Health & Safety

Question 1

Which BR should be your first point of reference for H&S issues?

Answer 1

BR 167

Question 2

Who holds overall responsibility for health and safety onboard?

Answer 2

CO

Question 3

Where is the health and safety information notice board?

Answer 3

Accessible location

Question 4

What is SHIPHAZ

Answer 4

A safety management method used to safeguard
against all external ship hazards

Question 5

What is a White Tally?

Answer 5

If for some reason an item of equipment needs to remain on it would have to be White tallied
by a Charge Qualified person to certify that it poses no danger to person going aloft

Question 6

What forms the body of the White Tally paperwork?

Answer 6

White Tally Risk Assessment, completed by the maintainer, authorised by Shiphaz competent
person

Question 7

Who is responsible for administrating a SHIPHAZ in both harbour and at sea?

Answer 7

Sea - OOW
Harbour - OOD

Question 8

What SSOW is in place to ensure maintainers are safe when working on electrical/hydraulic/pneumatic systems?

Answer 8

Lock Off and Tag Out (LOTO)

Question 9

What is LOTO?

Answer 9

Safe system of work isolating equipment to allow maintenance and defect repair safely

Question 10

How Are LOTOs Recorded?

Answer 10

In log, short term and long term classification

Question 11

Within which BR will you find all the templates for the Permits to work?

Answer 11

BR 167

Question 12

What is MARPOL and what measures are taken to reduce the risk when fuelling?

Answer 12

Maritime pollution and laying of booms + plugging scuppers

Question 13

How are HV compartments indicated onboard?

Answer 13

Black and yellow (LPD/T45), Red and Yellow (QNLZ) hatching around access.

Question 14

What do you need to be in order to enter an HV compartment unescorted?

Answer 14

HV competent person

Question 15

What is COSHH?

Answer 15

Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health
COSHH provides a legal framework to Protect People against Health Risks

Question 16

How must COSHH be stored?

Answer 16

Lockable stowage

Question 17

What needs to have been completed before working with COSHH?

Answer 17

Full COSHH assessment to be done for each activity.

Question 18

What does SSoW mean and give an example?

Answer 18

Safe System of Work

Question 19

Before any major, or even minor, evolution such as RAS, Entering/leaving harbour,
Anchoring, MMBD, etc, a brief is given. What is the overarching message in all of
these briefings?

Answer 19

Safety