Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 101

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993.

Dated 9 June 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER REITH

Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations

and Small Business

 

Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 1012

made under the

Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993

 

 

 

Contents

 Page

 1 Name of regulations 

 2 Commencement 

 3 Amendment of Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Regulations             

Schedule 1 Amendments

 

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:

1 Name of regulations

  These regulations are the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These regulations commence on 1 July 1999.

3 Amendment of Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Regulations

  Schedule 1 amends the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Regulations.

 

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

:

[1] Regulation 1

substitute

1 Name of regulations

  These regulations are the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Regulations 1995.

[2] Regulation 2, definitions of business hours and telecommunication

omit

[3] Regulations 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14

substitute

10 Definition for Part 4

  In this Part:

incident means:

 (a) an accident of a kind described in paragraph 107 (1) (a) or (b) of the Act; or

 (b) a dangerous occurrence.

11 Period of incapacity requiring notice and report

  For paragraph 107 (1) (b) of the Act, a period of 5 successive days or more is prescribed.

12 Notifying incidents

 (1) The requirements in this regulation are prescribed for paragraph 107 (2) (a) of the Act.

 (2) The operator must give notice of an incident to the Inspectorate within 4 hours of becoming aware of the incident.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

 (3) However, if it is not reasonably practicable for the operator to give notice to the Inspectorate within 4 hours, the operator must give notice to the Inspectorate as soon as practicable after the end of that time.

 (4) The notice:

 (a) must be in accordance with Form 6 (Incident alert); and

 (b) may be given to the Inspectorate by any practicable means.

13 Reporting incidents

 (1) The requirements in this regulation are prescribed for paragraph 107 (2) (b) of the Act.

 (2) The operator must give a report about an incident to the Inspectorate within 72 hours of becoming aware of the incident.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

 (3) However, if it is not reasonably practicable for the operator to give the report to the Inspectorate within 72 hours, the operator must give the report to the Inspectorate as soon as practicable after the end of that time.

 (4) The report must be:

 (a) in accordance with the relevant parts of Form 7 (Incident report); and

 (b) given to the Inspectorate by sending it to the postal address, facsimile number, or electronic mail address stated in the form.

[4] Regulation 15

omit

of an accident or a dangerous occurrence

insert

about an incident

[5] Schedule, Form 6

substitute

Form 6 Incident alert

(subregulation 12 (4))

 

INCIDENT ALERT

 

SHIP DETAILS

Ship’s name

IMO number

Flag

Call sign

Satcom number

 

Master

Gross tonnage

 

No. of persons on board

Class society

Propulsion

IOPP certificate date of issue

  Container Tanker   Bulk Carrier  Tug    OSV     Other

Operator’s name and address

Responsible Officer (ISM designated person)

Contact number

Agents and P&I Club

 

 

INCIDENT DETAILS

 

Voyage

From

 

To

Ship’s Location

(eg port, at sea, lat, long)

 

Location on ship where

incident occurred

 

Date & time

of incident    /     /                           am/pm

No. of persons

 involved

Nature of Incident

 

Collision

MARPOL ship defects

Grounding

Serious personal injury

Fire

Death

Structural failure

Disappearance

Flooding

Loss

Machinery failure

Presumed lost

Cargo gear

Close quarters situation

Pilotage

Births

Dangerous goods

Other (specify)

 

DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT/DAMAGE

Note: If incident occurred under Pilotage, include name of pilot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Form 7 Incident report

(subregulation 13 (4))

 

INCIDENT REPORT

Note: This form must be forwarded within 72 hours of the incident by the ISM Code Designated Person or equivalent to:

General Manager, Ship & Personnel Safety Services, AMSA

GPO Box 2181 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

Fax: +61 2 6279 5966

E-mail: Reports@amsa.gov.au

For further information please call 1800 021 098

Ship’s name

 

IMO number

Flag

Call sign

Satcom number

Master

 

Gross tonnage

Propulsion

Class society

 

Operator’s name and address

 

 

Agents and P&I Club

 

Date & time of incident

Ship’s location (eg port, at sea, lat, long)

 

 

