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el PLAN DE EVALUACION Y CONTROL DE
RIESGOS A BORDO.
El punto clave, según el Consejo Nacional
de Seguridad, el setenta y cinco por ciento de
los accidentes están precedidos de uno o más
cuasi-accidentes. La Administración de Salud
y Seguridad Ocupacionales (OSHA –por sus
siglas en inglés) a nivel federal en USA, define
los cuasi-accidentes como incidentes en los
que no hubo daño a la propiedad ni lesiones
personales, pero que de haber habido un
pequeño cambio en el tiempo o en la posición,
el daño y/o lesión pudo fácilmente haber
ocurrido.
La referida dep endencia federal observa que
todos cuasi-accidentes deben ser investigados.
El reporte e investigación de cuasi-accidentes
permite a supervisores y empleados identificar
y controlar los peligros antes de que éstos
causen un accidente. Considere como “otra
oportunidad” el cuasi-accidente de seguridad
sin lesión, costo o multa, y recuerde que la
investigación subsiguiente debe servir como
una experiencia de aprendizaje tanto para los
empleados como para los supervisores.
Para Marítima Avila Group, es importante
los reportes y análisis de los Cuasi-accidente
detectados, independientemente del grado
de peligrosidad que se pueda determinar al
momento, ya que posiblemente su importancia
se puede apreciar en la implementación de las
recomendaciones o conclusiones. Es por ello
que la empresa exhorta a todos sus trabajadores
que utilicen el REPORTE DE NOTIFICACION
E INVESTIGACION DE CASI-ACCIDENTE O
INCIDENTE, establecido en nuestro Sistema
de Gestión de la Seguridad, combinando los
resultados con un reporte de valoración de
riesgos.
Para la seguridad, es importante establecer
metas y esforzase en cumplirla en cada
momento. Marítima Avila Group, exhorta a sus
trabajadores a que internalicen la seguridad a
bordo y que siempre estén ubicando el objetivo
de CERO accidentes:
Nuestro Objetivo es “CERO”.
“Las lesiones y enfermedades
ocupacionales, así como también los
incidentes de seguridad y daños al
ambiente son TODOS prevenibles. Todos los
trabajadores de Marítima Avila Group, se
deben esforzar para lograr CERO DAÑO, así
como también evitar el impacto ambiental
adverso, mientras mantienen un entorno
laboral saludable a bordo de los buques
que opera la compañía, todo su personal,
contratista y visitantes.” u
THE NEAR-ACCIDENTS AND ON-BOARD RISK ASSESSMENT
By Rafael Hernández Oropeza, Person on Earth – Marítima Avila Group
Designated Person on Earth (PDT - for its
acronym in Spanish)
Marítima Avila Group
A
s a concern of the International Maritime Organization on the
due notification of the near-accidents and the importance
it generates, it, through the Maritime Safety and Marine
Environment Committees, jointly promulgated on October the 10th
of 2008, the Circular MSC-MEPC.7 / Circ.7 entitled “Guidance on the
notification of near-accidents”.
In its 9th section, “Potentially Hazardous Accidents” should be
reported, investigated, analyzed and conclusive, in order to take
the recommendations and make changes in procedures, employee
behaviors and / or modifications to physical work environments.
All this is carried out with the proper follow-up, both by the
management on board and by the management in the offices of
the company on the ground and to relay this experience to the
other ships of the fleet, so that they are notified learnings or by
experience of a third party, and not as lived experiences that can
sometimes lead to serious derivations.
In this circular (MSC-MEPC.7 / Circ.7), we find the importance of
each company in investigating and analyzing quasi-accidents, since it
is a fundamental tool for the continuous improvement of each SGS and
the experience learned from them without These should contribute
to improving safety on board and preventing pollution from the ship
to the marine environment, on the principle that they have the same
underlying causes as the accidents and losses generated. At Marítima
Avila Group, we are aware of the importance of this instrument,
therefore, we want to combine the results or recommendations
that may give rise to the near-accidents and complement it, in the
case that applies, with the RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL PLAN
ON BOARD made and maintained for each ship, generating and
applying new risk assessments. That is to say, the use of these two
tools together established in the IGS code, firstly the investigation of
the Potentially Dangerous Accidents found in section number 9 and
secondly the objectives of the IGS code, on the evaluation of all the
risks as identified in section 1.2, will help to ensure maritime safety by
assessing all hazards identified or identified for ships.
In order to comply with the above mentioned objective, in
Marítima Avila Group we must be clear on board and on land,
the important role that each Seafarer or person who reports the
near-accident and of those who are involved, since these must
act freely and without being subjected to any kind of threats or
indications by another employee of the company. Therefore, crew
members should be trusted to provide essential safety-related
information without fear of reprisal. This in addition to the main
importance it has for safety, both of people and property and
protection of the marine environment, it is also sensible to direct
it towards a commercial aspect and cost reduction, since it can
have effects of optimization of processes on the performance of
ships and the performance of its personnel.
Taking the definition of quasi-accident, in section number 2
of MSC-MEPC.7 / Circ.7, we have the following:
“Sequence of events and / or circumstances that could have
resulted in a loss. This loss was only avoided due to a fortuitous
interruption of the chain of events and / or circumstances. That
possible loss could have consisted of injuries to people, damage to
the environment or economic losses. “
Marítima Avila Group, has among its objectives to encourage
ships to report Quasi-accidents, therefore will establish through
the SHAG Division Management mechanisms that seek the report
and analysis of each of the crews of ships belonging to the fleet
and to be able to comply with the continuous improvement of
our SGS, which in the end will result in the fulfillment of well-
prepared procedures applied by better trained crew members on
safer and non-polluting ships.
In order to understand the above theoretically, it is important
to identify the chain of event of the accident rate (lack of control,
underlying cause, main cause, and incident), this can help us
to understand when we could break the sequence of events to
avoid an accident (sinister). It is for this reason, the importance
of unde rstanding and managing the benefits that the adequate
report of a near-accident can give with its analysis and follow-up
of the recommendations, performing a posteriori the proper
evaluation and valuation of the risk, where its results are stored
in the PLAN OF EVALUATION AND RISK CONTROL ON BOARD.
The key point, according to the National Safety Council,
seventy-five percent of accidents are preceded by one or more
near-accidents. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) at the federal level in the USA defines quasi-accidents as
incidents in which there was no property damage or personal
injury, but if there had been a small change in time or in position,
the damage and / or injury could easily have occurred.
The aforementioned federal agency notes that all quasi-
accidents should be investigated. The quasi-accident report and
investigation allows supervisors and employees to identify and
control hazards before they cause an accident. Consider the
“near-miss” next-to-no injury, cost or penalty, and remember that
subsequent research should serve as a learning experience for
both employees and supervisors.
For Marítima Avila Group, it is important the reports and
analysis of the detected quasi-accidents, independently of the
degree of danger that can be determined at the moment, since
possibly its importance can be seen in the implementation of
the recommendations or conclusions. That is why the company
urges all its employees to use the QUASI-ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT
NOTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION REPORT, established in our
Security Management System, combining the results with a risk
assessment report.
For safety, it is important to set goals and strive to meet
them at all times. Marítima Avila Group, urges its workers to
internalize safety on board and always place the target of ZERO
accidents:
Our Objective is “ZERO”.
“Occupational injuries and illnesses, as well as incidents
of safety and damage to the environment are ALL preventable.
All employees of Marítima Avila Group should strive to achieve
ZERO DAMAGE, as well as avoid adverse environmental impact,
while maintaining a healthy working environment on board the
ships operated by the company, all its personnel, contractors and
visitors” u