L safety Flashcards
What are the 6 major causes of accidents?
- Pre- occupation - personal worry, distractions
- Ignorance, lack of skill
- Over familiarity, repetition leads to loss of attention to detail
- Laziness and fatigue
- Physical hazards, oil on deck, unguarded machinery, toxic processes.
- Horseplay, messing around not paying attention to your surroundings.
What are the 3 steps you can take to eliminate the accident problem
- Know the hazard - know the precaution
- Maintain safety discipline
- Develop the habit of noticing potential dangers
What are 3 three basic causes of electric shock?
- Equipment failure (indirect contact)
- Human failure (direct contact)
- combination of equipment failure and human failure
State an example of equipment failure
Break down of insulation causing an appliance to become live.
State some examples of human failure.
- Failure to observe proper safety precautions
- Familiarity
- shoddy work
- standing in damp surroundings
- failure to properly test portable equipment
State 2 examples of combination failure (human and equipment)
- Failure to repair leads when carrying out maintenance routines.
- Use of unproven test equipment
What would these 4 different levels of current do to the human body? 1mA 10mA 20mA 30mA
1mA - Involuntary reaction
2mA - Prevent you releasing your hold
20mA - Physical damage
30mA - Can cause death
What is the resistance of the human body when dry?
What factor can decrease the resistance?
- 1kohm
2. The resistance could be lower if the skin is damp
What is the only safe voltage onboard?
24v DC
State the electric shock procedure.
- Raise the alarm (LVA)
- Isolate person from supply, if possible, e.g. switch off supply, open breakers
- if step 2 is not possible, stand on a dry insulating material and try to push or pull the casualty clear of the contact, using similar insulating material as a lever.
- When the casualty is isolated from the supply, check for a response. Shake the casualty by the shoulder and ask loudly ‘are you alright?’
- Shout for help
- Open and check the airway
- Check for normal breathing.
- If you are qualified you should carry out CPR and keep shouting for assistance until help arrives.
What are the purposes of lock off - tag out? (LOTO)
- Allow maintenance to proceed without hazard to maintainers
- Isolate equipment that is defective and dangerous.
- To prevent selection of modes of equipment which may be dangerous.
- Where supplies have been provided but equipment has yet to be fitted
The LOTO consists of five sections or parts what are they?
- The LOTO index sheet
- The LOTO safety certificate
- LOTO label
- LOTO display board
- The removed equipment
The short term tag-out log is comprised of six parts. What are they?
- Instruction and TEM’S
- Audit records
- Index
- New LOTO certificates
- LOTO safety certificates in force
- Closed LOTO certificates
What are the reasons a Long term LOTO would be required?
- Equipment which is likely to be out of action for a period in excess of six months.
- Equipment which is redundant and guidance is needed for removal.
- When electrical supplies have been fitted for equipment yet to be installed.
- Temporary equipment needed for a specific purpose has been removed.
- Short term LOTO’S that are in excess of 6 months old and have yet to be rectified.
What are the 2 parts that comprise the Long term LOTO?
Part 1 - Long term LOTO index
Part 2- Long term LOTO safety certificate
State the procedure for Isolations
- Obtain permission from senior rate to carry out isolations
- Identify all points of isolation
- Inform users and any one who may be affected by removal of supplies.
- Fill out entry in index sheet and collect next sequential serial number
- Senior rate and person requiring LOTO to complete relevant sections of LOTO safety certificate and sign
- Complete LOTO label parts A, B and C. Then turn off equipment
- Remove fuses and attach part A of LOTO label to empty fuse holder
- Place part B of LOTO label on LOTO board and place part C of LOTO label, with fuses, in box provided.
State the procedure for replacing fuses
- Remove the empty fuse holder from the fuse way
- Using approved GPTME test for voltage across the empty fuse way to ensure the fuse way is dead.
- Use the correctly rated fuse to stop cable burnouts.
- Averting eyes, locate the fuse carrier smartly onto the bus bars.
- Tighten with fuse key whilst holding the fuse carrier firmly in place.
- The person completing the LOTO should have parts A,B and C in their possession for inspection by senior rate.
- Complete section 2A of the LOTO safety certificate.
Where are tantalum capacitors found?
Inside AVR’S on ship.
What is the purpose of a tantalum capacitor?
To store an electrical charge.
What is the hazard of a tantalum capacitor?
What PPE should be used when working on this component?
- Under certain conditions these components can explode spraying adjoining components and personnel with sulfuric acid.
- Face protection
What is the purpose of a selenium rectifier?
To change AC voltage to DC voltage