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B.C. MARITIME EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION
I.L.W.U. - CANADIAN AREA
Safety Regulations
Governing Vessels at British Columbia Ports
As approved by Joint Industry Labour Relations Committee on March 21, 1997
These Safety Regulations shall apply in addition to all requirements of The Canada Shipping Act and the applicable Tackle Regulations.
Section 1 - Duties and Responsibilities
Index
Rule 1
SECTION 1 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Vessel
Stevedoring Companies
Stevedoring Superintendent
and Foreman
Foreman
Hatchtender
Winchdriver and/or Crane
Driver
Ship Gantry Crane Driver
Side Runner
Employees
First Aid Attendant
GENERAL
Reporting Defects
Reporting Injuries
THINK AND PRACTICE SAFETY
These Safety Regulations have been prepared to govern Waterfront Operations
at British Columbia Ports. All those engaged in Stevedoring and/or Dock work
shall thoroughly familiarize themselves with ALL the Rules and Regulations contained
herein.
Co-operation is recognized by the BCMEA and the ILWU - Canadian Area as a key
element in all accident prevention activity and the parties are committed to
work together to ensure that hazards are identified and controlled, to promote
safe working conditions, safe work practices and positive attitudes toward health
and safety on the job.
SAFETY REGULATIONS
RULE 1. These regulations are to provide requirements
for safety of life, limb and health. In case of practical difficulty or unnecessary
hardship an employer or vessel may make exceptions from the literal requirements
of this Code and permit the use of other devices or methods but ONLY when it
is clearly evident that equivalent protection, as mutually agreed by the Parties,
is provided.
In circumstances where these regulations are deficient with respect to government
Acts, Regulations, Codes or Standards, such will prevail to the extent of the
deficiences.
SECTION 1 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Vessel
RULE 101. The Vessel, its Owner, Master and officer in charge shall be severally
and jointly responsible for the safe condition of the vessel's gear and equipment,
and for the competency of any Ship's Officer or member of the crew who may engage
in operations covered by this Code. They shall provide, so far as the same shall
be under their control, a safe working place on board the vessel from all operations
carried on upon it. The crew shall ensure that the ship be securely moored at
all times.
Inspection of vessel's cargo gear shall be made by its crew before gear is
used for stevedoring operations to ensure it is operational and safe. All original
safety equipment, windshield wipers, heaters and seating in crane cabs must
be in working order. The crew shall give all assistance possible to properly
maintain vessel's cargo gear while in use. It is recommended that an entry be
made in the Ship's Gear Register of any findings relative to safety made by
a Port Warden.
The vessel shall ensure that all work by ship's crews and others shall be conducted
in a safe manner not to interfere with cargo operations and be in compliance
with the "Code of Safe Practices to Ship's Crews and Others Working in
the Vicinity of Cargo Operations".
Stevedoring Companies
RULE 102. The Stevedoring Companies shall be responsible for the proper and
safe condition of all stevedoring gear supplied by them, and for the competency
of Foremen and other persons employed by them in charge of operations. Stevedoring
gear shall be carefully inspected in accordance with the appropriate regulations
by a designated and competent employee before being issued for use. Any unsafe
or doubtful gear shall be discarded or marked, and so placed that it cannot
be used by employees.
Stevedoring Superintendent
and Foreman
RULE 103. The duties of the Superintendent and/or Foreman in connection with
safety are:
(a) Ensure that all gear is in good safe working condition during the operations.
(b) Ensure that all operations are carried on in a safe manner and instruct
employees in safe working practices as necessary.
(c) Where conditions warrant, and when such person is not in immediate touch
with a superior officer, such person shall stop the work if necessary to avoid
accidents.
(d) Immediately report all accidents to superiors and the Ship's Officer.
(e) Inspect and sign the pages of the First Aid Accident Record Book at the
completion of each shift.
(f) Ensure that personal protective equipment is worn and used as required in
accordance with Rule 406.
Foreman
RULE 104. The duties of the Foreman in connection with safety are:
(a) Be in direct charge of employees, and supervise all the operations in connection
therewith.
