RULE 202. If a vessel is alongside any other vessel, and employees are required to pass from one to the other, a safe means of access shall be provided by the vessel which has the higher freeboard.


Scows, Booms, etc., Alongside

RULE 203. When working a barge, scow, raft, or log boom alongside a vessel, a Jacob's ladder with flat pilot ladder treads or its equivalent, properly secured, shall be provided and when practicable said ladder shall lay against the side of the vessel.


Hold Ladders

RULE 204. Ladders shall be provided in all holds where employees are required to work. Where it is impracticable to use the hold ladder, an equivalent safe means of escape shall be provided. Vessel's ladders providing entrance to and exit from holds shall be kept in safe condition.


Railway Car and Container Ladders

RULE 205. Ladders will be supplied by the Stevedoring Company concerned for access to railway cars and containers where necessary.


Portable Ladders

RULE 206. All portable ladders should extend over the upper landing by approximately one meter and should be secured.


Web Slings

RULE 207. Web Slings shall comply with the Web Sling Standard.


Air Bottle Protection

RULE 208. Head frames using air bottles must have a protective shroud over the valve.


Radar

RULE 209. Vessel's radar shall not transmit during cargo operations utilizing dock gantry cranes or shiploaders. During these operations vessel's radar scanners may rotate with the radar in standby mode.


DECK OPENINGS Manholes, etc.

RULE 211. Manholes and other deck openings shall be protected in a safe manner (refer to Rule 411). No employee is to walk or work around an unprotected hatch where there is a possibility of falling into the hold below unless a guard rail is erected.


Hatches

RULE 212. When a vessel has a hatch not supplied with a permanent raised hatch coaming, a temporary structure in accordance with the appropriate regulations shall be supplied for the protection of the Hatchtender.


Hatch Covers

RULE 213.
(a) When covering up at night all beams should be put into place on hatches where the hatch covers measure 10 feet or more in length.
(b) Adequate hand grips shall be provided on all hatch covers, having regard to their size and weight. Broken, split, or ill-fitting hatch covers shall at once be discarded or repaired. All hatch covers and fore and aft and athwartship beams, shall, insofar as they are not interchangeable, be kept plainly marked to indicate the deck and hatch to which they belong and their position therein, and a Ship's Officer shall be present and responsible for the proper covering and uncovering of all hatches.


Hatch Rollers

RULE 214. Hatch rollers shall be so constructed that they can be firmly attached or secured to hatch coamings.


SAFETY BOAT

RULE 221.
(a) At Fraser River Ports when employees working on log booms, scows, or stowing a deck load (when such deck load extends above the vessel's bulwarks), a suitable boat properly manned and equipped shall be provided, moored by means of a slip line in the most accessible place to best assure the safety of life and property.
(b) Where a ship is loading from a boom, raft or crib, the employer of the employees engaged in loading the ship shall keep in the water and as near as practicable to the place where the ship is loading, a life saving boat equipped with oars, a boat hook and a serviceable lifebuoy having ninety feet of heaving line attached thereto.
(c) Where the speed of the current in the water where a ship is loading is of three knots or more, the life saving boat maintained by the employer shall, in addition to the equipment mentioned in sub section (b) be manned and fitted with a motor.


MACHINERY Guards

RULE 241. All gears and friction drives wherever located, shall if at all possible be completely encased. Where, in the case of gears this is impracticable, a band guard shall be provided with side flanges extending inward beyond the root of the teeth. Removal of existing protective appliances during operations is strictly prohibited.


Lubricating

RULE 242. Machines, conveyors, belts, etc., and all driving gear shall not be lubricated while in motion, except when this can be done by means of suitable contrivances without danger.


Cleaning

RULE 243. Cleaning of machine parts shall not be done while the machine is in motion.


WINCHES, CRANES AND
SWINGING BOOMS Place for Driver

RULE 251. The place for drivers to stand or sit shall be kept in good order and all means shall be taken to prevent slipping or falling. Where shelters for drivers are not available during inclement weather, the employer will provide sufficient material to allow for a temporary shelter to be built.


Gear

RULE 252. The vessel's gear shall be rigged so as to protect the driver against swinging loads. When winch controls are located so as to expose the driver to a bight of the cargo runner, an additional preventer shall be placed on the lead blocks at the heel of the derrick. When the winch controls place the driver in such close proximity to the heel blocks that could cause clothing to become entangled or the driver's body to come into contact with the heel blocks, the controls must either be moved or other satisfactory safe arrangements must be made.


