Our team of BOHS certified Hazardous Materials Consultants are trusted by leading marine industry bodies to conduct hazardous material risk management including conducting hazardous material risk assessments as part of a wider risk assessment requirement under ISM code.
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Unlike a generic health and safety risk assessment, a hazardous materials risk assessment in the maritime industry specifically identifies and assesses the potential hazardous substances that could cause harm to people within the workplace, members of the public and the surrounding marine environment. The information from your hazardous materials risk assessment can be incorporated into your full risk assessment.
Using the information from your Inventory of Hazardous Materials Survey, your Hazardous Materials Risk Assessment should follow these following steps:
Your hazardous materials and health and safety risk assessment should form the foundation of your safety management system and follow the ISM’s recommended procedure of:
There are many benefits to conducting a comprehensive Hazardous Materials Risk Assessment. For the company, business or ship owner (or other responsible persons), a Hazardous Materials Risk Assessment brings a financial benefit.
Conducting a risk assessment identifies the hazardous risks and allows for effective safety management systems and/or remediation to occur, reducing the risk to individuals. This reduction in risk promotes a reduction in the number of accidents/incidents, resulting in fewer work days lost and resisting liability implications.
Additionally it is a regulatory requirement to conduct a thorough, fit-for-purpose risk assessment (inclusive of hazardous materials) and therefore a legal obligation under the maritime International Safety Management code. Amended in 2010, the ISM code includes risk assessments explicitly under the following statement:
“Safety management objectives of the company should …. assess all identified risks to its ships, personnel and the environment and establish appropriate safeguards”.
Your risk assessment should assess both shipboard hazardous substances and hazardous substances on board your vessel or offshore platform including:
Lucion operates with an independent, ISO 17205 UKAS accredited hazardous substances testing, inspection and consultancy service provider. Our team of maritime industry Hazardous Material Consultants deliver trusted hazardous substances services including:
As an established international Hazardous Materials testing, inspection, and consultancy provider, our team of specialist shipboard hazardous material experts are trusted to deliver our services to multiple clients throughout the world.
If you are a company or responsible persons, it is a legal requirement under the International Maritime Organisation that a comprehensive risk assessment is conducted aboard all vessels in accordance with the ISM code of practice.
Our team provides hazardous materials services on vessels, offshore platforms and onshore ship recycling facilities around the world.
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