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Good practice

UK P&I CLUBIS MANAGEDBY THOMASMILLER

For further information please contact:

Loss Prevention Department, Thomas Miller P&I Ltd. Tel: +44 20 7204 2307

Fax: +44 20 7283 6517. Email: [email protected]

NUMBER 24

It’s your ship and equipment– look after them and they will look after you

The GOOD PRACTICE series of A4 posters is designed to draw your

attention to everyday occurrences, as witnessed primarily by the UK P&I

Club’s own ship inspectors. They visit between 500 and 600 vessels every

year, with a view to enhancing the ‘human element’ of the shipboard operation,

as approximately 60% of claims seen by the Club are attributable, in varying

degrees, to human error.

The aim of the ship inspector is to help raise awareness with respect to practices onboard that could

lead to claims or affect safety. They use their own experience as ship’s masters, while benefiting from

good practices observed on the numerous vessels they have visited on the Club’s behalf. If they see

something of interest on one vessel, they may pass this on to the master on subsequent vessels for

them to adopt if they feel it necessary to do so.

Some of the photos illustrated under the title “Bad Practice” are not necessarily bad, but when

compared to the “Good Practice” photo, it is clear that improvements could and should be made.

Conversely, some of them can be considered as “Bad Practice” and should clearly be discontinued.

We hope you find these posters useful – we add to them on a regular basis.


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Good practice





NUMBER 1


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Safety guards bothmissing

✗ Area is dirty, untidy andpoorly lit

✗ No obviousemergencystop button

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Grinder has both safetyguards in place

✓ Area is clean and well lit

✓ Spare safety goggleseasily to hand

✓ Emergency stop switchreadily accessible

Grinders can be dangerous– they have built-in safety features.

Use and maintain them!

Grinders

Good practice





NUMBER 2


✗ Fire doors lashed back– notedamagedhandle

✗ This is what canhappen

✗ Lives can be lost

✗ Self-closing mechanismdisconnected, despitewell-marked instructions

Fire doors

Fire doorsare there for a purpose.

There is no reason, other than laziness,why they should be lashed open.

KEEP THEM CLOSED!

Good practice





NUMBER 3


GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Coaming drain complete

✓ Non-return valvechecked, clean andoperational

BAD PRACTICE

✗ Non-return valve missing

✗ Potential for water ingressin heavy weather

Coaming drains

Many claimsare made due to wetted cargo

– simple maintenance would reducethe need for such claims.

Good practice





NUMBER 4


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Excessive oily waste

✗ Potential fire/safetyhazard

✗ Hard to locate source ofleaks

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Bilges clean and oil free

✓ Light colour paint allowsfor easy identification offresh leaks

✓ Good housekeeping

Bilges

Oily bilges are potentialsafety and pollution risks –

keep them clean!

Good practice





NUMBER 5


BAD PRACTICE

✗ No segregation of garbagetypes

✗ Health risk – could blowaround ship

✗ Possible interference withmooring operations

✗ Possible source ofpollutionfines

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Garbage well segregated

✓ Colour-coded garbagecategories

✓ Garbage stored in sheltered,easily accessible location

Fire doors

Poorly stowed garbageis a health and pollution risk –

dispose of it properly!

Good practice





NUMBER 6


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Unsafe top platform

✗ Bent/broken/loosestanchions

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Well rigged, includingsafety net

✓ On solid ground

BAD PRACTICE

✗ No safety rails

✗ Not adequatelysecured to ship

✗ Completelyunsafe

Gangways

All ships arerequired to provide

safe access. Check that yourgangway is always used

and kept safely.

Good practice





NUMBER 7


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Liferaft covered andexcessively lashed

✗ Not ready for immediateuse

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Correctly stowed andsecured

✓ Ready for immediatemanual and float-freedeployment

✓ Instructions for use clearlyvisible

Liferafts

Life rafts areprovided for your safety in case

your ship sinks. Valuable time maybe lost if they are not stored

properly.

Good practice





NUMBER 8


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Hazards not marked

✗ Access routes notmarked

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Well-marked hazards

✓ Access routes highlighted

Access/Hazard markings

When it is dark,the weather bad, or you

are unfamiliar with the ship,access/hazard markings

help you get around.

Good practice





NUMBER 9


GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Oxygen and acetylenestored in separate lockers

✓ Reduced risk of fire andexplosion

BAD PRACTICE

✗ Oxygen and acetylenestored in same locker

✗ Increased risk of fire andexplosion

Oxy-acetylene

Usedtogether for welding,

oxygen and acetylene burn well –so why store them together?Think safe and keep them

apart.

Good practice





NUMBER 10


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Paint stored haphazardly

✗ Nothing to stop cansmoving around in heavyweather

✗ Potential fire hazard

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Shelves neatly stacked

✓ Similar paint-types storedtogether

✓ Paint locker clean

✓ Bars in place to stop cansjumping in bad weather

Paint locker

Spilled paintis both a safety and

pollution hazard – and involvesa messy clean up operation.

Keep your paint lockertidy!