Lever Extensions

RULE 253. Extensions on operating levers of winches, of substantial materials, shall, where necessary, be furnished by the employer and securely attached to the regular lever.


Steam

RULE 254. Measures shall be taken to prevent steam from or to, any crane, winch or other appliance from obscuring any part of the decks, gangways, stages, wharf or other place, or otherwise hindering or injuring any persons employed in the operation.


Clutch

RULE 255. All winches shall be equipped with proper gear for keeping clutch engaged, and winches shall be used in single gear or double gear, as necessary.


Cargo Runners

RULE 256. All cargo runners used for loading or unloading shall be in one continuous piece. There shall be three complete turns of wire left on an ungrooved drum and two complete turns of wire left on a groove drum when handling cargo unless otherwise specified in the requirements of the manufacturer.


Stop Button

RULE 257. All hoisting motors must have a stop button at the operator's position for emergency shutdown unless other means are provided to ensure effective emergency shutdown, e.g.
(a) Extension cord to operator's position with stop button.
(b) Signal horn to alert for immediate deactivation of motor.


Coupled Gear

RULE 258. Ship's cranes or single stick derricks (such as Velly or Thompson Gear, i.e., only one derrick at the hatch) are not to be coupled together in any combination unless there is a certification in the rigging plan for that vessel. Exception: Union purchase gear.


Lubrication

RULE 259. Winches shall not be lubricated while in motion.


DERRICKS, CRANES
AND HOISTING GEAR Guys and Preventers

RULE 261.
(a) The amidship derrick guys and preventers shall be kept as far away from the heel of the derrick as possible, but not past the line of the cargo runner. In the case of the yard arm derrick, the foregoing shall not apply. The yard arm derrick guy and preventer shall be made fast at a convenient position, but not to interfere with other set of gear, they shall be made fast so as to take the strain on the preventer. Preventers shall be made fast around the head of the derrick independent of all other fastenings except when the head is designed with cap or spider band of strength sufficient to accommodate guy and preventer. When operating gear in the certified U.P. arrangement, the gear must be rigged in accordance with the applicable general arrangement drawings for the vessel.
(b) Preventers shall be of wire and/or chain and when in more than one piece shall be joined by eye splice and shackle or by some other equally suitable arrangement. Tails, when used, shall be of wire or chain, and shall be in good condition. (See also Rule 1).
(c) When deck loads extend above the bulwarks and sufficient clearance to enable employees to go overside to secure or release a derrick guy, preventer or chain lashing is not provided between outboard edge of deck load and bulwarks, a suitable life line shall be provided.


Setting up Preventer Guy

RULE 262.
(a) Use of spotwelded fittings to equalize the gear is prohibited.
(b) When cable clamps are used to secure a wire preventer to a derrick head, a round turn and half hitch shall be taken with the wire and not less than 3 cable clamps shall be used. They shall be placed not less than 4 inches apart and in every case with the "U" bolt on the lazy end. "Never saddle a dead horse!"


Derrick Guys and Gin Blocks

RULE 263. All derrick guys and gin blocks shall be secured by shackles or fittings and all overhead shackles, pins or nuts and bolts shall be suitably secured by securing devices.


Topping Lift Stoppers

RULE 264. A sufficient number of approved topping lift stoppers where necessary for safely shifting derrick topping lifts shall be provided.


Bridles for Strongbacks

RULE 265. All bridles for removing strongbacks or beams from hatch coamings shall be of sufficient length so that the strongbacks can be slung without necessitating climbing out on them to do so; shackles or toggles are recommended for handling strongbacks - cargo slings or lumber slings shall not be used. (See also Rule 1.).


Clam Shells and Gantry Heads

RULE 266.
(a) When clam shells are being used shackle pins shall be made tight and secured by seizing wire.
(b) All other connecting pins for clams and Gantry heads must have effective keeper devices.
(c) When clam shells are being serviced or repaired the power is to be shut off unless otherwise directed by the servicing personnel.


Safety Straps for Spreaders

RULE 267. Where safety straps are fitted on spreaders a breakaway device shall be fitted to prevent a load being lifted on the safety strap.


SWL Single Stick Gear

RULE 268. Single stick gear that can be arranged to have the SWL reduced in accordance with the rigging plan must have the SWL for all conditions clearly marked on the boom.


USE OF HOISTING APPARATUS
AND GEAR Changing Gear

RULE 271. Employees shall not be hoisted aloft; derricks shall be lowered to deck for changing gear, or making necessary repairs.


