLOSED) SPACES -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Duties and responsibilities of a competent person and an authorised officer -- 15.3 Precautions before entering a dangerous space -- 15.4 Identifying potential hazards -- 15.5 Preparing and securing the space for entry -- 15.6 Testing the atmosphere of the space -- 15.7 Use of control systems -- 15.8 Safety precautions before entry -- 15.9 Procedures and arrangements during entry -- 15.10 Procedures on completion -- 15.11 Additional requirements for entry into a space where the atmosphere is suspect or known to be unsafe -- 15.12 Training, instruction and information -- 15.13 Breathing apparatus and resuscitation equipment -- 15.14 Preparation for an emergency -- CHAPTER 16 HATCH COVERS AND ACCESS LIDS -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 General -- 16.3 Mechanical hatch covers -- 16.4 Non-mechanical hatch covers -- 16.5 Non-mechanical manually handled hatch covers -- 16.6 Steel-hinged inspection/access lids -- 16.7 Access to holds/cargo/other spaces -- CHAPTER 17 WORK AT HEIGHT -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 General -- 17.3 Portable ladders -- 17.4 Cradles and stages -- 17.5 Bosun's chair -- 17.6 Working from punts -- 17.7 Scaffolding, including scaffolding towers -- Annex 17.1 Emergency planning for work at height -- Annex 17.2 Requirements for ladders -- Annex 17.3 Requirements for rope access and positioning techniques -- Annex 17.4 Requirements for scaffolding -- CHAPTER 18 PROVISION, CARE AND USE OF WORK EQUIPMENT -- 18.1 General.
18.2 Duty of seafarers and workers -- 18.3 Hand tools -- 18.4 Risk assessment and specific risks -- 18.5 Stability of work equipment -- 18.6 Dangerous parts of work equipment -- 18.7 Maintenance -- 18.8 Inspection -- 18.9 Information and instructions -- 18.10 Training -- 18.11 Electrical equipment -- 18.12 High or very low temperatures -- 18.13 Controls -- 18.14 Lighting -- 18.15 Markings -- 18.16 Warnings -- 18.17 Portable power-operated tools and equipment -- 18.18 Workshop and bench machines (fixed installations) -- 18.19 Abrasive wheels -- 18.20 Hydraulic/pneumatic/high-pressure jetting equipment -- 18.21 Hydraulic jacks -- 18.22 Use of mobile work equipment -- 18.23 Carrying of seafarers on mobile work equipment -- 18.24 Overturning of fork-lift trucks -- 18.25 Self-propelled work equipment -- 18.26 Remote-controlled self-propelled work equipment -- 18.27 Drive units and power take-off shafts -- 18.28 Ropes and wires -- 18.29 Laundry equipment -- Annex 18.1 Conformity with community requirements -- Annex 18.2 Bulldog grips -- Annex 18.3 Standards for work equipment -- CHAPTER 19 LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONS -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 General requirements -- 19.3 Regular maintenance -- 19.4 Thorough examination and inspection -- 19.5 Defect reporting and testing: advice to competent persons -- 19.6 Certificates -- 19.7 Record of lifting equipment -- 19.8 Positioning and installation -- 19.9 Lifting operations -- 19.10 Safe working load -- 19.11 Operational safety measures -- 19.12 Use of winches and cranes -- 19.13 Use of derricks -- 19.14 Use of derricks in union purchase -- 19.15 Use of stoppers -- 19.16 Overhaul of cargo gear -- 19.17 Trucks and other vehicles/appliances -- 19.18 Personnel-lifting equipment, lifts and lift machinery -- 19.19 Maintenance and testing of lifts.
Annex 19.1 Certificates of testing and thorough examination of equipment.
Extent 1 online resource (588 pages)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2022.
National Library system number 997012132394305171
MARC RECORDS
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