In its 57th issue, CHIRP pays attention to an engine room rating operation that had to be conducted by the Chief Engineer, who declined to conduct the operation in the machinery spaces, due to the lack of safety measures, an act that in the beginning led to the Chief Engineer’s exclusion from engine room duties.
Specifically, it was when the engine room rating requested a permit for working at heights and asked for assistance, such as scaffolding, to be established to allow safe access, that the...
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