(b) Ensure that all work is performed in a safe manner.
(c) Report promptly to the Superintendent or Ship's Officer any apparent defect
in the gear or any unsafe working condition.
(d) Upon discovery of defective gear, in the event that the Foreman should find
it impossible to get in touch immediately with the Superintendent or Ship's
Officer or Regulatory Authority, the Foreman shall stop the work, if necessary,
until the Superintendent or Ship's Officer or Regulatory Authority shall have
had an opportunity to survey the situation.
(e) Ensure that life lines, life rings and/or a suitable boat are available
when required in accordance with Rules 221(b), 261(c), 351(b) and 352(c).
(f) Instruct employees in safe working practices and immediately correct unsafe
working practices.
(g) Immediately investigate or assist in the investigation of accidents as required.
(h) Ensure that personal protective equipment is worn and used as required in
accordance with Rule 406.
(i) Prior to testing the emergency stop button function on gantry crane vessels,
advise the Ship's Officer as many gantries cannot be restarted without being
reset from the engine room.
Hatchtender
RULE 105. The duties of the Hatchtender in connection with safety are:
(a) Be familiar with all stevedoring operations and be capable of rigging derricks
and other deck gear for the proper hoisting or moving of cargo.
(b) Before commencing to hoist cargo, in conjunction with the Foreman or Ship's
Officer in charge, see that the derrick topping lifts and derrick guys are properly
secured.
(c) Ensure that the space from the hatch coamings to the vessel's side is clear
for working cargo and that the hatch beams, strongbacks, fore and afters and
hatch covers are stowed on deck in a safe, orderly manner.
(d) Inspect generally, as far as possible, all running gear for any defect or
unsafe working condition.
(e) Ensure that the cargo is properly slung before being hoisted, and shall
control the movements of slingloads by positive signals to the Winchdrivers/Crane
Operators when the load is out of sight. (f) Keep the slingload in sight when
it is being moved, and warn all persons in danger of being injured.
(g) Be familiar with the location of the First Aid Room.
Winchdriver and/or Crane Driver
RULE 106(1). The duties of the Winchdriver and/or Crane Driver in connection
with safety are:
(a) Examine the winches and/or cranes before hoisting cargo to be sure they
are in good order; if they are not in good order, report it to the Foreman.
(b) In the event winches are steam powered, ensure they are free from water
prior to commencing hoisting operations.
(c) Examine cargo runners. If cargo runners are frayed or worn, report it to
the Foreman or the Hatchtender.
(d) Ensure that the cargo runners are properly secured to the winch drum by
the securing device provided. Where there is no securing device, the runner
shall be positively secured, for example, by a method such as a round turn and
a half hitch around the shaft with the half hitch secured by clamp or seizing
wire.
(e) Ensure that extension levers, when used, are securely fastened.
(f) If winches are not properly oiled, report it to the Foreman or the Hatchtender.
(g) When leaving winches or cranes, even temporarily, turn off power and lock
levers in neutral.
(h) Obey signals from only the Hatchtender on duty.
(i) Not hoist or lower cargo or gear when a person is ascending or descending
a hatch ladder.
(j) Not permit anyone to stand between strongbacks being handled and open hatches.
A person standing in such place shall be warned away and the Winchdriver shall
wait until the person is out of danger before lifting the strongback.
(k) Ensure the bypass key is not in the cab of the ship crane while longshore
employees are operating such crane.
(l) Ensure that on vessels equipped with limit switches and/or bells, such switches
and/or bells are operational and in good working order (refer also to Rule 322).
Ship Gantry Crane Driver
RULE 106(2). The duties of the Ship Gantry Crane Driver in connection with
safety are to make the following safety checks at the commencement of each shift:
(a) Check to ensure that vessel's list or trim is within the Gantry Crane operating
certification.
(b) Check Gantry head "up" limit switch by slowly raising the Gantry
head until the limit switch cuts off vertical motion.
(c) Check "outboard" limit switch by slowly moving athwartship until
limit switch cuts off athwartship motion.
