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Standard A4.3
         Health and safety protection and accident prevention

     1.  The  laws and regulations and other measures to be adopted in
accordance  with  Regulation  4.3,  paragraph  3,  shall  include  the
following subjects:
     (a)  the  adoption  and effective implementation and promotion of
occupational  safety  and health policies and programmes on ships that
fly  the  Member`s flag, including risk evaluation as well as training
and instruction of seafarers;
     (b)  reasonable  precautions  to  prevent occupational accidents,
injuries  and diseases on board ship, including measures to reduce and
prevent  the risk of exposure to harmful levels of ambient factors and
chemicals as well as the risk of injury or disease that may arise from
the use of equipment and machinery on board ships;
     (c)  on-board  programmes  for  the  prevention  of  occupational
accidents,  injuries  and  diseases  and for continuous improvement in
occupational   safety  and  health  protection,  involving  seafarers`
representatives   and   all   other   persons   concerned   in   their
implementation,  taking  account  of  preventive  measures,  including
engineering   and   design  control,  substitution  of  processes  and
procedures  for  collective  and  individual  tasks,  and  the  use of
personal protective equipment; and
     (d)  requirements for inspecting, reporting and correcting unsafe
conditions  and  for investigating and reporting on-board occupational
accidents.
     2.  The  provisions  referred  to in paragraph 1 of this Standard
shall:
     (a)  take  account  of relevant international instruments dealing
with  occupational  safety  and  health protection in general and with
specific  risks, and address all matters relevant to the prevention of
occupational  accidents,  injuries and diseases that may be applicable
to  the work of seafarers and particularly those which are specific to
maritime employment;
     (b)  clearly  specify the obligation of shipowners, seafarers and
others  concerned to comply with the applicable standards and with the
ship`s  occupational  safety  and  health  policy  and  programme with
special  attention  being  paid  to the safety and health of seafarers
under the age of 18;
     (c)  specify  the  duties of the master or a person designated by
the   master,  or  both,  to  take  specific  responsibility  for  the
implementation  of  and compliance with the ship`s occupational safety
and health policy and programme; and
     (d)  specify  the  authority of the ship`s seafarers appointed or
elected  as  safety  representatives to participate in meetings of the
ship`s  safety  committee.  Such  a  committee shall be established on
board a ship on which there are five or more seafarers.
     3.  The  laws  and  regulations and other measures referred to in
Regulation   4.3,   paragraph   3,  shall  be  regularly  reviewed  in
consultation   with   the   representatives  of  the  shipowners`  and
seafarers` organizations and, if necessary, revised to take account of
changes  in  technology and research in order to facilitate continuous
improvement  in occupational safety and health policies and programmes
and  to provide a safe occupational environment for seafarers on ships
that fly the Member`s flag.
     4.  Compliance  with the requirements of applicable international
instruments  on the acceptable levels of exposure to workplace hazards
on  board  ships  and  on the development and implementation of ships`
occupational  safety  and  health  policies  and  programmes  shall be
considered as meeting the requirements of this Convention.
     5. The competent authority shall ensure that:
     (a)  occupational accidents, injuries and diseases are adequately
reported,   taking   into   account   the  guidance  provided  by  the
International  Labour  Organization  with respect to the reporting and
recording of occupational accidents and diseases;
     (b)  comprehensive  statistics of such accidents and diseases are
kept,  analysed  and  published and, where appropriate, followed up by
research into general trends and into the hazards identified; and
     (c) occupational accidents are investigated.
     6.  Reporting and investigation of occupational safety and health
matters  shall  be  designed  to  ensure  the protection of seafarers`
personal  data, and shall take account of the guidance provided by the
International Labour Organization on this matter.
     7.  The  competent authority shall cooperate with shipowners` and
seafarers` organizations to take measures to bring to the attention of
all  seafarers  information  concerning  particular  hazards  on board
ships,  for  instance, by posting official notices containing relevant
instructions.
     8.   The   competent  authority  shall  require  that  shipowners
conducting  risk  evaluation in relation to management of occupational
safety  and  health  refer to appropriate statistical information from
their  ships  and  from  general  statistics provided by the competent
authority.