by westoncompliance | Oct 8, 2024 | Marine, MCA, Safety management system, Surveying, UK
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has added Marine Safety Information System (MSIS) 2 revision 10.24 in the HTML and PDF versions, and has removed Annex B and replaced Annex A.This statutory guidance is for the guidance of surveyors auditing safety management...
by westoncompliance | Feb 21, 2023 | Communication, Competency, Emergency, Marine, MCA, Navigation, Safety management system, UK, Vessels
This guidance provides information on gaining or revalidating an endorsement for a Global Maritime Distress and Safety System certificate for working at sea on UK vessels. The application submission section has been updated to allow online applications. Read...
by westoncompliance | Oct 26, 2022 | Amendment, Health and Safety, Marine, MCA, Occupational Health, Safety, Safety management system, UK, Vessels
This notice provides details of the 2022 amendments to the code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers (“the Code”, also “COSWP”). The code covers the regulatory framework and provides best practice guidance for health and safety on board ship. It also gives...
by westoncompliance | Sep 21, 2022 | Construction, Development, Health and Safety, Onshore, Planning, Safety, Safety management system, UK
These Regulations are the second commencement regulations made under the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30) (“the Act”). Regulation 2 brings into force sections 126 to 129 of the Act on 1st September 2022. The effect is to commence the powers relating to a scheme for...
by westoncompliance | May 26, 2022 | Confined Spaces, Health and Safety, Marine, MCA, Occupational Health, Safety, Safety management system, UK, Vessels
Entry into enclosed spaces onboard ships is sometimes a necessary but dangerous work activity. This guidance outlines regulations and provides information and advice on how to identify an enclosed space and how to reduce the risk to life. The document has been updated...
by westoncompliance | May 26, 2022 | Amendment, Confined Spaces, Health and Safety, Marine, MCA, Occupational Health, Safety, Safety management system, Transport, Vessels
This notice from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) outlines and provides further information on the entry into enclosed spaces regulations 2022. Amendment 1 provides information on the entry into enclosed spaces regulations 2022 and exemptions available, within...
by westoncompliance | Apr 27, 2022 | Equipment, Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, Occupational Health, PPE, Product Safety, Safety, Safety management system, UK
New HSE research has revealed that respirators/masks which rely on ear loops (including those provided with clips, ‘snuggers’ or other means of tightening the fit of the mask) to hold the respirator/mask in place, do not protect people adequately when used as tight...
by westoncompliance | Feb 10, 2022 | Communication, Consents, Marine, Navigation, Offshore Installation, Radio Communication, Safety, Safety management system, Safety Zone, UK, Vessels
Article 2 of this Order establishes, under section 22 of the Petroleum Act 1987 (c. 12) (“the Act”), a safety zone having a radius of 500 metres from the specified point around the installation (which is a subsea installation) specified in the Schedule to...
by westoncompliance | Nov 11, 2021 | Equipment, Fire, Health and Safety, Maintenance/Repairs, Marine, MCA, Product Safety, Safety, Safety management system, UK, Vessels
Following a recent incident on board a workboat where a fixed aerosol fire suppression system activated unintentionally and without warning or human input, it has become evident that the servicing requirements of these systems are not always being adhered to. This...
by westoncompliance | Nov 2, 2021 | Amendment, Firearms, Health and Safety, Safety, Safety management system, UK
These Rules make amendments to the Firearms Rules 1998 (S.I. 1998/1941). Rule 2(2)(a) replaces the existing application form for a grant or renewal of a firearm and/or shotgun certificate. Rule 2(2)(b) replaces the existing application form to vary a firearm...
by westoncompliance | Oct 28, 2021 | Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, Noise, Occupational Health, Safety management system, UK
The guide has been updated in keeping with changes to related legislation, technical advances and experience. The emphasis is on the control and management of risks from exposure to noise. HSE’s policy on the control of noise has not changed. Many people are exposed...
by westoncompliance | Aug 11, 2021 | Aviation, CAA, Equipment, Safety, Safety management system, Transport, UK
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published an Airworthiness Directive for the above named helicopters which are used for offshore or other over-water operations and should be equipped with an approved Emergency Flotation System (ETS) to allow ditching, in case...
by westoncompliance | Aug 11, 2021 | Aviation, CAA, Dangerous Goods, Safety, Safety management system, Transport, UK
The latest ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air were effective from 1 January 2021 and introduced changes to both cargo and passenger operations. Operators must provide instructions...
by westoncompliance | Jul 26, 2021 | COVID-19, Health & Safety Executive, Health and Safety, HVAC, Safety management system, UK
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance regarding ventilation and air conditioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The updated guidance includes a new video setting out key advice about improving ventilation to help reduce virus transmission in...
by westoncompliance | Jul 15, 2021 | Fire, Health and Safety, Marine, MCA, Offshore Installation, Safety, Safety management system, UK
This Safety Bulletin provides a reminder of the risks from corrosion to cartridge type fire extinguishers and the importance of regular inspection and proper disposal where corrosion is present. Following a recent fatal accident on board an oil rig it has been...
by westoncompliance | Jun 23, 2021 | BEIS, Decommissioning, Environment, Health & Safety Executive, Oil Pollution, OMAR, Pollution, Regulatory Process, Safety, Safety case, Safety management system, UK, Wells
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS’s) Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning unit (OPRED) work in partnership as the regulatory authority to undertake...
by westoncompliance | Jun 10, 2021 | Consents, Health and Safety, Marine, Offshore Installation, Safety, Safety management system, Safety Zone, UK, Vessels
This order establishes safety zones around two subsea installations – 22/10a-LAD, Everest and Evelyn Wellhead, Evelyn. Section 23(1) of the Petroleum Act 1987 (“the Act”) prohibits vessels, which for these purposes include hovercraft, submersible...
by westoncompliance | May 17, 2021 | Fire, Health and Safety, Safety, Safety management system, UK
An Act to make provision about the application of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 where a building contains two or more sets of domestic premises; and to confer power to amend that order in future for the purposes of changing the premises to which it...
by westoncompliance | Jan 11, 2021 | Communication, Marine, MCA, Radio Communication, Safety management system, Transport, UK, Vessels
This Marine Information Note (MIN) is intended to give awareness and advise UK flag vessels of a new recognised Mobile Satellite Service in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). Amendment 1 gives an update on the progress of this new satellite...
by westoncompliance | Dec 10, 2020 | Amendment, Health and Safety, Marine, MCA, Safety, Safety management system, UK, Vessels
This Marine Information Note provides information about the 2020 amendments to the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers (“the Code”). The Code covers the regulatory framework and provides best practice guidance for health and safety on board ship. It...
