Safety Considerations for Port Meteorological Officers

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Safety Considerationsfor Port Meteorological
Officers

• Terrance E. Brisbin, PE
• August 27, 2014
• Stennis Space Center, MS

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PMO Safety

• Water Safety
• Transferring from Small Boats to Large Vessels
• Fall Prevention
• Cargo Hazards (toxics, etc.)
• Crane Operations
• Dockside Hazards
• Infectious Diseases
• Personal Security
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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PMO Safety

• Water Safety
• Falls from gangway
• Wind
• Rain
• Ice
• Snow
• Grain dust
• Ore/coal dust

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PMO Safety

• Small Boats to Large Vessels
• Carrying Equipment
• Climbing Jacobs Ladder
• Crush Hazard Between Vessels
• Underway
• Anchored With River Current
• Fall Hazard
• To Small Boat
• To Water

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PMO Safety

• Fall Prevention
• Jacobs Ladders
• Ships Ladders
• Gangways
• Small Boats Underway
• Carrying Equipment
• Slippery Decks
• Trip Hazards

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PMO Safety

• Cargo Hazards
• Toxics
• Flammables
• Loose/Shifting Cargo
• Open Hatches
• Slippery Decks

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PMO Safety

• Crane Operations
• Loading/Unloading
• Shipboard Cranes
• Dockside Cranes
• Moving Container Cranes
• Night operations
• High Noise Environments

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PMO Safety

• High Noise Environments
• Wear Hearing Protection
• Excessive Noise Requires Hearing Conservation
  Program with Annual Audiograms
• OSHA Permissible Noise Exposures
• 1 HR - 105 dB
• 2 HR - 100 dB
• 4 HR - 95 dB
• 8 HR - 90 dB

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PMO Safety

• Dockside Hazards
• Trains
• Trucks
• Cranes
• Vehicles
• Containers (?)
• Limited Sight Distances (?)
• Mooring Lines (?)

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PMO Safety

• Infectious Diseases
• Inoculations (?)
• Ebola
• TB
• Tetanus
• Diptheria
• Hepatitis A B
• Other

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PMO Safety

• Personal Security
• Nighttime Operations
• Limited Presence of Security
• Criminal Activity
• Communications Issues?
• High Noise Environments (Text?)
• Wind
• Rain
• Darkness
• Who To Contact in Emergency?

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PMO Safety

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Reflective Vest
• Hardhats
• Gloves
• Safety Eyewear
• Protective Footwear
• Flotation Device (PFD)
• Flashlight
• Strobe (?)
• Laser Pointer (?)
• Leatherman Tool/Pocket Knife (?)
• Flame Resistant Clothing (FRC)
• Other (?)

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PMO Safety Source www.dickies.com/flame-r
esistant/why-fr.jsp
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PMO Safety - Flame Resistant Clothing
www.westex.com/understand-the-hazards/flash-fire-p
rotection/
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PMO Safety