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P

ersonal

P

rotective E

q

ui

p

m

ent

BOS-

P

RD-0

3

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5

B

u

mp

c

aps

shall

be

man

uf

a

c

t

u

red

to

an

approved

standard

e

q

u

i

va

l

ent

to

“E

N8

1

2

”

and

c

an

be

u

sed

i

n

eng

i

ne

and ma

c

h

i

ner

y

spa

c

es

and

i

ns

i

de

c

o

ff

erdams

and

tan

k

s

,

wh

ere

t

h

i

s

i

s

no

r

i

s

k

f

rom

f

a

lli

ng

or

dropped

ob

j

e

c

ts

over

h

ead

.

O

n

NO

A

CCOUNT

ma

y

B

u

mp

C

aps

be

u

sed

on

de

ck

or

i

n

e

x

posed

l

o

c

at

i

ons

.

4.

6

Flotation

d

evices

A

pproved

t

y

pe

f

l

otat

i

on

dev

ic

es

shall

be

w

orn

on

a

ll

e

x

posed

areas

o

f

de

ck,

wh

en

w

or

ki

ng

over

-

s

i

de

or

i

n

a

pos

i

t

i

on

over

w

ater

,

wh

en

c

ross

i

ng

gang

-

w

a

y

s

,

trans

f

err

i

ng

bet

w

een

vesse

l

s

or

q

u

a

y

s

i

des

,

wh

en

per

f

orm

i

ng

moor

i

ng

,

to

w

i

ng

and

an

c

h

or

h

and

li

ng

operat

i

ons

,

or

c

arr

y

i

ng

o

u

t

an

y

ot

h

er

tas

k

t

h

at

presents

an

y

r

i

s

k

wh

atsoever

o

f

f

a

lli

ng

i

nto

w

ater

.

A

pproved

t

y

pe

f

l

otat

i

on

dev

ic

es

shall

a

l

so

be

w

orn

d

u

r

i

ng

an

y

sma

ll c

ra

f

t

u

se

or

wh

en

u

s

i

ng

personne

l

trans

f

er

bas

k

ets

.

4.

7

Fall arrest s

y

ste

m

s

S

a

f

et

y

h

arnesses

or

s

i

m

il

ar

f

a

ll

arrest

s

y

stems

shall

be

u

sed

d

u

r

i

ng

tas

k

s

i

nvo

l

v

i

ng

an

y w

or

k

above

2

-

meters

or

an

y

ot

h

er

f

a

ll

h

a

z

ards

.

S

a

f

et

y

H

arnesses

shall

be

u

sed

i

n

c

on

j

u

n

c

t

i

on

w

i

t

h

se

l

f

retra

c

t

i

ng

li

f

e

li

ne

or

do

u

b

l

e

l

an

y

ard

e

q

u

i

pped

w

i

t

h

a

s

h

o

ck

absorber

(

wh

en

w

or

ki

ng

at

s

uff

ici

ent

h

e

i

g

h

t

to

u

se

a

s

h

o

ck

absorber

sa

f

e

l

y

). F

a

ll

arrest

s

y

stems

shall

be

i

nspe

c

ted

reg

u

l

ar

l

y

. I

nspe

c

t

i

on

re

c

ords

shall

be

k

ept

.

4.

8

E

y

e

p

rotection

Goggles

shall

be

w

orn

d

u

r

i

ng

an

y

tas

k

generat

i

ng

f

l

y

i

ng

part

icl

es

or

ot

h

er

h

a

z

ards

f

or

t

h

e

e

y

es

(

e

.

g

.

gr

i

nd

i

ng

,

w

e

l

d

i

ng

,

h

and

li

ng

c

h

em

ic

a

l

s

,

et

c.).

Ey

e

prote

c

t

i

on s

u

c

h

as

sa

f

et

y

g

l

asses are mandator

y

and

shall

be

w

orn

o

u

ts

i

de

a

cc

ommodat

i

on

.

T

h

e

l

enses

should

be made

o

f

po

l

y

c

arbonate

. T

h

e

f

rames

should

be

h

eat

res

i

stant

and

e

q

u

i

pped

w

i

t

h

s

i

de

s

h

i

e

l

ds

.

S

tandard

w

or

k

g

l

asses

should

be

w

orn on

l

y

f

or

ro

u

t

i

ne

tas

k

s

w

i

t

h

no

spe

ci

a

l

r

i

s

k.

S

ome

c

h

arters

re

q

u

i

re

t

h

at

sa

f

et

y

g

l

asses

be

w

orn

at

a

ll

t

i

mes

o

u

ts

i

de

o

f

prote

c

ted

a

cc

ommodat

i

on

areas

.

C

omp

li

an

c

e

w

i

t

h

an

y

s

u

c

h

re

q

u

i

rement

i

s mandator

y

.

4.

9

Hearing

p

rotection

H

ear

i

ng

prote

c

t

i

on

(

e

.

g

.

earm

uff

s

or

p

l

u

gs

)

shall

be

u

sed

i

n

ma

c

h

i

ner

y

spa

c

es

wh

en

ma

c

h

i

nes

are

i

n

operat

i

on and

i

n a

ll

s

i

t

u

at

i

ons

i

nvo

l

v

i

ng

e

xc

ess

i

ve no

i

se

.

H

ear

i

ng

prote

c

t

i

on

i

s

re

q

u

i

red

wh

en

no

i

se

e

x

pos

u

re

e

xc

eeds

8

5

de

ci

be

l

s

and

should

be

s

u

i

ted

to

t

h

e

t

y

pe

o

f

tas

k

be

i

ng per

f

ormed

,

proper

l

y

f

i

tted

to

t

h

e ears

,

and

u

sed b

y

t

h

e

same person

.

T

o be e

ff

e

c

t

i

ve

,

h

ear

i

ng prote

c

t

i

on

shall

be

w

orn

t

h

ro

u

g

h

o

u

t

e

x

pos

u

re

to no

i

se

.

I

n areas

wh

ere

no

i

se

l

eve

l

s

are

ver

y h

i

g

h

,

m

uff

s

and p

l

u

gs

c

an be

w

orn

toget

h

er

to g

i

ve

better

prote

c

t

i

on

.

Most

earp

l

u

gs

are

d

i

sposab

l

e

and

do

not

re

q

u

i

re

ma

i

ntenan

c

e

. R

e

u

sab

l

e

h

ear

i

ng

prote

c

t

i

on

should

be

cl

eaned

reg

u

l

ar

l

y

i

n

a

cc

ordan

c

e

w

i

t

h

t

h

e man

uf

a

c

t

u

rer

’

s

re

c

ommendat

i

ons

and

k

ept

i

n

a

ded

ic

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c

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or

bag

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