Health and safety on ships
Safe working practices
Code of safe working practices
By law, up-to-date copies of the 바카라 사이트˜Code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers바카라 사이트™ must be carried on a UK ship that바카라 사이트™s not a fishing boat or pleasure craft.
A copy of the code must be available to any seafarer who requests it.
The 바카라 사이트˜Code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers is available to buy from .
Read the 바카라 사이트˜Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997바카라 사이트™ for safety standards and requirements for merchant ships.
Safety signs
Certain health and safety signs must be displayed on ships, such as emergency escape signs or danger warning signs. Signs must meet legal requirements if they바카라 사이트™re permanently displayed.
Read the 바카라 사이트˜Amendment 1 Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 2001바카라 사이트™ to find out how and where safety signs and signals must be displayed.
바카라 사이트˜Permit to work바카라 사이트™
The 바카라 사이트˜permit to work바카라 사이트™ system reduces the risk of accidents on board ship. Under this system, seafarers must get written permission from a senior officer before they can perform hazardous tasks, like:
- working at height and outboard
- working with boilers
- 바카라 사이트˜hot work바카라 사이트™ (work which could result in the ignition of flammable material, for example welding)
- working in unmanned machinery spaces
- entry into enclosed spaces
- electrical testing
Read about using 바카라 사이트˜permit to work바카라 사이트™ schemes to test electrical systems in the 바카라 사이트˜Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers.
Read 바카라 사이트˜Safety Preparations Prior to Machinery Maintenance바카라 사이트™ to find out how to prepare for doing maintenance on machinery on ships.