Module 2: General Working Conditions 2.1 Housekeeping & Slips, Trips, & Falls

Module 2: General Working Conditions 2.1 Housekeeping & Slips, Trips, & Falls Susan Harwood Grant Number SH-17820-08-60-F-23

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Define housekeeping and how it affects your workplace • Explain the risk and injury that may occur due to poor housekeeping • Identify management practices • Identify engineering controls for illumination and ventilation

Do you do housekeeping?

Figure 1 View of apartment housing complex

Figure 2 Yard and slip with good housekeeping standards

Figure 3 Galley area in the officers quarters

Figure 4 Hull awaiting to be processed

Figure 5 Safety sign in yard talking safety

Figure 6 view of office Figure 7 Pallets along dock at facility

Figure 8 Yard showing good housekeeping standards being enforced

Figure 9 All debris removed in area of work pad

Figure 10 Sectional steel awaiting to be cut down

Figure 11 Gangway entrance off the vessel

Figure 12 Gangway free and clear of debris

Figure 13 Double bottom sectional on pad

Figure 14 Main deck with equipment and gear

Figure 15 Water on main deck surfaces

Figure 16 Main deck and equipment awaiting to be off loaded

Figure 17 Hot work inside double bottom

Figure 18 Lighting suspended in overhead

Figure 19 Suspended lighting system being inspected

Figure20 Hoses laying across deck

Figure 21 Steel cuts are being stacked after being dismantled

Figure 22 Signage at the entrance of the gangway

Figure 23 Personnel making access to vessel

Figure 24 Oil residue inside fuel tanks

Figure 25 Engine Room machinery

Figure 26 PCB cables being removed from cargo hold

Figure 27 Ventilation fan inside containment

Figure Cutting inside cargo area with high sides

Figure 29 Yard view

Figure 30 Scaffolding on dock area

Figure 31 Oil barge inside slip

Figure 32 Last of hull inside slip with propellers attached

Figure 33 Hull with propeller

Figure 34 Engine room and shaft

Figure 35 Main deck

Figure 36 Cut steel and valves

Figure 37 Yard after rainfall

Figure 38 View for the main deck looking forard

Figure 39 Wood and equipment stored

Figure 40 Paint storage room

Figure 41 Cable wires removed from facility

Figure 42 View inside back seat of a truck

Figure 43 Pallets behind facility

Figure 34 Pallets and housekeeping issues along dock area

Action Discussion Who is responsible for housekeeping ? Why?

Action Discussion Why do you feel housekeeping is important in the workplace?

Module 2: General Working Conditions 2.1 Housekeeping & Slips, Trips, & Falls