Loss Prevention Advice
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The annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April promotes the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally. The international day focuses on enhancing social dialogue towards a culture of safety and health.
This year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work highlights the importance of social dialogue in promoting a positive occupational safety and health culture. Workplaces with higher workers’ engagement have reported 64% fewer safety incidents and 58% fewer hospitalizations. This shows that open communication and cooperation between workers and employers is the most effective way of reconciling interests and implementing policies that save lives.
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A dock worker was injured in the early hours of April 28, in a work-related accident in the port of Piraeus.
Specifically, Greek media reported that at the container terminal, during work on a ship, the ship’s guardrails broke and a dock worker fell into the gap from a height of 12 meters.
The dock worker was injured and has now been transported to the hospital in serious condition. From information by local sites, the dock workers complained that there was no previous security check on the ship.
In fact, one of the constant demands of the ENEDEP dock workers union is the preventive control for the safety measures on the ships, before the dock workers go to work on them.
Now, after a call from ENEDEP, the works on piers II and III of COSCO stopped, the workers of the shift of the unfortunate dock worker went on strike, while the workers of the next shift go on a new work stop.
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During 19-25 April 22, two incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia were reported.
The first incident occurred to a container ship while berthed at Port of Makar, General Santos City, the Philippines. The second incident occurred to a barge towed by a tug boat while underway in the Singapore Strait. In both incidents, the crew was safe and nothing was stolen from the ships.
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New incidents where solid bulk cargoes classified as Group A, liable to liquefy, have been loaded with moisture content in excess of the transportable moisture limit (TML).
Shipowners to remain vigilant when loading such cargoes and to have a low threshold for contacting theirs Clubs if they have any concerns or questions.
In the first case, the vessel was loading copper concentrates in Peru. The cargo was partially loaded when the Master observed pooling of free water in the holds and cargo spatter; i.e., cargo splashing up on the sides of holds when dropped from grabs. Both of these are considered red flags when loading Group, A cargo. Re-testing revealed the moisture content exceeded the TML when loaded, and the values on re-testing were not in accordance with the cargo declaration. Investigations are ongoing however we note that the wet season in Callao is from December to April, with February and March experiencing the heaviest rain.