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Maritime Risk Assessment training for Hot Work

By Chris Young - Last updated: Monday, August 22, 2011
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The latest training DVD from walport looks at the subject of Risk Assessment, and in particular how it should be applied when undertaking any Hot Work onboard. ‘Assessing Risk: Hot Work’ is designed to make crew appreciate not just how to carry out a Risk Assessment, but more importantly why they should do it.  Using a 3D [...]

OGP Safety Alert – Hot Work Leads to Fire

By Chris Young - Last updated: Friday, November 5, 2010

Country: AUSTRALIA – Asia/Australasia Location: — Incident Date: —   Time: — Type of Activity: Maintenance, Inspection, Testing Type of Injury: Explosion / Burn  Function: Other A recent fire on a normally unattended platform has highlighted the requirement to ensure that risk assessments are conducted as thoroughly as possible and are not overreliant on referencing previously conducted risk assessments from similar tasks.The fire was [...]