Maritime and Coastguard Agency An eecutive agency of the Department for Transport Local Government and Regions (DTLR) Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen Consolidated Edition - April 2002 London: The Stationery Office © Crown ~ Copyright 1998 Published for the Maritime and Coastguard licence from the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office Applications for reproduction lk1it Her Majesty's Stationery Norwich NR3 I BQ Second Consolidated ISBN II 552577 Edition should be made in writing to The Copyright Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, © Crown Copyright 2002 CoII'er photographs supplied courtesy of Win penny Photography Cunard Line Ltd, P & North Sea Ferries Published by The Stationery Office and available from: The Stationery Office (mail, telephone, fax & e-mail orders only) PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 IGN Telephone orders/General enquiries 0870 660 5522 Fax orders 0870 600 5533 E-mail book.orders@tso.co.uk Textphone 0870 240 370 I WWW.tso,co.uk www.clicktso.com The Stationery Office Bookshops 123 Kingsway.London WC2B 6PQ 020 7242 6393 Fax 020 7242 6394 68-69 Bull Street, Birmingham B4 6AD 0121 2369696 Fax 0121 2369699 33 Wine Street, Bristol BSI 2BQ 01179264306 Fax 0117 929 4515 9-21 Princess Street, Manchester M60 8AS 01618347201 Fax 01618330634 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT I 4GD 028 9023 845 I Fax 028 9023 540 I The Stationery Office Oriel Bookshop 18-19 High Street, Cardiff CF I 2BZ 029 2039 5548 Fax 029 2038 4347 71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9AZ 0870 606 5566 Fax 0870 606 5588 The Stationery Office's Accredited Agents (see Yellow Pages) and through good booksellers Printed in the United Kingdom for The Stationery Office 89876 C 150 04/02 9385 16873 Agency Otley; NUMBERING, REPLACEMENT AND CONTROL OF PAGES The page numbering system contained within this Code follows the Quality Management System for Documentation procedures currently in use within the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Each page is numbered on the inside bottom edge and contains:the MCA identifier for this Code - i.e MSCP01 the number ofthe chapter - e.g Ch1 the revision status of that chapter and page e.g - Rev1.01 the page number within the chapter e.g - Page The first page of each chapter indicates the total number of pages within it e.g - Page of 12 This enables the user the check that all the pages within that chapter are intact Where pages need to be added to or subtracted from a chapter; the first page of that chapter will also be revised to show the new number of pages within it The page numbering in respect of page of Chapter 4, for example, would be:- MSCP01/Ch4/Rev1.01/Page of10 Where additional pages are added within the chapter; but the whole chapter is not replaced the new page will be numbered:- e.g Page 3A Pages that not carry any text carry the words:- "Blank Page" The Code contains an amendment sheet which provides the current revision status of amendments, chapters and pages (an example appears below) against which the revision status may be checked Page revisions are indicated by a change in the number after the decimal point- e.g Rev1.02, Rev1.03, etc., while chapter revisions are indicated by a change in the number before the decimal point- e.g Rev2.01, Rev3.01, etc (page revision reverts to 01) SAMPLE AMENDMENT Amendment SHEET (FIRST ISSUE) July 1998 00 Pages Chapters Revision Status All 1.01 All 1.01 All 1.01 All 1.01 All 1.01 All 1.01 SAMPLE AMENDMENT SHEET (SECOND ISSUE) (The following is an example of an amendment sheet where pages 4- 10 of Chapter and the whole of Chapter have been revised) Amendment Chapters July 1998 01 Pages Revision Status 1-3 1.01 