Personal Injury Prevention: A Guide to Good Practice
Year: 2015 Language: english Author: Richard Bracken Genre: Guide Publisher: North P&I Club Edition: 2nd Reprinted in 2015 (electronic version) ISBN: 9780954201272 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 87 Description: This guide highlights onboard operations that present a risk to personal safety and sets out recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) and best working practices. It looks at the roles and procedures required for effective onboard safety management and advises how to develop an onboard safety culture. The guide is illustrated with cartoons demonstrating good and bad practice. The International Safety Management (ISM) Code requires all ships to implement a Safety Management System, to include procedures, plans, instructions and checklists for key shipboard operations. This guide complements the SMS and is designed to raise awareness of onboard hazards and promote onboard safety culture. The book identifies the key safety practices that should be implemented on every ship, including shipboard safety management, work planning and use of personal protective equipment (PPE). It discusses a number of onboard operations, including electrical maintenance, handling shipboard chemicals, use of lifting equipment, hot work, enclosed space entry, mooring operations, cargo handling and galley work. It describes the potential hazards and sets out safeguards and best practices. The book includes case studies relating to variety of personal injury claims. They examine the cause of each incident and the lessons to be learnt. HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE This guide details a range of safe practices which, if adopted on board ship, will help reduce the high number of accidents and injuries experienced by many seafarers. In essence, what must be developed is a safety culture. Safety and accident prevention is really a four stage process. It is necessary to: • Identify the problem •Provide all personnel with basic training and basic personal protective equipment •Develop a safety culture – where safety becomes a priority consideration •Develop accident, incident and near miss reporting systems. This guide is intended as an additional weapon in the fight against accidents – particularly personal injuries. It is not intended as an alternative to thorough training. The competency of seafarers to correctly use safety equipment and to be fully aware of onboard safety procedures is of paramount importance. With the common goal of reducing the cost of personal injury in both human and financial terms, everyone has a responsibility and a role to play. This obviously includes you – the reader! :
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Personal Injury Prevention: A Guide to Good Practice
Language: english
Author: Richard Bracken
Genre: Guide
Publisher: North P&I Club
Edition: 2nd Reprinted in 2015 (electronic version)
ISBN: 9780954201272
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 87
Description: This guide highlights onboard operations that present a risk to personal safety and sets out recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) and best working practices. It looks at the roles and procedures required for effective onboard safety management and advises how to develop an onboard safety culture. The guide is illustrated with cartoons demonstrating good and bad practice.
The International Safety Management (ISM) Code requires all ships to implement a Safety Management System, to include procedures, plans, instructions and checklists for key shipboard operations. This guide complements the SMS and is designed to raise awareness of onboard hazards and promote onboard safety culture.
The book identifies the key safety practices that should be implemented on every ship, including shipboard safety management, work planning and use of personal protective equipment (PPE). It discusses a number of onboard operations, including electrical maintenance, handling shipboard chemicals, use of lifting equipment, hot work, enclosed space entry, mooring operations, cargo handling and galley work. It describes the potential hazards and sets out safeguards and best practices.
The book includes case studies relating to variety of personal injury claims. They examine the cause of each incident and the lessons to be learnt.
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
This guide details a range of safe practices which, if adopted on board ship, will help reduce the high number of accidents and injuries experienced by many seafarers. In essence, what must be developed is a safety culture. Safety and accident prevention is really a four stage process. It is necessary to:
• Identify the problem
•Provide all personnel with basic training and basic personal protective equipment
•Develop a safety culture – where safety becomes a priority consideration
•Develop accident, incident and near miss reporting systems.
This guide is intended as an additional weapon in the fight against accidents – particularly personal injuries. It is not intended as an alternative to thorough training. The competency of seafarers to correctly use safety equipment and to be fully aware of onboard safety procedures is of paramount importance. With the common goal of reducing the cost of personal injury in both human and financial terms, everyone has a responsibility and a role to play.
This obviously includes you – the reader!
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