Health and safety on ships
Risk assessments
Regular risk assessments must be carried out to see how accidents, injuries or illnesses could be caused on the ship and what can be done to reduce the chances of them happening.
Risk assessments must be reviewed every year and whenever there are significant changes to either the ship or working activities.
Read chapter 1 of the ‘Code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers 2018’ for the basic requirements for risk assessments on board ships.
Read the ‘Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997’ for the requirements for risk assessments on merchant ships.