Step Change for Safety A Shell Marine Initiative

Volume 1, Issue 01 18 th February 2013

GLOBAL SHARING
Shell Marine Safety Initiative kicks off in Singapore
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Eye Injury Back Injury Liver Damage Tank Damage Anchor Loss Short-Circuits Safe Access 2 2 2 3 3 3 4

was chaired by Dr. Grahaeme Henderson, Vice President, Shell International Trading and Shipping Co Ltd. UK Over 120 Top shipping executives interacted with teams of Senior personnel from Shell Marine to discuss Safety issues and how we would make a STEP CHANGE for SAFETY. The interactive sessions resulted in formation of

On 28 th and 29 th Nov. 2012, a Contractors Safety Seminar was organised in Spore by Shell which drew tremendous response by regional shipping circles. The initiative

Seven action paths to be taken over the next year to support this Shell Initiative for the Marine Industry. . For two days the Industry leaders were engaged in a series of workshops focusing on Safety, barriers and how will these be overcome to create a safer tomorrow.
For further details please visit www.stepchangeforsafety.com

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The shipping industry joins hands in Global Sharing as a means to promote a Safe culture onboard. Initiative chaired by Dr Grahaeme Henderson receives over 120 delegates from the SE Asia Marine Industry. For further details visit

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Injury : Eye injury from Chemical Splash

THE INCIDENT Pump Man on one of our managed chemical tankers injured his eye when the portable air hose he was carrying from the store sprayed liquid on his face. The hose had previously been used for blowing air to clear ships lines from phenol cargo. He was not wearing protective goggles when carrying out this work. Prompt assistance by deck hand, flushing of eyes with fresh water and medical attention saved his eye and he was back to work the next day. LESSONS LEARNT 1) PPE must always be work even when doing seemingly mundane jobs. 2) Behaviour based system was found lacking as colleagues failed to spot and report pumpman wearing sun glasses instead of safety goggles.
SUBMITTED BY
sachdeva@greenwave.com.sg

Injury : Back Injury from slips on polished floor

THE INCIDENT

Dangers lurk everywhere. More accidents happen doing routine jobs where we did not expect anything to go wrong.

Vessel was rolling moderately at sea, when a crew member returning from deck for tea-break slipped in the alleyway on the Upper deck, and hurt himself. The injured crew was assisted to the Hospital on the same deck and administered First Aid after which he

was sent to the shore medical facility and found to have a severe Hamstring Injury. LESSONS LEARNT a/ Many accommodation decks have Linoleum laid out which are polished regularly and when become slippery when a non-skid

synthetic door mat is used. Use of anti-skid tape could be beneficial. b/ Additional precautions are needed when vessel is in moderate weather.
SUBMITTED BY
Name withheld by request

Injury : Poisoned by Chemical Ingestion

THE INCIDENT Deck Trainee gulped 100 ml of N-Propyl Bromide (Fast Dry Electro-clean) thinking it was water. He was working with the other crew cleaning forward stores after recent heavy weather. Despite first aid and fast evacuation he suffered serious liver damage. FINDINGS Poor lighting and ventilation (causing exhaustion and thirst) / Improper storage and labeling / Inadequate supervision and risk assessment.

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Property damage : Tank Over-pressurisation

THE INCIDENT Distortion noted in stainless steel cargo tank on chemical tanker due to over-pressurization. The terminal had requested the vessel to accept the shore line being blown through into the ship's tank which was already 90% full. The medium used was Nitrogen. Volume and pressure of N2 could not be monitored by the ship and resulted in the tank extremity gave way at one seam of the bulkhead and inter-tank structural damage. LESSEON LEARNT The vessel is not obliged to assist the terminal in clearing their shore line into the ship's tanks. Ship's officers must have clear guidelines in this respect and ship operators must support the vessel and not the terminal in such cases.
SUBMITTED BY
Name withheld by request.
The photos shown here is from another incident posted on the website www.stepchangeforsafety.com. Please visit the site for further details and to leave your comments.

Property damage: Loss of Anchor

THE INCIDENT The port anchor of the vessel (along with six (06) shackles of anchor cable) was lost due to strong winds (NE force 8) and heavy weather (NE 6), while the vessel was anchored at Mailiao (Taiwan).No injuries or pollution were reported e due to above incident. FINDINGS Company Procedures for Anchoring did not include guidance on adverse Wx conditions. Master had not judged the limitations, of his anchoring equipment in adverse Wx condition. The incident could be avoided by taking timely measures to move out. LESSONS LEARNT Anchoring procedures wrt heavy wx were revised and discussed during safety meetings / Suptd visits onboard.
SUBMITTED BY
Name withheld by request

ilar incident. For details please visit www.stepchangeforsafety. com

The photo shown is from another sim

Property damage : Electrical short-circuits

THE INCIDENT Burning smell was reported coming out of Chief Officers cabin day room. Crew responded quickly and prevented serious damage. FINDINGS The day room tube light capacitor was burnt, the tube light cover was found slightly damaged due to overheat. LESSONS LEARNT Regular inspection of El. Circuits and monitoring of insulation is a must.
SUBMITTED BY
Name withheld by request

It is very important to understand the brute force of heavy weather and take appropriate measures to prevent injuries or damage when faced with such adverse conditions.

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POSTED BY G SACHDEVA

Best Practice Safe access to Ships

THE OCURRENCE During Superintendent visit to vessel, underway to Istanbul, the swell of 2-2.5 mtrs made access by Pilot Ladder difficult. Superintendent had to request the ship-staff to give life vests for safety .LESSONS TO SHARE Personnel boarding should be briefed prior transfer, should be familiar with mode, be physically fit and agree to the intended activity. A personal floatation device such as self inflating lifejacket with light and whistle and with crotch strap etc .is preferred to conventional SOLAS lifejackets which are restrictive and could contribute to accidents.
SUBMITTED BY sr@wallem.com

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Disclaimer: The articles and views presented here are from contributions by participants in the Shell Safety Seminar. The author or the company bears no responsibility for what is stated herein. This newsletter is for information only and an effort to share incidents with a view to promote safety across the industry.

About this Global Sharing Initiative

This Safety Bulletin is circulated with the sole purpose of sharing of incidents, Near Misses, good practices and lessons learnt across the marine and off-shore industry. Submissions are voluntary. No information given here is to be used for any commercial gains or for any purposes. derogatory

The views expressed here are from the contributors and do not represent the official view of their company or Shell Marine in any way. Please feel free to send your feed-back.

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