Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) For Marine Safety and Health Injury prevention.

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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) For Marine Safety and Health Injury Prevention

By Dime Marine Services Qatar | UAE | Dubai

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) For Marine Safety and Health Injury prevention Personal safety on board a ship is of utmost priority for everyone on the vessel. Numerous occasions, as can be noticed from the raise in marine accidents these days, ships lacking the specified safety measures, meet with accidents. To minimize this loss of life and property, it's mandatory for the shipping companies to take the correct safety measures to guarantee onboard safety for all mariners.

1) Protective Clothing: Protective apparel is a coverall which protects the body of the crew member from dangerous substance like hot oil, water, welding spark etc. It's popularly known as “boiler suit”.

2) Helmet: Head is the most important part of the human body. It needs utmost protection which is delivered by a sturdy plastic helmet on the vessel.

A chin strap is also provided with the helmet which keeps the helmet on place when there's a trip or slip.

3) Safety Shoes: Maximum of the inner room of the ship is used by cargo and machinery, which is manufactured of strong metal and which make it unhandy for crew to walk around. Safety shoes assure that nothing happens to the crew member’s feet while working or walking onboard.

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4) Safety Hand gloves: Different varieties of hand gloves are delivered onboard vessel. All these are used in operations wherein it becomes mandatory to cover ones hands. Some of the gloves supplied are heat resistant gloves are used to work on hot surface which reduce heat burns due to high temperature, cotton gloves for common operation, chemical gloves, welding gloves etc.

5) Goggles: Eyes are the most delicate zone on human body. In daily operations on ship hazards are actually high for having an eye injury. Selfprotective glass or goggles are used for special eye protection, whereas welding goggles are used for welding operation which protects the eyes from high intensity spark.

6) Ear Muff/ plug: Engine room of the vessel produces 110-120 db of sound which is really high for human ears. Even several minutes of exposure can lead to head twinge, irritation and occasionally partial or full hearing loss. An ear muff or ear plug is used on board vessel which dampens the noise to a supportable decibel value.

7) Safety harness: Routine ship operation includes maintenance and painting of high and elevated exteriors which bear crew members to reach areas that aren't smoothly accessible. To avoid a fall from such escalated area, safety harness is used. Safety harness is put on by the operator at one end and tied at a strong point on the other end.

8) Face mask: Working on insulation surface, painting or carbon cleaning involves minor unhealthy particles which are dangerous for human body if inhaled directly. To avoid this, face mask are provided which acts as guard from dangerous molecule.

9) Chemical suit: Use of chemicals onboard vessel is very frequent and some chemicals are veritably dangerous when they come in direct contact with human skin. A chemical suit is worn to avoid corresponding situations.

10) Welding shield: Welding is a veritably common operation onboard ship for structural repairs. A welder is handed with welding guard or mask which protects the eyes from approaching in direct contact with ultraviolet rays of the spark of the weld.

Operation of ocean going bulk carriers involved multiple hazards. Careful planning and exercising due caution for all critical shipboard matters are important. This point is a quick reference to international shipping community with guidance and information on the cargo and discharging of modern bulk carriers so as to stay within the limitations as defined by the classification society.

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Hence, it is important to stock up on this safety equipment before embarking on the ship. Even with the help of the given equipment, one must immediately contact authorities and seek professional help in case of emergencies.

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