ASTM F2039-00(2018)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: F2039 − 00 (Reapproved 2018) An American National Standard
Standard Guide for
Basic Elements of Shipboard Occupational Health and
Safety Program
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2039; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope ANSI Z244.1-1982 (R1993) Safety Requirements for the
Lock Out/Tag Out of Energy Sources
1.1 This guide covers the basic elements of a Shipboard
ANSI/ASAS3.18-1979 (R1993) Guide for the Evaluation of
Occupational Health and Safety Program (SOHSP). These
Human Exposure to Whole Body Vibration
elements are applicable to all vessel types including but not
ANSI/ASA S3.44-1996 Determination of Occupational
limited to tank vessels, dry bulk carriers, passenger vessels,
Noise Exposure and Estimation of Noise-Induced Hearing
roll-on roll-off vessels, ore bulk oilers, offshore supply vessels,
Impairment
tugboats, towboats, and barges. The elements described are
ANSI/AWS Z49.1-1994 Safety in Welding, Cutting and
fundamental pieces of a systematic occupational safety and
Allied Processes
health program and may be used by company line managers,
2.2 Other Documents:
health and safety personnel or consultants who are
NFPA 306-1997 Control of Gas Hazards on Vessels
implementing, improving, or auditing the effectiveness of a
NFPA 1991-2000: Vapor Protective Suits for Hazardous
shipboard health and safety program.
Chemical Emergencies
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
NFPA 1992-2000: Liquid Splash Protective Suits for Haz-
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
ardous Chemical Emergencies
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
IMO A.468(XII) Code on Noise Levels Onboard Ships
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
IMOA.849(20) CodeforInvestigationofMarineCasualties
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
and Incidents
1.3 This international standard was developed in accor-
IMO A.864 (20) Recommendations for Entering Enclosed
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
Spaces Aboard Ships
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
46 CFR 16.210 Pre-Employment Testing Requirements
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
U.S. Coast Guard Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
2–98 Physical Evaluation Guidelines for Merchant Mari-
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
ner’s Documents and Licenses
2. Referenced Documents
3. Significance and Use
2.1 ANSI Standards:
3.1 This guide does not set specific performance or techni-
ANSI Z4.1-1986 Minimum Requirements for Sanitation in
cal criteria, but recommends that companies set policies and
Places of Employment
objectives and develop procedures for managing their health
ANSI Z41-1991 Personal Protection – Protective Footwear
and safety program. Companies should consider their unique
ANSI Z87.1-1989 Practice for Occupational and Educa-
organization, culture, and hazards on their vessels and the
tional Eye and Face Protection
possible effects of their operations.The elements are intention-
ANSI Z88.2-1992 Respiratory Protection
ally flexible and may be tailored to address any size of
ANSI Z89.1-1986 Protective Headwear for Industrial Work-
operation or any vessel type. Note that although the standard is
ers
aimedattheshipboardoccupationalhealthandsafetyprogram,
This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F25 on Ships and
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General Requirements. Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471, http://www.nfpa.org.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2018. Published October 2018. Originally Available from International Maritime Organization (IMO), 4, Albert
approved in 2000. Last previous edition approved in 2012 as F2039 – 00 (2012). Embankment, London SE1 7SR, United Kingdom, http://www.imo.org.
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some of the elements address activities and commitments that safely and not endanger their shipmates or the public. In
must be completed or made by shore side personnel (for addition, employees who have specific health and safety
example, executive management commitment and provision of responsibilities (generally supervisors with responsibility for
adequate resources). Key to the effectiveness of the program is the safety of others, but also nonsupervisors who are assigned
the implementation of each element within an interconnected to safety committees or as crew member representatives)
system. should receive training to enable them to carry out their health
and safety program responsibilities. Further guidance is pro-
4. Basic Elements vided in Annex A4.
4.5 Record Keeping—Company records sufficient to dem-
4.1 Executive Management Commitment and Leadership—
Executive management commitment and leadership is a pre- onstrate the effectiveness of the health and safety program
should be maintained. Data that enables trend or pattern
condition for an effective SOHSP. Executive management
commitment and leadership includes, but is not limited to analysis for root causes is particularly desirable. For example,
results of audits that evaluate effectiveness of the safety and
integratinghealthandsafetyintothemanagementstructureand
fabric of the company, developing a health and safety policy, health management system should be maintained. Records that
indicate industrial hygiene exposure assessments have been
developing health and safety objectives, providing resources to
achieve the objectives, defining stewardship responsibilities conducted and appropriate controls have been implemented
should be maintained. Current job safety analyses and corre-
and providing authority to carry out those responsibilities, and
establishingaccountabilityforsafetyandhealthasapartofjob sponding standard operating procedures with safe work prac-
tices should be documented. Injury and illness data should be
performance reviews. Further guidance is provided in Annex
A1. maintained to enable the identification of trends and patterns
that associate the injury or illness with a common cause, which
4.2 Employee Participation—Employees from all levels
can be addressed. Training topics, lesson outlines, and attend-
including crewmembers, officers, masters, persons-in-charge,
ees should be documented. Where appropriate, such records
and shoreside personnel should be directly involved with the
should permit evaluation of the program on individual vessels
SOHSP. Shipboard and shoreside employees should be in-
aswellasacrossanentirefleet.Furtherguidanceisprovidedin
volved in developing, implementing, evaluating, and modify-
Annex A5.
ing the SOHSP. Employees should also participate in setting
4.6 Contract or Third Party Personnel—When contract or
health and safety objectives and performance criteria. This
involvementmightbethroughemployeemembershiponsafety third party personnel are on board to perform work, vessel
committees that provide input to management for the develop- personnel should provide information regarding potential haz-
ment of safety and health policy, debate and set health and ards on the vessel that may affect the contract or third party
safety goals, measure and evaluate performance, and recom- personnel. Potential hazards related to the work conducted by
mend modifications to the program based on their evaluation. contract or third party personnel should be provided to the
Shoreside and shipboard employees should work together to vessel owner/operator or the master/person-in-charge, or both.
