Safety Precaution For Vessel

Assignment No.
1
Safety Precaution for Vessel (in the dry docking)
Daily Safety and Progress Meeting
Daily meetings on Board should be attended by:

-The Ship Repair Manager
-Ship Officers and Supervisory personnel
-Yard’s Supervisory personnel
-Yard’s Safety Officer and Safety Staff
The Purpose of The Meeting is to:

-Verify the ship gas status and the validity of gas free certificates
-Review all work permits which have been issued
-Coordinate all work done by the Yard, contractors and ship’s crews in order to ensure that safe working
conditions prevail in all areas
-Review all systems and equipment tests and coordinate these
-Define priorities in case a conflict exists between various activities
-Identifying the locations where blasting or painting is carried out
-Discuss any violation of safety measures noticed during the previous day, identify the cause of the
incident and the action to be taken to prevent reoccurrence
Management of Safety
A ship in a dry docking is present unique combination of hazards in addition to the routine on board
hazards, therefore all ship and Company personnel must be particularly diligent about ensuring their
safety.
House Keeping
Ship representatives (Chief Officer) should establish housekeeping standards in conjunction with the
shipyard. These standards should include:
•Maintaining walkways clear of hoses, scrap steel and waste material
•Routine patrolling of work areas to maintain standards
•Keeping chemical and paint containers closed when not used
•Wiping up spilled oil or water etc.
Openings
Substantial guards and notices around or over each and every opening (tank cleaning openings, access
holes etc.) should be used.
Slip and Trip Hazards Risks from slippery surfaces due to cargo residues, water etc. or hazardous due
to scrap metals, welding rods, dunnage etc. should be minimized through use of good housekeeping
Ladders and Walkways

All personnel should verify that ladders and handrails are safe to use, properly secured and that their
footing is secured
Hazards from Above

Ship and Yard personnel should be alert to the threat of falling objects. Safety helmets should be worn
by all personnel during the working progress.
Confined Space Entry
•Entry into tanks and confined spaces should be carefully controlled for atmospheric conditions and
means of rescue.
•A “personnel tracking system” for any ship or Company personnel entering a tank or a confined space
should be established by either the shipyard or the Master and Chief Officer.
Personal Protective Equipment

The Master, Chief Officer and Company representative should insist that ship’s personnel and all
contractors wear appropriate PPE including boiler suits, gloves, safety footwear, helmets, safety
spectacles and hearing protection in areas exceeding 85dbA.
Respiratory Protection
If the work being done causes contamination of the atmosphere by material that is inhalation hazard
(asbestos, paint mist, boiler cleaning chemicals, blasting dust etc.), respiratory protection should be
worn. Use of sand for blasting is not acceptable.
Environmental Protection
Particular attention should be paid to ensure that environment pollution does not occur during shipyard
repair period. Issues to be addressed should include:
•All tank cleaning residues, including slops and tank sludge, must be disposed of properly in accordance
with governmental regulations and MARPOL 73/78
•Deck scuppers are plugged or led to reception facilities
•Any and all transfers of liquids on the ship are planned so as to avoid the accidental discharge of oil
mixtures
•Openings of any system should not be released any fluids or ozone depleting substances, and
•Ship’s sewage should be disposed of in accordance with governmental regulations and MAROL
Completion of Repairs (before refloating the ship)

-All personnel must be vigilant to ensure that all the ship’s systems have been restored to their optimum
seagoing condition and properly decommissioned prior to final testing.
-The decommissioning is the direct responsibility of the responsible officers on board, regardless of who
carried out the repair work, and therefore ship’s personnel should establish prior to start up:
•Stability: Stability condition to be kept as close to that when ship enters the dock.
•Hull and Below: Prior to refloating from a dry dock, ship’s personnel should carry out an external
examination to ensure that all openings in the hull are properly secured (all plugs, overboard discharge
valve secured, anodes fitted, propeller and free from obstruction.
•On deck: Anchors, all shore connections, all cargo gears to be secured in a sea going condition, All
LSA and FFE shall be ready to use.
•Bridge: Start all Navigation equipments including Gyro start and test (when Gyro is steady check
heading and compare with entry record), Inform E/R when floating dock, Follow pre departure
checklist, Take sounding of all tanks, Sign “Authority to Flood” certificate.
When flooding: Check for water tightness of ship by taking soundings of all tanks. The following times
are to be logged
-commencement of flooding
-vessel afloat
-dock gate open
-Vessel clears from dock.
Above safety precautions items shall be following at vessel at dry dock.

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Assignment No.

Daily Safety and Progress Meeting

Daily meetings on Board should be attended by:

The Purpose of The Meeting is to:

Ladders and Walkways

Hazards from Above

Personal Protective Equipment

Completion of Repairs (before refloating the ship)

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