October - Harley Marine Services, Inc.

Harley Marine Services
A Full Service Marine Transportation Company
October 2012
10
Safety Incentive Program
Winning Safety Tips:
Tip #1
By: Mike Limon, Starlight Marine Services
When retrieving a headline from a ship after the job, standing under the line can be dangerous
if it free-falls to the deck. The tug operator should position the bow of the boat so it is not directly under the line as it's
lowered to protect the crew from it accidentally falling upon them.
Tip #2
By: Doug Anderson, Starlight Marine Services
To be safe during a drill and or emergency, we must know our duties and how to perform them safely. It does not
matter how many people are on your crew. There are tasks that must be performed when there is an emergency.
Larger crews have fewer individual responsibilities. On a smaller crew, each crewman may have more than one if not
many tasks to perform. The station bill represents how a crew should react to an emergency. It ensures that essential
stations are staffed and necessary equipment is brought to the scene. If we can’t figure out how to react to an
emergency as safe as possible, we may make it worse.
Tip #3
By: Larry McCormick, Olympic Tug & Barge
Two-way Communication:
Communication is one of the most important tools we use, without good communication nothing would get done
right. From Dispatch to crew communication, it is all very important. When executing landings and departures, the
Mates must communicate via radio to the Captain all that he sees on his side of the barge. When commands or
distances are given over the radio it is critically important that both parties acknowledge that they have heard the
transmission given. If nothing is heard back, they assume that it was heard or they repeat it, which at times might
interfere with something that the other party is asking, which in turn could cause a command to be ‘stepped on’ and
missed which could cause an incident. On the vast majority of the vessels I have ridden, it is the Captain that does not
always acknowledge back to the Mates on commands they have given. Therefore, be sure to always acknowledge
your Mate and it will lessen the chance of an incident.
Winning Article:
By: Timothy Picou, Harley Marine Gulf
RUSHING ON THE JOB CAN HURT
We have all been in a situation at one time or another where we were in a hurry to do our job. In the process, we
didn't pay close attention to what we were doing and ended up with an injury. Hurrying on the job can cause both
minor accidents and life-threatening injuries. You may hurry dozens of times and nothing happens, until it finally
occurs: an accident.
Have you done any of these?
• Climbed a ladder with tools in your pockets or in your hand because you didn't have a tool belt?
• Reached a little further on the ladder rather than get down and move it?
• Not worn safety glasses because the job would only take a minute?
• Removed a guard to repair your machine and not gotten around to putting it back on?
• Cut the grounding prong off a three-way plug because you didn’t have an adapter?
• Used a wrench instead of a hammer because your toolbox was not close?
• Not unplug a power tool before making adjustments?
I'm sure you can come up with a few more examples of shortcuts. Sometimes nothing happens; sometimes there is a
near miss; sometimes your luck runs out and an accident happens.
Practice safety everywhere. You can never be too careful. The example you set may save your life, or the life of
someone you love.