Publications and guidance

General

• Quick guide to health and safety in ports (INDG446)

Legal guidance

• Approved Code of Practice Safety in Docks (COP25)
• Duties under the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987
• Fishing vessels and HSE
• Memorandum of Understanding
  Explains the co-operation and demarcation between HSE/MCA/MAIB
• Memorandum of Understanding between HSE/Office of Rail Regulation
• Operational Circular OC124/11
  HSE internal guidance giving demarcation details between HSE and local authority inspectors

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Port Skills and Safety - Health and safety in ports guidance sheets

This guidance has been produced by the ports industry, with assistance from HSE, to help those with duties under health and safety legislation to identify key risks. This guidance also gives examples of good practice, which dutyholders can use to assist their risk assessments.

• SIP001 - Guidance on Workplace Transport (Port & Terminal Planning)
• SIP002 - General cargo
• SIP003 - Container handling
• SIP004 - Timber handling
• SIP005 - Mooring
• SIP006 - Bulk liquids
• SIP007 - Dry bulk cargo loading/unloading
• SIP008 - Dry bulk cargo storage
• SIP009 - Lighting
• SIP010 - Guidance on Workplace Transport (Ro-Ro and Sto-Ro Operations)

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Management of health and safety in ports

• Managing health and safety: Fives steps to success INDG275
• Five steps to risk assessment INDG163
• Leading health and safety at work INDG417
• Managing health and safety in dockwork HSG 177
• Successful health and safety management HSG 65

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Workplace transport

• HSE's Workplace transport website
• HSE's load safety website
• HSE guidance on trailer coupling and uncoupling
• HSE guidance on work-related road safety
• Advice and guidance on the application of road traffic legislation to roads in docks
• DfT/DVLA - At a glance guide to the current medical standards of fitness to drive
• SIP001 - Guidance on Workplace Transport (Port & Terminal Planning)
• SIP010 - Guidance on Workplace Transport (Ro-Ro and Sto-Ro Operations)

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Lifting operations

• Lifting equipment at work: A brief guide
• Safe handling of containers

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Falls from height

• HSE’s falls from height website
• HSE’s falls from vehicles website
• Standards at quayside ladders
• Container top working
• Avoiding work at height on containers

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Dusty cargoes

• HSE’s Control of Substances Hazardous to Health website
• HSE’s Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) website
• SIP007 Dry Bulk Cargo Loading/Unloading - Health and Safety in Ports Guidance
• SIP008 Dry Bulk Cargo Storage - Health and Safety in Ports Guidance

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Musculoskeletal disorders

• HSE’s musculoskeletal disorders website
• Manual handling assessment charts
• HSE’s whole-body vibration website
• Whole-body vibration in ports

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Slips and Trips

• HSE’s slips and trips website

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Confined spaces

• Entry into enclosed spaces - ships' cargo spaces & freight containers - 2 pocket guides published jointly by TT Club/ICHCA International
• HSE’s website on confined spaces
• Confined spaces: A brief guide to working safely
• MCA guidance on confined spaces

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Freight container safety

• Safe transport of containers by sea
  This free guidance is published by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and World Shipping Council (WSC). This is a useful guide for shippers and container stuffers concerning the safe transport of containers by sea.
• Working with Containers - an FTA best practice guide
  This is a useful guide for shippers and hauliers covering various aspects of container safety at sea and on the road
• DIS 1 - Freeing jammed freight containers and container fittings on ships
• Conditions for approval of examination schemes or programmes
• Freight Container (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984, SI 1984, No 1890, (ISBN 0 11 047890 8)
• ILO Global dialogue forum on safety in the supply chain in relation to packing of containers

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Other guidance

• Colour vision examination
• Docks information sheet 3 - Explosive aspects of port emergency plans
• Docks Information Sheet 5 (DIS5) -  Ships' Radar in Port
• Docks information sheet 6 - Hot work in docks
• Risks from Handling Explosives in Ports