Persons on board

Under Merchant shipping (Ships Doctors) Regulations 1995 all UK registered ships with more than 100 persons on board must carry a qualified medical practitioner. Other vessels may not carry a medical practitioner but the provision of medical attention on such ships is regulated and should be provided either by the... 

Lack of escape routes Persons on board Cyclones/hurricanes Downers and leaners Blowouts Hydrogen sulfide Dropped objects Helicopters Ship collision. 

On an offshore platform, however, the persons who are not on duty are still present, and they may be killed or injured. Many of the deaths on the Piper Alpha platform, for example, were of off-duty crew who were sleeping, and who could not escape from the Living Quarters. By contrast, 25 years later, when the explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon platform, 11 men died instantly, but the other 135 persons on board survived the blast and subsequent fire. This is an indication that the safety measures that have been designed into platforms in the years following Piper have had a positive effect on safety improvement. 

Figure 11. Lethality of accident types (percentage of persons on board killed.

There were not sufficient lifeboat seats for all the persons on board. Some complicated formula justified this decision—a decision that was immediately overturned in the aftermath to the disaster. The new common sense rule was that there must be a lifeboat seat for every person on board. 

Over a 2-day period the drilling crew faced a series of problems indicating a loss of control of the well. Eventually there was a blowout that the blowout preventer failed to stop oil and gas flowed up the annulus on to the rig where there was an explosion and fire. Eleven of the 126 persons on board died and the drilling rig was destroyed. The oil and gas continued to flow from the badly damaged well head for about 2 months. A record amount of oil was spilled into the ocean. 

A key to the success of the system is the proper training of all persons on board. In particular everyone must know where their personal muster area is located, how to reach it, and what to do when they get there. 

The scenario involves either of a pair of lock gates moving despite no scheduled opening. This leads to a vessel becoming trapped and either sinking or causing harm to a person on board. A two-fatality scenario is perceived. 

The Bohai No. 2 oil rig was located in the Gulf of Bohai off fhe coast of China, and if was managed and operated by the Ocean Oil Company, China Petroleum Department. The rig was a self-elevating drilling unit that sank on November 25, 1979 while being towed after encountering a storm with force 10 winds [3]. The incident caused the death of 72 ouf of 76 persons on board the rig. 

On October 25, 1983, the drillship capsized and sank in the South China Sea, at the depth of 317 ff, approximately 63 nautical miles south west of Hainan Island, China and about 80 nautical miles east of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The incident resulted in the death of 81 persons on board the drillship. 

There are a number of important persons on board, and no doubt the new commander, Captain Max Pruss, is thrilled, too, for this is his great moment, the first time he s commanded the Hindenburg, On previous flights, he acted as Chief Officer under Captain Lehmann. ... 

At any given time up to half, the persons on board are resting or sleeping. They will generally require a lower level of ambient noise than those who are on duty. 

The effective control of multiple CTV movements requires prior knowledge of their departure from home port and the routes followed to their respective wind farms. This involves a large number of craft reporting to the VTS to confirm their departure, the number of persons on board and their intended track - adding to the operator s radio workload and associated administration duties. 

ABSTRACT The Irish motor fishing vessel TIT BONHOMME, with a crew of six persons on board, was returning to Union HaU, her home base, during early morning darkness on 15 January 2012. In the final approach to the unfit fiarbour entrance the vessel stranded on the seaward side of Adam s Island, a well-known and charted hazard at the entrance to Glandore Harbour. In the adverse weather and sea conditions... 

At 10 00 p.m. on July 6, 1988, a massive explosion followed by a large fire led to the destruction of the platform. One hundred and sixty-seven men died (62 escaped). Because the accident occurred in the evening, many of the persons on board were off duty and were located in the living quarters. The smoke from the fire trapped these persons, accounting for most of the fatalities. 

When an emergency is declared, all workers must move in an orderly manner to their muster station, which is also a temporary refuge (TR). If the emergency escalates, the woricers will be instructed to move from their muster station to the lifeboats, or other means of escape. GeneraUy, workers will muster in the gaUey or similar location in the LQ. The reason for this is that many of the persons on board will be in the LQ, either eating or resting. 

The pilot-in-cominand shall be responsible for the operation and safety of the aeroplane and for the safety of all persons on board, during flight time. ... 

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