PART 1 - To be completed if reporting under Marine Orders Part 32

Person-in-charge

 

Employer of person-in-charge

 

Incident

 

   Injury 

If injury, complete parts 4 - 8

   Gear failure 

If gear failure, complete parts 5 - 8

   Dangerous Goods

If dangerous goods, complete parts 5 - 8

PART 2 - To be completed if reporting under sections 268, 269 and 417 of the Navigation Act 1912 (other than births) and regulation 4 of the Navigation (Marine Casualty) Regulations

Voyage

To

 

From

 

Incident description

 

 

  Grounding

  Foundering

  Stranding

  Collision

  Capsize

  Flooding

  Fire

  Explosion

  Machinery failure

  Structural failure

  Close quarters

  Disappearance

  Loss

  Presumed lost

  Injury

  Death

  Dangerous
      occurrence

 

  Other (specify)

 

 

Place of incident

 

 

  Machinery spaces

  Accommodation block

  Galley

  Deck/cargo spaces

  Gangway/pilot ladder

  Wharf

  Other (specify)

 

 

Crew numbers

Passenger numbers

Cargo

 

PART 3 - To be completed if reporting under section 417 of the Navigation Act 1912 - Births

Child’s name

 

Gender

M / F

 Date of birth

Place

 

Mother’s full name

 

 

Town & country of birth

 

Australian resident Yes / No

Father’s full name

 

 

Town & country of birth

 

Australian resident Yes / No

Note: Part 4 relates to personal injury.  If more than one person is affected complete Part 4 on a separate form for each person.

 

PART 4 - To be completed if reporting under section 107 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993

Name of affected person

 

 

 

Date of birth

 

Gender  M / F

PIN

Home address

 

 

 

 

Australian resident 

Yes / No

Town & country of birth

 

 

Capacity

 

 

 

  Crew 

  Contractor

 Waterside worker

  Supplier

  Watchkeeper

  Other (specify) ..........................................

 

 

show watch period: from ............... to .................Time since last rest period: ............

Logbook entry date

 

Rank

 

Hours of duty

     Time on:

 

 

Time off:

Hours before duty

Affected area

 

 

 

  Head (1)

  Eyes (1)

  Trunk (3)

  Arms (4)

  Hands (4)

  Legs (5)

  Internal (7)

  Back (3)

  Neck (2)

  Fingers (4)

  Feet (5)

  Toes (5)

  Other (specify)

 

 

 

Type of injury

 

 

 

  Drowning (150)

  Crushing (100)

  Laceration (060/080)

 

  Burns & scalds (120)

  Hernia (450)

  Fracture (020/010)

 

  Electric shock (150)

  Amputation (070)

  Foreign Body (110/090)

  Abrasion (090)

  Bruising (100)

  Asphyxia (110/150/140)

  Strain & sprain (040)

  None

 

 

  Other (specify)

 

 

 

Result of incident

 

 

 

  Death

  Serious Injury

  Minor Injury

 

  Near miss

  Temporary disability

  Partial disability

 

  Permanent disability

  Disappearance

  Time off work

 

  None

  Other (specify)

 

 

 

Incident factors

 

  Machinery and (mainly) fixed plant (1)

 

  Mobile plant and transport (2)

 

  Powered equipment, tools and appliances (3)

 

  Non-powered hand tools, appliances and equipment (4)

 

  Chemicals and chemical products (5)

 

  Materials and substances (6)

 

  Environmental agencies (7)

 

  Animal, human and biological agencies (8)

 

  Other and unspecified agencies (9)

 

Cause of injury/illness

 

Date left ship

Expected period

of incapacity

Treatment given on board ship

 

 

 

 

PART 5 - Explanation and Description

State cause and give names and addresses of any witnesses

Attach additional pages if necessary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART 6 - Incident Narrative

Attach additional pages if necessary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART 7 - Action taken to prevent similar occurrences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART 8 - Details of person completing report

 

Name

 

Position

Contact number

Signature

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Notes

1. These regulations amend Statutory Rules 1995 No. 17.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 9 June 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 June 1999.