Good practice





NUMBER 11


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Hose box blocked bysteel sheet andduckboards

✗ Fire hose not ready forimmediate use

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Hose/nozzle ready forimmediate use

✓ Equipment in goodcondition

Fire hose storage

Fire hosesshould be instantly available –do not lock them away or block

access to them!

Good practice





NUMBER 12


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Counterweight lashed open

✗ Hose inserted into soundingpipe

✗ Oil-tight integrity of tank notmaintained

✗ Delay in abilityto close inemergency

BAD PRACTICE

✗ Lever open, cap off

✗ Tape left in sounding pipe

✗ Increased risk ofhigh-level spill

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Counterweight down, cap on

✓ Oil-tight integrity of tank maintained

✓ No chance of high-level oil escapingthrough sounding pipe

Sounding pipes

Ships havesunk or had serious fires

because sounding pipes havebeen left open – Close them

when not in use!

Good practice





NUMBER 13


BAD PRACTICE

Not using a harness:

✗ Increases risk of injury from falling

✗ Endangers others working in vicinity

GOOD PRACTICE

Correct use of harness:

✓ Provides security againstfalling

✓ Enables use of both handsto complete task

Safety harness

Whenworking aloft generally,

including on the gangway orover the bridgewing as illustrated,

safety must be your firstconsideration.

Good practice





NUMBER 14


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Twistlocks lock differently

✗ Unable, without closeinspection, to determine iflocked

✗ Increased risk of cargoloss

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ All twistlocks lock one way

✓ Easy identification ofunlocked containers

✓ Reduced risk of cargo loss

Twistlocks

Twistlocks are designed simply to lock

containers to the ship and eachother – why confuse the issue with

left and right locking handles?Are you sure your twistlocks

are locked?

Good practice





NUMBER 15


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Light mounted inboard – willnot deploy

✗ Light in very poor condition

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Well positioned, mounted correctly

✓ Line not coiled/wrapped around light, thusready for immediate deployment

Mob lights

The momentumof the falling lifebuoy pulls the

light from its bracket. If the line istoo short, coiled, or wrapped aroundthe light, the lifebuoy will just hang

beneath the light, still sittingin its bracket.

Good practice





NUMBER 16


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Self-closing valve lashedopen

✗ Plastic tubing in use asgauge glass

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Spring valve in good order

✓ Proper gauge glass in use

Sight glasses

In the event of a fire,the plastic tubing will melt.

With the self-closing valve lashedback, the tank is open

to feed the fire.

Good practice





NUMBER 17


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Wasted vent surround

✗ Wasted vent cover

✗ Perished rubber – ventcannot be effectivelyclosed

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Rubber and compressionbar in good condition

✓ All dogs in place andoperational

✓ Will keep out the worst ofthe weather

Hatch vents

Some cargoes requireventilation, others don’t.

Ventilators are to be maintained sothat ventilation can be controlled

and reduce claims.

Good practice





NUMBER 18


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Engine casing very oily

✗ Loose oily plates– trip/slip hazards

✗ Hose/rags lying around– trip hazards

✗ Bad housekeeping leadsto increased risk of fire/accidents

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Clean engine and bottomplates

✓ No loose plates, no triphazards

✓ Good housekeeping leadsto a safe environment

Main engine

Engine roomsare potentially dangerous

places – keeping them clean andtidy reduces the risk of fire and

personal injury.

Good practice





NUMBER 19


BAD PRACTICE

✗ In need of cleaning

✗ Evidence of poormaintenance

✗ Finding source of oil leaksdifficult

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Steering flat clean and tidy

✓ Handrails and duckboardsfor safety

Steering gear

In bad weather,the steering flat is a ‘lively’ place

to be. Covered in hydraulic oil, it isjust dangerous – stop leaks and

keep it clean!

Good practice





NUMBER 20


GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Net is good size and secure

✓ Ladder roped off to avoidinadvertent access

BAD PRACTICE

✗ No safety net

✗ Raised platform withoutsafety rails not reallysufficient on a workingdeck

Swimming pools

Swimming poolsare potentially dangerousplaces – keep them safe

and have fun!

Good practice





NUMBER 21


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Cleat very rusty

✗ Cleat hasn’t been usedfor a long time

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Correct use of cleat

✓ Cleat correctly tensioned

Hatch cleats

A large numberof claims are made as a result of

wetted cargoes. Simple maintenance andgood seamanship would dramatically

reduce these claims.

Good practice





NUMBER 22


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Working part of twistlockmissing

✗ No means of securingcontainer to ship

✗ Twistlock too small fordovetailfitting

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Both twistlocks lock thesame way

✓ Twistlocks in goodcondition

Twistlocks

Lashing materialsshould be checked for their suitability

before use. Clearly, damaged equipmentshouldn’t be used.

Good practice





NUMBER 23


BAD PRACTICE

✗ Ladder in poor condition

✗ Ladderexposedto crane/grabdamage

GOOD PRACTICE

✓ Ladder in good condition

✓ Ladder protected fromgrabs/crane

Cargo hold access

Safe accessis a requirement – bent

ladders, platforms, railings,missing rungs etc. are not safeand should be repaired at the

earliest opportunity.

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