MSC 85/26/Add.2 ANNEX 3 RESOLUTION MSC.268(85) - US Coast ...

MSC 85/26/Add.2ANNEX 3Page 21Section 3Safety of personnel and ship3.1 General requirements3.1.1 Prior to and during loading, carriage and discharge of a solid bulk cargo, all necessarysafety precautions shall be observed.3.1.2 A copy of the instructions on emergency response and medical first aid * relevant toincidents involving dangerous goods in solid form in bulk shall be on board.3.2 Poisoning, corrosive and asphyxiation hazards3.2.1 Some solid bulk cargoes are susceptible to oxidation, which may result in oxygendepletion, emission of toxic gases or fumes and self-heating. Some cargoes are not liable tooxidize but may emit toxic fumes, particularly when wet. There are also cargoes which, whenwetted, are corrosive to skin, eyes and mucous membranes or to the ship’s structure. When thesecargoes are carried particular attention shall be paid to protection of personnel and the need forspecial precautions to be taken prior to loading and after unloading.3.2.2 Appropriate attention shall be paid that cargo spaces and adjacent spaces may be depletedin oxygen or may contain toxic or asphyxiating gases, and that an empty cargo space or tankwhich has remained closed for some time may have insufficient oxygen to support life.3.2.3 Many solid bulk cargoes are liable to cause oxygen depletion in a cargo space or tank.These include, but are not limited to, most vegetable products and forest products, ferrous metals,metal sulphide concentrates and coal cargoes.3.2.4 Prior to entry into an enclosed space aboard a ship, appropriate procedures shall befollowed taking into account the recommendations developed by the Organization. ** It is to benoted that, after a cargo space or tank has been tested and generally found to be safe for entry,small areas may exist where oxygen is deficient or toxic fumes are still present.3.2.5 When carrying a solid bulk cargo that is liable to emit a toxic or flammable gas, and/orcause oxygen depletion in the cargo space, the appropriate instrument(s) for measuring theconcentration of gas and oxygen in the cargo space shall be provided.3.2.6 Emergency entry into a cargo space shall be undertaken only by trained personnelwearing self-contained breathing apparatus and protective clothing and always under thesupervision of a responsible officer.***Refer to the Medical First Aid Guide for Use in Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods (MFAG)(MSC/Circ.857).Refer to the Recommendations for entering enclosed spaces aboard ships, adopted by the Organization byresolution A.864(20), as amended.I:\MSC\85\26-Add-2.doc