SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND OPERATINGINSTRUCTIONSAll personnel must know and observe generalsafety precautions. Those who perform particular dutiesor operations must know and observe the safetyprecautions for those duties or operations. Those whodon’t understand safety precautions, and those whoignore them, are equally at risk of injury that may endin disablement or death. Therefore, all supervisorypersonnel must emphasize safety as part of their dailysupervisory duties. This is especially important duringthe training of new personnel when they are forminggood or bad habits. The following points areparticularly important for supervisors:. Be sure that personnel are practicing safety onequipment and that the equipment is in safe operatingcondition. Check safety devices to be sure they areworking. If any safety device is not working, have itrepaired immediately or post a prominent warning untilit can be repaired. Train personnel NEVER to disable asafety device for any reason. Handle violationsimmediately and give warnings or other disciplinedepending on the seriousness of the situation.l Engineering machinery and equipment must beprotected against improper, careless, and abusiveoperation. The best protection is, of course, a trained,competent, and responsible operator. If a properlytrained operator is not available, you may have to useone who is unfamiliar with the proper operatingprocedures for an item of machinery. In that case, be sureyou provide instructions. Also, be sure that operatinginstructions are readily available and that operatingprocedures and safety precautions are posted on or nearthe equipment. Manufacturers furnish technicalmanuals for their equipment. In addition, the NSTMchapters contain information on the best engineeringpractice for the operation, testing, and safety ofshipboard machinery and equipment and for the safetyof personnel. NAVSEASYSCOM furnishes newlyconstructed ships and conversions with standard andnonstandard operating instructions and safetyprecautions for material under their technical control.These instructions are suitable for posting. If your shipis already in operation, you may order plastic-laminatedstandard and nonstandard operating instructions andsafety precautions from the Navy Stock List ofPublications and Forms, NAVSUP 2002. Alwaysinform the engineer officer if instructions and safetyprecautions are inadequate. He will inform thecommanding officer, who will issue additionalinstructions as needed and inform NAVSEASYSCOMof the problem.When engineering personnel work outside of theengineering department, the responsibility for trainingand enforcing safety precautions rests with the head ofthe department controlling the operation. For example,weapons and ammunition handling requires specialinstructions by the weapons officer.The engineer officer has the followingresponsibility for safety in the engineering department:lllBe sure safety precautions are posted in aconspicuous and accessible places.Be sure all persons in the department and otherswho may be concerned with engineering mattersobserve safety precautions.Drill personnel in the safety procedures thatapply to their work.Each division officer has the followingresponsibilities for safety in his division:lllInstruct subordinates in all safety precautionsthat apply.Require subordinates to observe all safetyprecautions that apply.Post safety precautions and warnings inconspicuous places. This includes postingwarnings on dangerous equipment and in areasof the ship where there are particular hazards.Each member of the engineering department hasthe following responsibilities:lllllReport unsafe conditions and correct theconditions where possible.Warn others of unsafe conditions.Use approved protective clothing and equipmentwhere it is called for.Report injury or ill health to supervisors.Use caution in emergency conditions or otherdangerous situations.WARMING-UP SCHEDULESWarming-up schedules for propulsion machineryand boilers are chronological checklists of the key stepsused to light boiler fires and warm up the ship’s mainengineering plant. These steps are necessary to get the4-4
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