(d) Check braking action for fore and aft travel.
(e) At the start of the first shift and on subsequent shifts if considered necessary
have someone on the deck at the base of the crane activate emergency stop button
while crane is in slow athwartship motion and observe what automatic braking
action takes place. Advise the Foreman prior to the test as many gantries cannot
be restarted without being reset from the engine room. (f) Report any deficiencies
to the Foreman.
Side Runner
RULE 107. The Side Runner shall see that the employees working in the hold
use the safety devices provided and carry out the safety methods and regulations
prescribed herein, at all times acting in conjunction with the Hatchtender.
Employees
RULE 108. The duties of the employees in connection with safety, in addition
to those presented elsewhere in these regulations, shall be to use the safety
devices provided, to practise the safety methods prescribed, and to co-operate
in all matters that promote safe working conditions.
First Aid Attendant
RULE 109. The duties of the First Aid Attendant in connection with safety are:
(a) Know and understand the appropriate First Aid Regulations. Certificates
of competency shall be produced to the despatcher when requested.
(b) Keep First Aid kit in possession at all times while employed as First Aid
Attendant and replenish its supplies as usage may require, obtaining such supplies
from the central depot of the B.C. Maritime Employers Association.
(c) Know the location of: Dock First Aid Room, splint box, basket type stretcher,
working telephone, life saving apparatus (i.e. life buoys or rings with life
line attached), and ladders at various docks.
(d) Know all ambulance telephone numbers.
(e) Post directional signs showing the location of the First Aid Room.
(f) Keep a record of the circumstances respecting an accident as described by
the injured person, the time of its occurrence, the names of the witnesses,
the nature and the exact location of the injuries on the body, and the time
and nature of each First Aid treatment given, and shall carry out all duties
according to the Regulations. All records are to be maintained on the form provided
by the BCMEA, a copy of which is to be given to the employer's representative
at the earliest opportunity but not later than the completion of each shift
as well as a copy to the local Union office.
(g) The First Aid Attendant shall notify the Foreman immediately, unless the
nature of the injury precludes such report, when in receipt of a report from
an employee or rendering treatment to an injured person.
(h) The First Aid Attendant shall be in complete charge of all First Aid treatment
required and no one shall interfere during the performance of First Aid duties.
(i) Where it is necessary for the injured person to leave the work site to see
a physician, the First Aid Attendant shall notify the Foreman and a Union representative
immediately.
(j) To be informed of all hazardous cargo of which the employer is aware in
the workplace.
(k) Ship First Aid Attendants shall have access to an effective communication
device.
GENERAL
Reporting Defects
RULE 110. If tools, materials, appliances, or any gear are at any time found
to be out of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, employees shall immediately
report the same to the person in charge of the work.
Reporting Injuries
RULE 111. Immediately upon boarding a vessel, each employee shall become familiarized
with the location of the First Aid Attendant. Every injured worker shall:
(a) Obtain First Aid treatment at once, in order to prevent infection from setting
in.
(b) Notify the employer immediately, through the First Aid Attendant, of HOW,
WHEN, and WHERE the accident occurred, furnishing the names of witnesses.
(c) Obtain proper medical attention if needed and see a doctor immediately if
it is required. Prior to leaving the work site employees are required to report
same to the Foreman unless the nature of the injury precludes such report.
(d) A "Worker's Application for Compensation" form (W.C.B. Form 6)
will be mailed to an injured worker by the W.C.B. if such is required to facilitate
a claim. ALL questions on the form must be answered and such form mailed to
the Workers' Compensation Board promptly. Notify the First Aid Attendant that
you are going, or have been, to see a Doctor. The employer may require you to
complete a WCB Form 6A. All questions on the form must be answered and the form
forwarded to the employer.
(e) Notify the Despatch Office as soon as possible, and report progress. If
the injured person is physically unable to seek First Aid or report the accident,
the Foreman and/or Hatchtender shall inform the First Aid Attendant so that
the proper procedures will be attended to.
(f) When no First Aid Attendant is on duty, report all injuries to the Foreman
and see that they are recorded.
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