An ILO Code of Practice. Accident Prevention on Board Ship at Sea And in Port, (1996)

ACCIDENT PREVENTION ON BOARD SHIP AT SEA AND IN PORT

Preface

1. General provisions

1.1. Objective

1.2. Application

1.3. General definitions¹

2. General duties and responsibilities

2.1. General duties of the competent authority of flag States

2.2. General duties and responsibilities of competent authorities other than the flag State

2.3. General duties and responsibilities of shipowners

2.4. General duties and responsibilities of the master

2.5. General duties and responsibilities of seafarers

2.6. General duties and responsibilities of the shipboard safety and health committee

2.7. General duties and responsibilities of the safety officer

2.8. General duties and responsibilities of the safety representative(s)

3. Reporting of accidents

3.1. General provisions

4. Permit-to-work systems

4.1. General provisions

5. General shipboard safety and health considerations

5.1. Shipboard housekeeping and personal health and hygiene

5.2. Use of chemicals¹

5.3. Fire prevention

5.4. Working clothes and personal protective equipment¹

5.4.1. General

5.5. Signs, notices and colour codes

6. Shipboard emergencies and emergency equipment

6.1. General provisions

6.2. Fire-fighting equipment, drills and training

6.3. Abandon ship drills and training¹

6.4. Helicopter operations¹

6.5. Man overboard and rescue at sea

6.6. Other drills

7. Carriage of dangerous goods

7.1. General provisions¹

7.2. Special precautions

7.3. Additional sources of information

8. Safe access to ship¹

8.1. Means of access to ship

8.2. Ship's accommodation ladders and gangways

8.3. Portable ladders

8.4. Pilot ladders

8.5. Transport of persons by water

9. Safe movement about the ship

9.1. General provisions

9.2. Passageways and walkways

9.3. Watertight doors

9.4. Lighting

9.5. Protection around cargo hatches and other deck openings

9.6. Access to holds and other spaces

9.7. Drainage

10. Entering and working in enclosed or confined spaces

10.1. General provisions

10.2. Precautions on entering dangerous spaces

10.3. Duties and responsibilities of a competent person and of a responsible officer

10.4. Preparing and securing the space for entry

10.5. Testing the atmosphere of confined and enclosed spaces

10.6. Use of a permit-to-work system

10.7. Procedures and arrangements before entry

10.8. Procedures and arrangements during entry

10.10. Breathing apparatus and resuscitation equipment

10.11. Maintenance of equipment and training

11. Manual lifting and carrying

11.1. General provisions

12. Tools and materials

12.1. General provisions¹

12.2. Hand tools

12.3. Portable electric, pneumatic and hydraulic tools

12.4. Workshop and bench machines (fixed installations)

12.5. Abrasive wheels

12.6. Spirit lamps

12.7. Compressed air

12.8. Compressed gas cylinders

13. Welding, flame-cutting and other hot work

13.1. General provisions

13.2. Personal protective equipment

13.3. Precautions against fire, explosions and non-life-supporting environments

13.4. Electric welding equipment

13.5. Precautions to be taken during electric-arc welding

13.6. Flame-cutting and brazing

14. Painting

14.1. General provisions

14.2. Spraying

14.3. Painting aloft and working over the side

15. Working aloft and over the side

15.1. General provisions

15.2. Cradles and stages

15.3. Bosun's chairs

15.4. Ropes

15.5. Portable ladders

15.6. Rope ladders

15.7. Working over the side from punts

16. Working with electricity and electrical equipment

16.1. General provisions

16.2. Wandering leads, portable lights, electric tools and other movable equipment

16.3. High-voltage systems

16.4. Rectifiers and electronic equipment

16.5. Radio communication equipment

16.6. Batteries and battery rooms

16.7. Work with visual display units (VDUs),¹ including microcomputers

17. Working with dangerous and irritating substances and radiations¹

17.1. General provisions

17.2. Work with unsaturated polyesters

17.3. Work with adhesives

17.4. Removing insulation, paint and other coatings

17.5. Work with asbestos¹

17.6. Work with man-made mineral fibres

17.7. Radio and radar installations

17.8. Ionizing radiations¹

18. Upkeep of wire and fibre ropes¹

18.1. General provisions

18.2. Wire ropes

18.3. Fibre ropes

19. Anchoring, docking and mooring¹

19.1. General provisions

19.2. Anchoring

19.3. Characteristics of man-made fibre ropes used for mooring or towing

19.4. Mooring and unmooring

19.5. Mooring to buoys

20. Working on deck or in cargo spaces

20.1. General provisions

20.2. Cargo operations¹

20.8. Working on deck while ship is at sea

20.9. Heavy weather

20.10. Working in hatches and holds

21. Working in machinery spaces

21.1. General provisions

21.2. Boilers, unfired pressure vessels and steam pipes

21.3. Propulsion machinery

21.4. Turbines

21.5. Internal combustion engines

21.6. Air compressors and reservoirs

21.7. Refrigeration systems

21.8. Oil-based systems

21.9. Steering gear

21.10. Control-room operation and unattended machinery spaces

21.11. Hydraulic systems

22. Working in galleys, pantries and other food handling areas¹

22.1. Loading and storing provisions

22.2. Preparation of food

22.3. Work in galleys, pantries and serving food

23. Safety in living accommodation¹

23.1. General provisions

23.2. Laundering appliances

23.3. Physical fitness rooms

23.4. Swimming-pools

23.5. Sewage systems

24. Specific vessel types

24.1 General provisions

24.1.1. Reference should be made to Chapters 1-23 where applicable.

24.2. Bulk carriers and carriage of bulk cargoes

24.3. Container ships

24.4. Ro-Ros (roll-on/roll-off vessels) and vehicle and passenger ferries

24.5. Oil tankers

24.6. Bulk chemical tankers

24.7. Liquefied natural and petroleum gas carriers

24.8. Passenger vessels²

24.9. Offshore support vessels

- Master/Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) information exchange

- Communications

- Installation overboard discharges

- Bulk transfer procedures

- Anchor handling/towing operations

- Transfer of seafarers by boat

- Transfer of seafarers by basket

Appendices.

Appendix I.
Permit-to-work form¹

Appendix II.
References and further reading¹

- ILO instruments

- Occupational safety and health instruments

- ILO occupational safety and health publications

- Industry publications

- Other publications

- Where to obtain information

Appendix III.
ISO Standards