Preface -- Contents -- 1. General provisions -- 1.1. Objective -- 1.2. Application -- 1.3. General definitions -- 2. General duties and responsibilities -- 2.1. General duties of the competent authority of flag States -- 2.2. General duties and responsibilities of competent authorities other than the flag State -- 2.3. General duties and responsibilities of shipowners -- 2.4. General duties and responsibilities of the master -- 2.5. General duties and responsibilities of seafarers -- 2.6. General duties and responsibilities of the shipboard safety and health committee -- 2.7. General duties and responsibilities of the safety officer -- 2.8. General duties and responsibilities of the safety representative(s) -- 3. Reporting of accidents -- 3.1. General provisions -- 4. Permit-to-work systems -- 4.1. General provisions -- 5. General shipboard safety and health considerations -- 5.1. Shipboard housekeeping and personal health and hygiene -- 5.2. Use of chemicals -- 5.3. Fire prevention -- 5.4. Working clothes and personal protective equipment -- 5.5. Signs, notices and colour codes -- 6. Shipboard emergencies and emergency equipment -- 6.1. General provisions -- 6.2. Fire-fighting equipment, drills and training -- 6.3. Abandon ship drills and training -- 6.4. Helicopter operations -- 6.5. Man overboard and rescue at sea -- 6.6. Other drills -- 7. Carriage of dangerous goods -- 7.1. General provisions -- 7.2. Special precautions -- 7.3. Additional sources of information -- 8. Safe access to ship -- 8.1. Means of access to ship -- 8.2. Ship's accommodation ladders and gangways -- 8.3. Portable ladders -- 8.4. Pilot ladders -- 8.5. Transport of persons by water -- 9. Safe movement about the ship -- 9.1. General provisions -- 9.2. Passageways and walkways -- 9.3. Watertight doors -- 9.4. Lighting.

9.5. Protection around cargo hatches and other deck openings -- 9.6. Access to holds and other spaces -- 9.7. Drainage -- 10. Entering and working in enclosed or confined spaces -- 10.1. General provisions -- 10.2. Precautions on entering dangerous spaces -- 10.3. Duties and responsibilities of a competent person and of a responsible officer -- 10.4. Preparing and securing the space for entry -- 10.5. Testing the atmosphere of confined and enclosed spaces -- 10.6. Use of a permit-to-work system -- 10.7. Procedures and arrangements before entry -- 10.8. Procedures and arrangements during entry -- 10.9. Additional requirements for entry into a space where the atmosphere is suspect or known to be unsafe -- 10.10. Breathing apparatus and resuscitation equipment -- 10.11. Maintenance of equipment and training -- 11. Manual lifting and carrying -- 11.1. General provisions -- 12. Tools and materials -- 12.1. General provisions -- 12.2. Hand tools -- 12.3. Portable electric, pneumatic and hydraulic tools -- 12.4. Workshop and bench machines (fixed installations) -- 12.5. Abrasive wheels -- 12.6. Spirit lamps -- 12.7. Compressed air -- 12.8. Compressed gas cylinders -- 13. Welding, flame-cutting and other hot work -- 13.1. General provisions -- 13.2. Personal protective equipment -- 13.3. Precautions against fire, explosions and non-life-supporting environments -- 13.4. Electric welding equipment -- 13.5. Precautions to be taken during electric-arc welding -- 13.6. Flame-cutting and brazing -- 14. Painting -- 14.1. General provisions -- 14.2. Spraying -- 14.3. Painting aloft and working over the side -- 15. Working aloft and over the side -- 15.1. General provisions -- 15.2. Cradles and stages -- 15.3. Bosun's chairs -- 15.4. Ropes -- 15.5. Portable ladders -- 15.6. Rope ladders -- 15.7. Working over the side from punts.

16. Working with electricity and electrical equipment -- 16.1. General provisions -- 16.2. Wandering leads, portable lights, electric tools and other movable equipment -- 16.3. High-voltage systems -- 16.4. Rectifiers and electronic equipment -- 16.5. Radio communication equipment -- 16.6. Batteries and battery rooms -- 16.7. Work with visual display units (VDUs), including microcomputers -- 17. Working with dangerous and irritating substances and radiations -- 17.1. General provisions -- 17.2. Work with unsaturated polyesters -- 17.3. Work with adhesives -- 17.4. Removing insulation, paint and other coatings -- 17.5. Work with asbestos -- 17.6. Work with man-made mineral fibres -- 17.7. Radio and radar installations -- 17.8. Ionizing radiations -- 18. Upkeep of wire and fibre ropes -- 18.1. General provisions -- 18.2. Wire ropes -- 18.3. Fibre ropes -- 19. Anchoring, docking and mooring -- 19.1. General provisions -- 19.2. Anchoring -- 19.3. Characteristics of man-made fibre ropes used for mooring or towing -- 19.4. Mooring and unmooring -- 19.5. Mooring to buoys -- 20. Working on deck or in cargo spaces -- 20.1. General provisions -- 20.2. Cargo operations -- 20.3. Lifting gear -- 20.4. Use of slings -- 20.5. Pulley blocks -- 20.6. Hooks -- 20.7. Shackles -- 20.8. Working on deck while ship is at sea -- 20.9. Heavy weather -- 20.10. Working in hatches and holds -- 21. Working in machinery spaces -- 21.1. General provisions -- 21.2. Boilers, unfired pressure vessels and steam pipes -- 21.3. Propulsion machinery -- 21.4. Turbines -- 21.5. Internal combustion engines -- 21.6. Air compressors and reservoirs -- 21.7. Refrigeration systems -- 21.8. Oil-based systems -- 21.9. Steering gear -- 21.10. Control-room operation and unattended machinery spaces -- 21.11. Hydraulic systems -- 22. Working in galleys, pantries and other food handling areas.

22.1. Loading and storing provisions -- 22.2. Preparation of food -- 22.3. Work in galleys, pantries and serving food -- 23. Safety in living accommodation -- 23.1. General provisions -- 23.2. Laundering appliances -- 23.3. Physical fitness rooms -- 23.4. Swimming-pools -- 23.5. Sewage systems -- 24. Specific vessel types -- 24.1 General provisions -- 24.2. Bulk carriers and carriage of bulk cargoes -- 24.3. Container ships -- 24.4. Ro-Ros (roll-on/roll-off vessels) and vehicle and passenger ferries -- 24.5. Oil tankers -- 24.6. Bulk chemical tankers -- 24.7. Liquefied natural and petroleum gas carriers -- 24.8. Passenger vessels -- 24.9. Offshore support vessels -- Appendices -- I. Permit-to-work form -- II. References and further reading -- III. ISO Standards -- Index.