General preventive and protective measures

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8. General preventive and protective measures

8.1. General provisions

8.1.1. All appropriate precautions should be taken:

(a) to ensure that all workplaces are safe and without risk to

the safety and health of workers;

(b) to protect persons present at or in the vicinity of a decon-

struction facility from all risks which may arise from the

site or associated shipbreaking operations.

8.2. Means of access and egress

8.2.1. Adequate and safe means of access and egress

should be provided for all workplaces during all shipbreak-

ing operations. These means should be maintained in a safe

condition.

8.2.2. Means of access to vessels should be:

(a) where practical, the ship’s accommodation ladder, a

gangway or a similar appliance; or

(b) in other cases, ladders, stairs, or, if necessary, rope step-

ladders or similar appliances.

8.2.3. Means of access should be:

(a) kept free from obstructions; if they pass under work-

places they should be protected against falling objects;

(b) as far as practicable, so installed that no loads pass over

them. In any event, loads should not be passed over the

means of access while workers are on it.

8.2.4. Hatches, openings or any other means of access to

holds, ships’ decks or between decks should be provided

with safety barriers. If it is not practicable to provide fixed