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    Two crew members entered a ship's ballast tank without proper protective equipment or ventilation, in violation of safety procedures. While inspecting the tank, the second officer began to feel uncomfortable but did not exit, and an ordinary seaman made the poor decision to enter the tank as well instead of calling for help. The lack of preparedness, safety violations, and poor decision-making led to the deaths of both crew members. To prevent future incidents, risk assessments must be conducted, crews must be properly trained, safety equipment must be regularly inspected, and captains held responsible for crew safety.

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    Two crew members entered a ship's ballast tank without proper protective equipment or ventilation, in violation of safety procedures. While inspecting the tank, the second officer began to feel uncomfortable but did not exit, and an ordinary seaman made the poor decision to enter the tank as well instead of calling for help. The lack of preparedness, safety violations, and poor decision-making led to the deaths of both crew members. To prevent future incidents, risk assessments must be conducted, crews must be properly trained, safety equipment must be regularly inspected, and captains held responsible for crew safety.

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    Two crew members entered a ship's ballast tank without proper protective equipment or ventilation, in violation of safety procedures. While inspecting the tank, the second officer began to feel uncomfortable but did not exit, and an ordinary seaman made the poor decision to enter the tank as well instead of calling for help. The lack of preparedness, safety violations, and poor decision-making led to the deaths of both crew members. To prevent future incidents, risk assessments must be conducted, crews must be properly trained, safety equipment must be regularly inspected, and captains held responsible for crew safety.

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    UNIT 2.

    SOLAS

    CHARLES JAVEN V. GEROMO


    BSMT III- A

    Activity 1. Case Study Analysis

    Case Study: Entry into enclosed space

    INTRODUCTION:
    Entering in an enclosed spaces like ballast tank in a ship is a high risk, whether doing
    some repair or cleaning purposes. For someone who wants to enter at the ballast, you must
    be prepared and trained seafarer to do this task to prevent tragedy. Enclosed places like
    this can risk our life. Even though shipping companies always issue warnings, there’s still a
    numerous of incidents occur due to the failure of following correct entry procedures.

    BACKGROUND:
    Prioritizing to wear full protection (PPE) and preparing complete equipment is
    necessary before entering a ballast tank which this two crew member desist to wear and
    entered without any plan. They should already know how dangerous this place is or else
    they didn’t undergo drills or training for this specific duty. Lack of preparedness is what
    we’ve noticed here in this case. Even the air pipes is not working , still the 2nd Officer and AB
    entered for inspection with only 2 open manholes. This improper setting is not applicable
    for the crew member to work especially with inadequate ventilation and a limited openings
    according to IMO. It’s a bit confusing how the 2nd Officer already feel uncomfortable in the
    ballast but still didn’t go out or even call a help for the OS above. Poor decision making from
    the OS. Instead of pulling an alarm to call a quick rescue, he even climb down at the ladder
    and checked the 2nd Officer which is a very bad decision. Empty air bottles and not
    calibrated oxygen content meter since 2005 is also a concern here. To summarize, the
    Captain should be the one to be question here like in a voyage, he/she is the one who is
    responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the ship. The company should also be
    blame here in this incident for not conducting a ship inspection and recruiting an
    inexperienced crew member.

    CONCLUSION:
    Following the safety precautions while entering an enclosed spaces will definitely
    ensures the safeness of the seafarer. Planned and prepared crew member is a must when
    entering in a high-risk setting like ballast tank to prevent this incident like this again. To
    minimize the possibility of accidents in entry in enclosed spaces and identifying hazard, Risk
    Assessment should be performed every time a man entry. Captain of the ship must face the
    consequences for being lack of competitiveness and not doing his duty as a leader for
    ensuring the safeness of his/her crew.

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