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Mariner Wellness Best Practices – Impact on Safe Operations. Dave Brown VP, HR & Safety, Ingram Barge Company. Kedge Anchor. – Sir Francis Drake.
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MarinerWellness Best Practices – Impact on Safe Operations Dave Brown VP, HR & Safety, Ingram Barge Company
– Sir Francis Drake “There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.”
Wellness is a life-long journey.
It is important to not only survive, but to THRIVE.
Common Myths Debunked Most mariners ARE, in fact, healthy
Common Myths Debunked You CAN eat healthy on a boat
Common Myths Debunked You CAN exercise on a boat
Common Myths Debunked You CAN sleep well on a boat
Common Myths Debunked You CAN manage stress on a boat
Common Myths Debunked NVIC 04-08 is NOT all bad
Mariner Wellness Best Practices:Employers’ “Thrive-All Guide”
Mariner Wellness Best Practices • Partner with a medical group that provides physicals and access to specialists • Develop their expertise with NVIC 04-08, NMC, STCW • Work on relationship development with mariners • Involve mariners’ spouses, families
Mariner Wellness Best Practices • Develop policy on physicals • Consider frequency of physicals greater than USCG’s 5-year standard • Provide your most at-risk mariners with extra support
Mariner Wellness Best Practices • Modify benefits plan to cover costs of all preventative procedures • Physicals, sleep studies, colonoscopies, mammograms, vision, hearing • Incentivize or require preventative procedures • Provide access to online and/or personal wellness coaching
Mariner Wellness Best Practices • Provide onboard exercise equipment • Provide training to cooks, crews on nutrition and healthy cooking • Recognize role models in the workforce • Empower wellness champions to “put your money where your mouth is”
Wellness Impact on Safe Operations • Reduces likelihood of incapacitation while underway • Improves opportunity for quality sleep • Increases ability to manage stress • Reduces sleepiness, increases alertness • Happy, healthy mariners are safe and productive