4-10 1.02 11-16 1.01 All 1.01 All 1.01 All 1.01 All 2.01 All 1.01 CODE OF SAFE WORKING PRACTICES MSCPOI FOR MERCHANT SEAMEN AMENDMENT Pages Chapters o (Preface SEPTEMBER 2002 03 Revision Status 2.02 etc) 2-3 2.01 4-7 2.02 8-9 2.01 10 2.02 I 1-13 201 14-15 2.02 16-22 2.01 All 1.01 All 101 1-8 1.01 9-10 1.02 11-26 1.01 All 2.01 I 1.02 1.01 1-2 1.02 1.01 1.02 5-10 1.01 9-10 1.01 All 1.01 All 2.01 All 1.01 10 All 2.01 Chapters Pages Revision Status II 1-4 1.02 II 5-6 101 12 1-2 1.02 12 3-8 1.01 13 1-4 1,01 13 1.02 13 1.01 14 All 1.01 15 All 1,01 16 All 1.01 17 All 1.01 18 1-4 1,01 18 5-12 1.02 19 All 2.01 20 All I.GI 21 102 21 2-16 1.01 21 17-18 1,02 21 19-20 1,01 n All 101 23 1-8 1.01 23 9-12 1,02 23 13-18 1.01 24 All 1.01 25 1-4 1.01 25 5-6 1,02 26 All 1.01 27 1-4 1.01 27 5-6 1,02 28 1,02 28 1.01 28 3-4 1.02 28 5-8 1,01 28 1.02 28 10-18 1.01 29 All 1.01 30 All 1.01 31 All 1,01 32 1-2 1,01 32 1.02 32 4-14 1.01 33 1-3 1.01 33 1,02 34 (Appendix I) All 101 35 (Appendix 2) 1-2 1.01 35 (Appendix 2) 1.02 35 (Appendix 2) 1.03 35 (Appendix 2) 5-6 1.01 All 3.0 I 36 (Index) Blank Page Standing Order Service Are you making full use to The Stationery Office's Standing Order Service? 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The Stationery Office Standing Order Department PO Box 29 Norwich Tel 0870 600 5522; Fax 0870 600 5533 PREFACE This Code of Safe Working Practices is intended primarily for merchant seamen on United Kingdom registered vessels Copies of the current edition of the Code must be carried on all United Kingdom ships other than fishing vessels and pleasure craft and a copy must be made available to any seaman in the ship who requests it, in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen) Regulations 1998.There should always be an adequate number of copies to allow the Master, Safety Officer and any members of the Safety Committee to have their own, leaving at least one available for general reference This Code is addressed to everyone on a ship regardless of rank or rating because the recommendations by all and if all cooperate can be effective only if they are understood in their implementation Those not themselves actually engaged in a job in hand should be aware of what is being done, so that they may avoid putting themselves at risk or those concerned at risk by impeding or needlessly interfering with the conduct of the work The Code is arranged in sections which deal with broad areas of concern The introduction gives the regulatory framework for health and safety on board ships and overall safety responsibilities under that framework Section I is largely concerned with safety management and the statutory duties underlying the advice in the remainder of the Code All working on board should be aware of these duties and of the principles governing the guidance on safe practice which they are required to follow Section begins with a chapter setting out the areas that should be covered in introducing a new recruit to the safety procedures on board It goes on to explain what individuals can to improve their personal health and safety MSCPOI/ChO/Rev2.02/Page I of n employer duties 4.2 hot work 23.3, 23.7.1 MS Regulations 4.2-3 paint spraying 24.4.3 worker duties 4.3 Personnel baskets, offshore installations 31.6 Personnel lifts 20.12 Pesticides 27.7 Pilot boarding 6.3, 18.8 Pilot boats I8.8.4 Pipelines 15.7.2, 28.6 Piracy I 1.4-5 Pneumatic equipment 20.4.6, 20.7.6-7 see also Vibration maintenance 22.10.1 Port towage industry 33 see also Towing Portable electrical equipment 9.3.9-10, 22.16.5 Portable fire extinguishers 10.1.4-5, 10.3.6, 28.7 colour coding 28.7.2 hot work 23.5.6 Portable ladders 6.1.5-6, 15.3, 18.4.1-3, 26.6.2 Portable lights 13.4.7-8, 17.11.6,20.4.4,23.2.3 Power tools 20.4 