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Work card
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Cotton boiler suite.
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Safety shoes.
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Hand gloves.
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Safety goggles.
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Safety harness
2.2.5
General safety guidelines for Hot work
If you do hot work at or near the engine, obey the guidelines that follow to prevent risks of harm
or damage to personal, to equipment, or to environment.
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Guidelines for hot work: General
Hot work means any work requiring the use of electric arc or gas welding equipment, cutting
burner equipment or other forms of naked flame, as well as heating or spark generating
tools, regardless of where it is carried out on board.
The Safety Management System (SMS) on board must include guidance on control of hot
work and which must ensure compliance.
Always use safe workspaces to perform any hot work.
Hot work performed outside of safe workspaces must respect the guidelines below:
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Guidelines for hot work: Outside of safe workspaces
The safety officer ensures that the hot work is carried out safely.
The safety officer provides a permit to everybody related to hot work.
Hot work procedures must follow national laws, regulations and any other national safety
and health regulations.
Another safety officer must ensure that safety procedures are followed.
All officers follow a written instruction plan.
The work area must be completely isolated before the hot work starts.
Review the fire safety precautions. This includes: firefighting equipment preparations,
designation of a fire watch in all nearby areas and fire-extinguishing measures.
Continue the isolation of the workspaces and the fire safety precautions until the risk of fire
no longer exists.
Protect components like the turbocharger silencer, ECS electronic control boxes and
cables, with a cover.
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