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Deck Seamanship & Safety

Deck Seamanship & Safety. Learning Objectives. Know the general dangers involved with shipboard deck evolutions. Explain the role of Officers as safety observers during deck evolutions. Know the terms and nomenclature of shipboard deck equipment and fittings. Learning Objectives.

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Deck Seamanship & Safety

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  1. Deck Seamanship & Safety

  2. Learning Objectives • Know the general dangers involved with shipboard deck evolutions. • Explain the role of Officers as safety observers during deck evolutions. • Know the terms and nomenclature of shipboard deck equipment and fittings.

  3. Learning Objectives • Know responsibilities and safety precautions relative to small boat operations. • Know the importance of "common sense" in identifying general deck safety hazards.

  4. Fundamental Philosophy of Deck Seamanship • A ship is an industrial environment and it is a dangerous place to work. • It can be made safe by: • Taking care • Using common sense • Not hurrying

  5. Where officers fit into the picture • Most junior enlisted sailors feel that they are immune from danger. • It is the senior (not old!) personnel who must ensure that they don't find out how wrong they are! • The safety officer must resist the temptation to get involved in the activities. • Allow the Boatswain’s mate to do the job/run the evolution, he/she is the expert!

  6. Personal Protective Equipment • Nearly 2 million people are expected to receive disabling work related injuries this year. • More than ¼ of these injuries will involve the head eyes hands or feet. • PPE can prevent many of these injuries.

  7. Personal Protective Gear • Hard Hats • Whenever work is going on, a hard hat should be worn. • It won't protect against a falling truck, but it will keep a wrench from knocking a person out when it is dropped from above. • White is the hard hat color worn by officers and other safety/supervisory personnel

  8. Personal Protective Gear • Loose Clothing • Anytime work is being done around rotating machinery, or any moving system, loose clothing becomes dangerous.

  9. Personal Protective Gear • Flotation Devices • Life jackets and other personal flotation devices should be worn when common sense dictates. • On the flight deck, or during combat conditions, where a kapok-type life preserver is too bulky, other means (CO2 inflatable preservers) are substituted.

  10. Purple (nickname - Grapes) Aviation Fuels

  11. Blue • Plane handlers • Elevator operators • Tractor drivers • Messengers • Phone Talkers

  12. Green • Cat and Arresting gear • Wing Maintenance • Wing Quality Control • Cargo Handlers • Ground Support Personnel • Hook Runners • Photo Mates • Helo L.S.E.

  13. Yellow • Aircraft Handling Officer • Cat and Arresting Gear Officer • Plane Director

  14. Red • Ordnance • Crash and Salvage • Explosives Ordnance Disposal (E.O.D.)

  15. Brown • Air Wing Plane Captains • Leading Petty Officers (LPOs)

  16. White • Squad Plane Inspectors • Landing Signal Off. (LSO) • Air Transfer Officer (ATO) • Liquid Oxygen (LOX) Crews • Safety • Medical

  17. Ground tackle, Anchoring, and Mooring • The number one safety rule: Never stand in the bight of a line or cable! • Pre-brief

  18. Anchoring • Letting go of the anchor should be done slowly and with great control • but if the anchor is "free falling" out of control and one of these shots appears, get out of the way! • With ground tackle and anchoring, a yellow "shot" of anchor chain is a warning, and a red "shot" is danger.

  19. Mooring • When mooring, ensure that all line handlers are in safe zones when working tensioned lines. • Keep an eye on the tattletales and on the general motion of the ship. • Personnel on the bridge are more concerned about maneuvering and positioning the ship, and it is easy to loose the big picture regarding lines.

  20. Cargo Handling and UNREP • Safety is an issue anytime weight is being handled, especially during cargo onloads or offloads and during UNREP’s. • The following general precautions must be followed: • Pre-Brief • Training

  21. Cargo Handling and UNREP • Stand clear of the load. Never get between a load and the ship. • It is amazing how many people think they can get on one side of a 5 ton load and push it into position. • Do not allow someone to get trapped between the load and a bulkhead.

  22. Rope vs. Line • Ropes: • Manufactured from wire, fiber, or a combination of the two. • Lines: • Fiber rope • Natural: cotton, hemp • Synthetic: nylon, polyester, polypropylene, polyethylene

  23. Working with lines and rope • Gloves • When working with wire rope, a person must wear gloves. There are many "fishhooks" (fragments of wire) that can cut a hand, and the grease that covers most rope is not good for an open cut.

  24. Working with lines and rope • Gloves • When handling line, however, a person should generally not wear gloves (avoids getting caught in lay of line) • Keep hands at least 18 inches from a bit, pad-eye, or snatch block.

  25. Working with lines and rope • Parting • Wire ropes part just like lines do, and care should be taken not to rush evolutions that involve wire rope. • Although it doesn't tend to snap back like synthetic line, a parting rope or line is dangerous.

  26. Working with lines and rope • Deterioration • The biggest danger with natural fiber lines is rotting. • That is the advantage of synthetic fiber lines even though they "snap back" when parted.

  27. Synthetic Line Snapback • Synthetic lines, when parted, react like a rubber band. Always keep this in mind when working with synthetic line. Stand in safe zones. • Pay attention to "tattletales" which will part before the line they are spliced into parts.

  28. Life lines, life rails, and safety chains • Life lines • Flexible lines rigged between stanchions to prevent falls (note: not to lean on). • Life rails • Permanent rails set up to prevent falls. • Safety Chains • Are rigged around an open hatch in a deck. • They prevent people from falling where a permanent fixture is not possible.

  29. Flight Deck Safety • Stand Clear of the Foul Lines!!!

  30. Flight Deck Safety • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHUyWw17ihQ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGLj9OzxozI • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BYrliHAGn4 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTqejwFJFS0 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoHd5LePyVc

  31. Conclusion • Common sense is the name of the game. If it looks wrong, it probably is. • Thorough training and briefing will pay off in the long run. • Doing the job correctly usually means doing it slowly.

  32. The number of accidents in the fleet today is surprisingly low considering the type of work done. It is up to the officer to keep it that way

  33. Don’t try this at home • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRJbp1Uz64s

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