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Tan

k

Cleanin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

1

3

4 D

escri

p

tion

4

.1

P

re Tas

k P

lannin

g

T

he

Chie

f

O

ff

icer/Tas

k Sup

ervisor

shall

carry out pre

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

ng as

fo

ll

ows:

x

R

a

i

se

the Perm

i

t

to

W

or

k (

P

TW);

x

R

ev

i

ew

the

re

l

evant

“

Mater

i

a

l S

afety

D

ata

S

heet

(

s

) (

M

SDS)”;

x

D

eve

l

op or

cons

i

der

the

T

an

k

C

l

ean

i

ng P

l

an

;

x

Chec

k

the

Tank Cleaning Checklist

;

x

D

eve

l

op

the

Emergency Response Plan

;

x

Prepare

the

Tool Box Talk

(TBT).

I

f Contractors

are present on board or

embar

k,

they

shall

be

fu

ll

y

i

nvo

l

ved

i

n

the pre

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

ng

.

4

.1.1 The tan

k

cleanin

g p

lan

Among

the

factors

that

shall

be

ta

k

en

i

nto

account

dur

i

ng

the

p

l

ann

i

ng

stages

of

tan

k

wash

i

ng

are

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng:

x

T

he

construct

i

on

of

the

tan

k

wa

ll

s

;

x

T

he nature

of

the

l

ast

cargo

;

reference M

SDS;

x

T

he wash

i

ng med

i

um

,

compat

i

b

ili

ty

,

react

i

v

i

ty and

hea

l

th and

safety hazards

;

x

T

he

c

l

ean

i

ng

processes

to

be app

li

ed

;

x

T

he

appropr

i

ate

techn

iq

ues

to

be

emp

l

oyed the

t

i

me

ava

il

ab

l

e

for

c

l

ean

i

ng

and

the

nature

of

the

ne

x

t

cargo

to

be

l

oaded

;

reference Company

T

an

k

C

l

ean

i

ng Manua

l

and M

SDS;

x

T

he

remova

l

of

the

tan

k

res

i

dues

;

x

Preparat

i

on of

the wor

k

area

.

4

.

2

Wor

k

in

g

in con

f

ine

d

s

p

aces

4

.

2

.1 Isolation

T

he

conf

i

ned

space

shall

be

i

so

l

ated

;

the

l

oc

k

out/tag

out

process

shall

be

adhered

to

and

i

f

re

q

u

i

red

a

b

l

an

k

f

l

ange

shall

be

i

nsta

ll

ed

.

4

.

2

.

2

O

p

enin

g

D

ur

i

ng

the

open

i

ng

of

a

conf

i

ned

space

on

l

y

the

re

l

evant

li

ft

i

ng

e

q

u

i

pment

shall

be

used

. T

he

crew

shall

stay

out of

the

li

ne

of

f

i

re and

be

aware

of

the poss

i

b

l

e

re

l

ease of

gas when open

i

ng manho

l

es

.

4

.

2

.

3

Entr

y

B

efore

entry

i

nto

a

conf

i

ned

space

the

rescue

e

q

u

i

pment

shall

tested

and

made

ready

for

use

and

a

ll

e

l

ectr

i

ca

l

e

q

u

i

pment

w

i

r

i

ng

shall

be

carefu

ll

y

i

nspected

.

Unserv

i

ceab

l

e

e

q

u

i

pment

shall

be

rep

l

aced

or

repa

i

red

.

Entry

shall

be

made

wear

i

ng

the

appropr

i

ate

PPE

i

nc

l

ud

i

ng

a

safety

harness

w

i

th

li

fe

li

ne

.

Persona

l

gas

detectors

shall

be

carr

i

ed

and

used

by

each

person

enter

i

ng

the

space

. O

n

l

y

e

x

p

l

os

i

ve

proof

e

q

u

i

pment

and

li

ght

i

ng

shall

be used

and a

safety attendant

shall

stand by at

the

entrance

.

Vers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-0

3

.900

6

0

3

-

ver

.0

4

). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

22

/

0

6/

2012.

Vers

i

on

date:

3

1

/

12

/

201

5

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on QM

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document

when

pr

i

nted

.

Procedure prepared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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