achieve safety and health goals. For example, shoreside per- Each employer should provide appropriate information regard-
sonnel should participate on vessel safety committees since ing vessel and work hazards to their own employees. For
their decisions affect vessel operations and ultimately the example, exchange of information on chemical hazards might
health and safety of vessel personnel. In large companies, be accomplished by exchanging appropriate material safety
data sheets (MSDS), then each employer can inform their own
individual vessel safety committees might submit recommen-
dations to an overarching safety committee that evaluates the employees of the hazards identified in the MSDS. Further
guidance is provided in Annex A6.
recommendations and sets policy to apply appropriate recom-
mendations to the entire fleet. Further guidance is provided in
4.7 Fatality, Injury, Illness, and Incident Investigation—
Annex A2.
Personnel injuries, occupational illnesses, and “near miss”
4.3 Hazard Anticipation, Identification, Evaluation and incidentsshouldbepromptlyinvestigated.Thecurrentincident
Control—Thecorefunctionofanyhealthandsafetyprogramis and other similar occurrences should be analyzed to identify
prevention. Health and safety hazards including fire, reactivity, the primary (root) cause and any contributing factors. The
and chemical and physical hazards, need to be anticipated and investigation report, setting forth primary cause, contributing
prevented from occurring. Hazards and unsafe operating pro- factors, and corrective measures should be presented to man-
agement. Followup action that specifically addresses the re-
cedures need to be identified and addressed so they will not
endanger employees or the public and will not damage the port’s recommendations for corrective action should be under-
taken and documented. Further guidance is provided in Annex
vessel, cargo, or third party property. Potential hazards should
be systematically anticipated, identified, evaluated, and con- A7.
trolled. Tools such as job hazard analysis, industrial hygiene
4.8 Systematic Program Evaluation and Continuous
exposure assessments, and risk assessment/management meth-
Improvement—Maintaining an effective health and safety pro-
odologies enable the evaluation and control of hazards. Further
gram is an ongoing process. The SOHSP should have systems
guidance is provided in Annex A3.
for detecting, reporting, and correcting nonconformities to the
4.4 Training—Employees should receive training appropri- program. Some type of “formalized” evaluation should also be
ate for their duties and responsibilities so that they may work conducted on a periodic basis consistent with other aspects of
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the vessel’s management plan. The evaluation should deter- to Annex A1, Section A1.3, health and safety objectives) can
mine whether the SOHSP is appropriate for the vessel and its provideimportantindicatorsoftheeffectivenessoftheSOHSP.
operations, that actual practices are consistent with the pro- Further guidance is provided in Annex A8.
grams and procedures in the SOHSP, and that the SOHSP is
5. Keywords
effective. Comparison of data and records (refer to Annex A5,
Record Keeping) to performance objectives and criteria (refer 5.1 health; safety
ANNEXES
(Mandatory Information)
A1. MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP
A1.1 Health and safety programs are most effective when health and safety performance. Objectives provide a target
they are integrated into the management structure of a against which those who are responsible for health and safety
company, rather than treated as an “add on” program. Ex- may measure their progress. Quantifiable objectives are desir-
amples of integrated health and safety efforts include: able since often, “What gets measured gets done.” (Refer to
Annex A8, Systematic Program Evaluation, for examples of
A1.1.1 Developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),
performance measures and an overall program audit.) Health
written to the education level of the person who must follow
and safety objectives may include:
the SOP, that integrate safe work practices and basic opera-
tional functions,
A1.3.1 Eliminate lost time incidents,
A1.1.2 Making design review by qualified health and safety
A1.3.2 Report “near miss” incidents or problems, evaluate,
personnel an element of the acquisition procedures, and
and if appropriate, implement changes to prevent a more
A1.1.3 Making consultation with qualified health and safety
serious incident or accident in the future,
personnel a part of the process when making changes to
A1.3.3 Develop and implement a program of evaluations
operations.
through drills and other means (for example, simulators) to
ensure that personnel are competent to carry out their duties,
A1.2 Executive management sets the tone for the entire
SOHSP through their policy regarding health and safety.
A1.3.4 Improve the health and safety program by
Examples of values that can be stated and commitments that
reviewing, considering, and implementing appropriate pub-
can be made in company policy include:
lished industry practices and consensus standards rather than
A1.2.1 Astatement that the company will make every effort
relying on the imposition of new regulatory standards. Ex-
to provide a safe and healthy workplace and that working
amples of consensus standards to consider include, but are not
safely is a condition of employment,
limited to: ANSI Z41-1991, ANSI Z87.1-1989, ANSI Z88.2-
1992, ANSI Z89.1-1986, ANSI Z244.1–1982 (R1993), ANSI/
A1.2.2 Statements that convey how important each crew
ASA S3.18-1979 (R1993), ANSI/ASA S3.44-1996, ANSI/
member is to the vessel as a fellow worker and as a company
AWS Z49.1-1994, ANSI Z4.1-1986, NFPA 1991-2000, NFPA
resource:
1992-2000, NFPA 306-1997, IMO A.864 (20), and IMO
A1.2.2.1 “The basic safety policy of this company is that no
A.468(XII).
task is so important that an employee must violate a safety rule
or put himself or herself at risk of injury or illness in order to
A1.3.5 Complete periodic comprehensive (or area-specific)
get it done.”,
hazard review,
A1.2.3 A written commitment to provide resources neces-
A1.3
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