Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers

1 Code of safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers 2015 edition Amendment 5, October 2020 London: TSO Standing order service A standing order for class will ensure that you are supplied automatically with all supplements/amendments/new editions of this title as they are issued in paper format. The benefits to you are: automatic supply on publication no need for time consuming research, telephone calls or scanning of publication lists saving on the need and costs of placing individual orders We can supply a wide range of publications on standing order, from individual annual publications to all publications on a selected subject.

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3 Each page is numbered on the inside bottom edge and contains: the MCA identifier for this Code MSCP01 the number of the chapter/appendix Ch1, Ap1 the revision status of that chapter/appendix and page the page number within the chapter Page 2 The first page of each chapter/appendix indicates the total number of pages within it, Page 1 of 12. This enables the user the check that all the pages within that chapter/appendix are intact. Where pages need to be added to or subtracted from a chapter/appendix, the first page of that chapter/appendix will also be revised to show the new number of pages within it.

4 The page numbering in respect of page 1 of Chapter 4, for example, would be: MSCP01/Ch4 1 of 10 Where additional pages are added within the chapter/appendix, but the whole chapter/appendix is not replaced, the new page will be numbered: Page 3A Pages that do not carry any text carry the words: Blank Page The Code contains an amendment sheet that provides the current revision status of amendments, chapters/appendices 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: , , etc.

5 , while chapter/appendix revisions are indicated by a change in the number before the decimal point: , , etc. (page revision reverts to 01) Sample amendment sheet (first issue) Amendment 00 September 2015 Chapters Pages Revision status 1 All 2 All 3 All 4 All 5 All 6 All Sample amendment sheet (second issue) (The following is an example of an amendment sheet where pages 4 10 of Chapter 1 and the whole of Chapter 5 have been revised.) Amendment 01 September 2015 Chapters Pages Revision status 1 1 3 4 10 11 16 2 All 3 All 4 All 5 All 6 All Code of safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers MCSP01 2015 edition Chapters Pages Revision status Contents 1 Contents 2 Contents 3-4 Contents 5 Contents 6 Contents 7-8 Contents 9 Contents 10 Contents 11 Contents 12 0 ALL 1 1 1 2-8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12-18 1 19-20 1 21-24 1 25 1 26 1 27 1

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8 2-3 Appendix 4 4 Index ALL CONTENTS About this Code Chapter 1 MANAGING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY Introduction What does a safe Working culture look like? Annex Management of change Annex Five steps to risk assessment Annex Risk assessment form: example 1 Annex Risk assessment form: example 2 Chapter 2 SAFETY INDUCTION General Emergency procedures and fire precautions Accidents and medical emergencies Health and hygiene Good housekeeping Environmental responsibilities Occupational health and safety Company and worker responsibilities Consultation procedures Chapter 3 LIVING ON BOARD General Fitness, health and hygiene Smoking Medication Malaria Avoiding the effects of fatigue (tiredness)

9 Working in hot or sunny climates and hot environments Working in cold climates and environments Working clothes Shipboard housekeeping Substances hazardous to health Common personal injuries Sunglasses Risk from sharps Chapter 4 EMERGENCY DRILLS AND PROCEDURES Musters and drills Fire drills Action in the event of fire Abandon ship drills Action in the event of abandoning ship Man overboard drills Action in the event of man overboard Dangerous (enclosed)

10 Space drills Action in the event of a dangerous space emergency Assisting a casualty Drills for leakage and spillage Action in the event of a leakage or spillage Damage control drills Annex Table of emergency drills and their frequency Chapter 5 FIRE PRECAUTIONS General Smoking Electrical and other fittings Spontaneous combustion Machinery spaces Galleys Chapter 6 SECURITY ON BOARD Introduction Ship security plans Security levels Precautions Terrorism Stowaways Piracy and armed robbery Smuggling Personnel joining and leaving the vessel Chapter 7 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE Duty of employers Purpose of health surveillance Application What to do Seafarers Managing health surveillance Additional practical guidance on health surveillance for exposure to biological agents Reporting of occupational diseases Chapter 8 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT Introduction General requirements Seafarer duties Types of equipment Head protection