Powered mobile lifting appliances 13.7 Protective Clothing and Equipment Regulations 4.2-3 see also Personal protective equipment equipment types 4.4 Pumps 10.31 Punts I5.6 MSCPO 1ICh36/RedO 1IPage 19 Radio equipment 10.4.7 electrical hazards 22 I3 portable 25.2.2, 25.3.1 security I 1.5 servicing 22 I2 Ramps 32.6.3 Record of accidents 3.8.9, 3.8.5, 3.10.14, 3.14.10-12 Refrigeration 22.8 compartments containers 29.3.9 dangerous goods 29.2.12 leakages 14.9.6, 15.10.4, 22.8.1 machinery 15.10, 22.8 rooms 14.9.1-4 Rescue, incapacitated persons 10.5.1 Rescue boats, drills 10.4.13, 10.4.10 Rescue harnesses 17 I 1.5 Respiratory protective equipment 4.8, 10.7.3, 12.3.4 see olso Breathing apparatus dangerous goods 10.7.3 respirators 4.8.4-6 resuscitators 4.8.9, 17.13.8 Resuscitators 4.8.9, 17.13.8 Risk assessment I, I.3-1 employers' responsibility 1.1.1-5, 1.6.1 hazardous substances 12.6.2, 27.1.2-5 main elements A 1.1, 1.10 pro-forma 1.9 record of assessment self-employed persons I.5.2 1.1.3 Ro-ro ferries 32 Rodents 12.2.6 MSCPO I ICh36/Rev 3.0 I IPage 20 Rope ladders 6.1.5, 18.4.4-6 Ropes 20.9 chemical resistance 20.9.2 friction 20 10.6 inspection 20.9.7, 20.10.3,21.2.28 man-made ~bres 20.9.4,20.10 mooring 25.3.5, 25.3.1 I polypropylene 20.9.5 splicing 20.10.7-8, 21.2.24 storage 20.9.3 stretching 20.10.5 wire 3.1 I, 21.2.24, 21.2.28, 25.3.5 Rubbish see Garbage Rust removal 24.3.3 Safe movement 13, 6.4, 18.3 permanent ~ttings 13.3.5 ro-ro ferries 32.6 Safe Movement on Board Ship Regulations 6.4 Safe working load (SWL) 7.7, 21.2.33-6 Safety caps 4.5.5 Safety committees 3.6,3.8.8,3.9.2,3.11.4 agenda 3.13.3-7 general advice 3.13 minutes 3.13.8-11 termination of appointment 3.7.3 Safety culture 3.1.2 Safety harness 4.10, 31.1.12 Safety helmets 4.5.1-3 Safety induction 8, 3.10.2 accidents and medical emergencies consultation procedures MSCPO 1/Ch36/Rev 3.0 I /Page 21 8.9 8.3 emergency procedures 8.2 fire precautions 8.2 good housekeeping 8.5 Health and Safety at Work Regulations 8.7.2, 8.8 machine operation I.3 Standing Orders I.3 Safety nets 6.1.8, 18.5,29.1.7,29.6.3 Safety officers accident investigation 3.10.4, 3.14 appointment 3.4 compliance with safety requirements 3.10 duties 3.9, 3.10.15-16 promotional material 3.10.3 record of accidents 3.8.9, 3.8.5, 3.10.14, 3.14.10-12 safety inspections A3.1 , 3.10.6-1 termination of appointment 3.7.1 Safety officials employer duties 3.2 Regulations 3.3 support 3.8 termination of appointments 3.7 Safety rails see Guard-rails and fencing Safety representatives 8.9.1 election 3.5 general advice 12 powers 3.11 termination of appointment 3.7.2 Safety signs 5, 6.4.6, 20.12.1 I, 20.12.9 see olso Signs blue 28.2.8 colour coding 5.2.1, 5.4, 28.2.3-12 green 28.2.9 MSCPO' ICh36/Rcv3.0 I IPage n language 28.2.1 occasional signs 28.3 passenger ships 5.1.2 permanent signs 28.2.2 red 28.2.3-5 yellow 28.2.6-7 Saws 14.8.8, 20.3.4 Scalds and burns 12.7.7-9, 22.18.2 Secure areas I 1.5 Security I I chemicals 30.4.6 dangerous spaces 6.5.2 drugs I 1.6 international terrorism I 1.2 piracy and armed robbery I 1.4-5 ro-ro ferries 32.2.5 stowaways I 1.3 travel advice notices I 1.7 Self-employed persons, risk assessment Semi-conductors I I.3 22.14.2-5 Semi-trailers, ro-ro ferries 32.8.6-7.32.9.6 Ship-board housekeeping 8.5 12.5 32.13 Ship-board vehicles 13.7, 21.8 ro-ro ferries 32.2-1 I Signallers 21.2.1 1-15 see olso Hand signals Signs 8.5 I see olso Safety signs "Fumigation Warning" 27.7.6 "No Smoking" 8.2.2, 9.2.1,23.8.3 watertight doors 13.6.3 Slings, lifting cargo 7.7.4-5, 29.4.8-21 MSCPOIICh36/Rev30 I/Page 23 Slippery surfaces 13.1.1, 13.3.2, 14.2 Small boats/tenders 18.7.2 smoke and fumes, enclosed spaces 10.1.7 Smoking 9.2, 12.7.6 battery compartments food preparation 22 16.2 14 1.2 liquid