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A Basic Understanding of Shipyard Workplace Safety
Shipyard Workplace Safety is a high importance, high criticality area for safety regulation. This is so because shipyards are among the most hazardous of places to work in. it is estimated that at any point of time, the number and incidences of injuries and fatalities in the shipyard industry is at least twice that of the next most hazardous industry, construction. This calls for urgent and important Shipyard Workplace Safety regulations.
Present Shipyard Workplace Safety Regulations
OSHA has a number of Shipyard Workplace Safety regulations for this industry. These need to be read with CFR Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1915, which not only lay out regulations, but also prescribe codes and methods of implementation of these regulations. Why these two regulations need to be implemented together is that there may be a few hazards not covered by Shipyard Industry standards set out by OSHA. These gaps are covered by the regulations set out in CFR 1915, making these a well-rounded set of regulations for Shipyard Workplace Safety.
The need for Shipyard Workplace Safety regulations
The need for Shipyard Workplace Safety is acutely felt because of the sheer variety of hazards that present themselves in shipyards. Shipyards, which employ between a few dozen and a few thousand employees each, are a site of potentially serious accidents. Even if accidents do not occur, the very nature of work done at these shipyards can be dangerous and hazardous.
Shipyard Workplace Safety is a core requirement that employers in this industry have to keep in mind and put in place. The nature of their work could range from and include any or many of these:
Scrapping
Demolition
Electrical
Fabrication
Creating large and heavy steel or iron plates, sheets, beams, pipes and related items
Soldering
Drilling
Dealing with propulsion systems
Welding
Shipyard Workplace Safety has to begin with an understanding of these issues. All the possible locations or points at which hazards may occur, need to be identified and the danger present or potential in these need to be neutralized. Some of the most common issues workers in shipyards face include spasms, pulls, shoulder pains, cuts, wounds, hits, cramps, numbing and the like.
Ergonomics needs to be identified and put in place. Some of the important aspects of ergonomics for ensuring Shipyard Workplace Safety include:
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