Ship/shore safety check list

[VESSEL DATE

BERTH No. TIME

1. Are SMOKING regulations being observed?

2. Are GALLEY requirements being observed?

3. Are NAKED LIGHT requirements being observed?

4. Are electric cables to portable equipment disconnected from power?

5 Are the ship's main transmitting aerials switched off? 6. Are hand torches of an approved type? Are portable R/T sets of approved design?

8. Are all external doors and ports in the amidships accommodation closed?

!1 Are all doors and ports in the alter accommodation that are required to be closed in fact closed?

I^- 10. Are ventilators suitably trimmed with regard to prevailing wind conditions?

11. Are unsafe air conditioning intakes closed?

1 12. Are window-type air conditioning units disconnected? 13. Is ship securely moored and agreement reached on use of tension winches?

14, Are cargo/bunker hoses in good condition^?

15. Are cargo/bunker hoses properly rigged?

16. Are unused cargo/bunker connections blanked?

17. Is stern discharge line (if fitted) blanked?

18. Are sea and overboard discharge valves (when not in use) closed and lashed?

19. Are scuppers effectively plugged?

20. Is the agreed ship/shore communication system working?

21. Are all cargo/bunker tank lids closed?

22. Are cargo tanks being loaded or discharged open to atmosphere via the agreed venting system?

23. Are fire hoses and equipment ready for use?

24. Are emergency towing wires correctly positioned?

25. Is the ship ready to move under its own power? REMARKS:

We have checked with each other the items on the above Check List and have satisfied ourselves that the entries we have made are correct to the best of our knowledge.

CHECKED BY :

(for Ship) (for Terminal)

Project 2.

Refer to the check list above and write a short report on safety precautions to be observed.

Prohibition Notices

WARNING

1. Only persons AUTHORIZED by CHIEF ENGINEER to use welding equipment.

2. Endeavour to wear full protective clothing, particularly dry gloves.

3. Use D.C. welding only, never A.C.

4. Check voltage Reduction Device. Do not weld if this is discovered faulty or inoperative. (Not M.G. sets.)

5. Check that welding lead, welding return and workpiece earth(s) have

adequate conductivity, are properly connected and adequately insulated.

Welding return lead must extend the full distance from work to set.

6. Wear safety harness when welding on stages or platforms.

7. Never weld on deck or in the vicinity of flammable materials.

8. Isolate power source before inserting electrodes.

9. IN A CONFINED SPACE OR AWKWARD SITUATION.

1. Detail a standby man to disconnect at site in case of accidents and to assist changing electrodes.

2. Arrange adequate ventilation. Some electrode flux gives off toxic gases.

3. Take particular care to avoid accidental contacts in damp and/or con­stricted situations.

IMPORTANT-SMOKING REGULATIONS

Smoking, which includes the use of matches, mechanical lighters and naked lights, is allowed on board only at times and in places designated by the Master on notice boards.

Smoking is prohibited at all times in any of the under noted spaces:‑

Forepeak and forecastle head, cargo and ballast holds and tanks, deep tanks, double bottom tanks, cofferdams and pumprooms, centrecastle, provision, lamp, paint and rope storerooms and on the open deck forward of the funnel.

PUMPROOM NOTICE

Ventilating fans must be in operation on all occasions before entering this pumproom and are to be run continuously while cargo, ballast, tank cleaning operations, or pumproom maintenance are being performed unless a gas-free certificate has been issued.

Entry is forbidden without breathing apparatus unless pumproom is gas-free and safe for entry.

Look at these notices. Using them as a guide make your own notices under the following headings:- Shore Leave', `Toxic Hazards in Painting', 'Access Prohibited', 'Fire Regulations^'.