Raising and Lowering Derricks

RULE 272. In this rule a single span means one part of wire, a double span means two parts of wire, a multiple purchase means three or more parts of wire between the derrick head and cross trees or between the lower part of the topping lift span and the deck.

When derricks equipped with single or double span wire topping lifts are being raised or lowered, such wire topping lift or bull wire provided shall be secured by a connecting device, i.e. shackle, clamp, hook, or half hitch, but not by seizing wire alone, to the winch drum or drum end. If the drum end has no positive securing point, the topping lift or bullwire must be secured by at least one round turn prior to being secured to the standing part.

Before working cargo, the topping lift wire shall be secured by sufficient turns around the bitts or cleats or other securing arrangements provided.

On derricks fitted with topping lift securing chains, the chain shall be shackled at the desired length before commencing to lower the derrick.

In vessels fitted with a multiple purchase, because of its length and all of the topping lift cannot fit on the drum end sufficient turns shall be taken on the drum end to raise the derrick safely. When it is necessary to lower derricks fitted with a multiple purchase topping lift, sufficient turns shall be kept on the bitts and cleats provided, or, the wire put on the drum end with sufficient turns to ensure control of the derrick while it is lowered (which must be by surging only) to the desired angle, when it shall be secured safely.

Power shall not be used to lower derricks fitted with multiple purchases.

The topping lift wire shall be ranged on the deck and kinks or turns kept clear while the wire is being handled.

The above rule does not apply to vessels fitted with single, double or multiple topping lifts permanently attached to a topping lift winch operated by power or a bull wire.

In these vessels the bull wire, if fitted, is always to be secured to the winch drum or drum end by a connected device before raising or lowering a derrick.

Only one derrick shall be raised or lowered at a hatch at a time, except when certain electrical or hydraulic controls are fitted and it is practicable and safe to handle more than one at a time.

Sufficient employees are to be employed to carry out these operations safely and efficiently.


Automatic Topping Motors

RULE 273. In Union purchase type derricks that are automatic for topping and lowering, no cargo weight is to be suspended on the gear while raised or lowered unless the gear is equipped to handle such cargo weight as specified in ship's rigging plan.


Rigging Above Employees

RULE 274. No block or shackle shall be rigged directly over the head of an employee if it can possibly be avoided.


Moving Cars or Scows

RULE 275. Cargo runners or vessel's hoisting gear shall not be used to move railroad cars or scows.


Winches

RULE 276. Winches operated together shall be in the same gear and the levers shall operate uniformly in the direction of the load.


Slew Controls

RULE 277. On single stick controls for slew that are in a fore and aft line the boom must move to the right when the lever is pulled towards the operator, and must move to the left when the lever is pushed away from the operator unless specified otherwise in the ship's rigging plan.


Wire Watcher

RULE 278. On jumbo gear in which there are two winch drums each serving one end of a continuous runner (apart from the topping and slew drums) that are mechanically and/or electrically independent of each other and have one continuous cargo runner and under circumstances where neither the winch driver nor the hatchtender can see both drums in their line of vision, a wire watcher must be employed to watch the winch drums to ensure they do not go out of sequence, i.e. one drum allowing more wire out than the other drum.


HANDLING OF EQUIPMENT Throwing

RULE 281. Blocks, crowbars, peavies, chain slings, or other heavy equipment shall not be thrown from deck to vessel's hold or from deck to dock.


Dollies

RULE 282. Slings shall be used when cargo dollies or hand trucks are to be moved by vessel's gear.


DECK STAGES

RULE 291. Where a temporary deck stage is used for the purpose of loading or unloading a vessel, such stage shall be strongly built and securely fastened.


DRINKING WATER

RULE 292. At all places where operations are being carried on, good drinking water in clean covered utensils or devices shall be conveniently available.
When raising or lowering a water can from or to a hold by means of the vessel's gear, such water can and shall be firmly secured.
No water is to be provided by the ship's supply for drinking purposes or the making of coffee.


PORTABLE BLOWERS

RULE 293. Canvas pipes for blowers should be marked and placed in such a manner to easily distinguish them from permanent ship's structure.


Blowers on Ro-Ro's

RULE 294. Blowers on ro-ro type working vessels are to be operating and provide adequate ventilation in enclosed work areas.


Shore Based Equipment

RULE 295. When operating shore based equipment, the operator is not to drive in the vessel's exhaust unless appropriate measures are taken to ensure air quality.