cargo 30.1.5 painting 24.3.5 ro-ro ferries 32.2.2 sprayed atmospheres 12.5.3 vessel regulations 8.2.2 Solvents 22.2.5 dry-cleaning 27.6.1-2 health surveillance 2.3.2 Spanners 20.3.2 Spillages 10.7.4-6 dangerous goods 29.2.12 tankers 30 I Spontaneous combustion 9.4 Spray systems 10.4.16, 10.4.8 Stages see Cradles and stages Stand ByVessel 31.7.8 STCW 958.1 Standing Orders 8.1.3 Steam winches 21 3.3 Steam-boilers 14.3 Steering gear maintenance 22.9 Stoppers 21.6, 25.3.12 Storage batteries 22 I Store rooms 14.9.7-9 Stoves 14.3 Stowage of items 8.5.1 MSCPOI/Ch36/Rev 30 IIPage 24 Stowaways I 1.3 Stowing, vehicles 32.6.3 Substances hazardous to health see Hazardous substances Sun burn see Burns and scalds Surveillance see olso Health surveillance security I 1.4.3 Survival craft drills 10.4 SWL see safe Working load Tankers 30 Safety Guides 27.1.5 Temporary lighting see Portable lighting Tenders/small boats 18.7.2 Terrorism I 1.2 Testing see olso Certificates and reports for carbon monoxide 32.3.3 lifting plant 7.6 towing equipment 33.3 Tools 20 see olso Electrical equipment; Hydraulic equipment; Pneumatic equipment hand 20.3 metal 22 I6 I0 misuse I2.7 I0 Towing 33, 25.5 communication 33.7 escorting 33.9 interaction 33.8 underwater obstructions Toxic substances 33.8.1 10.7.1-6, 12.6, 17.6.12-14, 22.12.5-6, 27.1.2-5 MSCPO I/Ch36/Rev3.0 I Page 25 Training see olso Safety induction abandon ship drills 10.2.4 10.2.4 fire drills fire-fighting 10.2 lifting plant 7.5.9 machinery operation new personnel transfer; between I unsecured ships 18.7.5 Transit areas I 3.3 Travel advice notices 11.7 13 I 1, 14.2 Tripping hazards Trucks 2/.8 see olso Ship-board vehicles Tugs 33 Ultraviolet radiation Underwater obstructions, Union purchase Unsecured towing 21.5, 21.2.20-1 I 8.7.5 ships, transfer 8.4.2, 12.2.9 Vaccinations Valves 22.12.3 22.14.1-2 Vehicles see Ship-board vehicles Vehicles 32.7 inspection marshalling reversing 32.6.3 32.6.3 Ventilation confined spaces hot work painting 23.2.4 24.3.4 12.3.2 33.8.1 ro-ro ferries 32.3 Vibration tools 2.3.2 "white finger" 20.4 I I Visual alarms 15.7.4 Visual display units (VDUs) 20.11 Washing see Laundry equipment Waste chemicals 8.6.3 disposal 8.5.1, 8.6.3, 9.4.1, 9.5.2, 12.5.1, 14.1.19, 31.2.5 galley 8.6.3 oils 8.6.3, 15.7.6 spontaneous combustion 9.4.1 storage 14 I 19 Watch keepers 11.5 Water hoses I 1.5 Water spray systems 10.4.16, 10.4.8 Watertight doors I0.3.8, I3.6 bells I3.6.4 notices 13.6.3 towing 33.2 Weighing anchor 25.2 Welding, see olso Gas welding; Hot work Welding and cutting 23.9 "White finger" vibration 20.4.1 I Winches 21.3.1 4, 21.4.10, 21.4.13 handles 10.4 I3 Wire ropes 3.1 I, 21.2.24, 21.2.28, 25.3.5 Wires and cables 9.3,9.5.4,23.6.7-8,28.4 Working aloft and outboard Bosun's chair 15.5 MSCPOIICh36/Rev10 I/Page 27 cradles and stages 15.4 general guidance 15.2 portable ladders 15.3 safety harness 10.I Working clothes I2.4 see olso Personal protective clothing cold and wet conditions I I I X-ray radiation 22.12.4 MSCPO I/Ch36/Rev 30 I D",i'' ' :::.:: SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES/ SHIPBOARD MANAGEMENT PERSONAL SAFETY HEALTH AND WORK ACTIVITIES SPECIALIST SHIPS ... accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen) Regulations 1998.There should always be an adequate number of copies to allow the Master, Safety Officer and... representatives 3.6 Safety committees 3.7 Termination of appointments 3.8 Support for safety officials 3.9 General advice to safety officers of safety officers 3.10 Advice on compliance with safety requirements... The Stationery Office Standing Order Department PO Box 29 Norwich Tel 0870 600 5522; Fax 0870 600 5533 PREFACE This Code of Safe Working Practices is intended primarily for merchant seamen on United