Ingangsdatum: 02-03-2012
7 - Site inspection
Site inspections should be conducted at Ship Recycling Facilities.
The Competent Authority(ies) is responsible for planning and
undertaking the site inspection. The site inspection may involve, or
use the guidance and reports of, local or national labour inspection
services.
The main purpose of the site inspection is to check the consistency
of the documentation with the actual arrangements and operations at
the Ship Recycling Facility.
The first site inspection should be announced in advance to the Ship
Recycling Facility, in order to ensure that it will be possible to
meet all relevant persons.
In advance of, during and following the site inspection, any
necessary information should be provided by the Ship Recycling
Facility.
Safety issues should be considered and sufficient precautions taken
throughout the site inspection, including with respect to personal
protection.
The inspection should address the functionality of arrangements
established, focusing on safety and environmental protection and the
handling of all materials including hazardous wastes and debris. The
inspection should cover situations in which the Ship Recycling
Facility is operating at maximum capacity with a full body of staff,
including subcontractors.
The site inspection should verify that a SRFP exists and that it is
being fully implemented. In particular, the following factors should
be verified:
- availability of the SRFP to all personnel at the Ship Recycling
Facility;
- knowledge of the SRFP, as appropriate, among management,
Competent persons and workers according to their designated
tasks, roles and responsibilities, including those with special
duties such as first-aid personnel and fire fighters, as
assessed through interviews with all categories of personnel and
supervision of drills if appropriate; and
- implementation of the objectives of the SRFP, as demonstrated by
implementation of operational procedures in:
- ship preparation processes;
- monitoring of Safe-for-entry and Safe-for-hot-work
conditions;
- deconstruction processes;
- hot work processes;
- management of Hazardous Materials and wastes (protective
measures and removal, transport, storage and disposal); and
- emergency preparedness.
The site inspection should identify procedures and routines for the
following:
- developing and using the Ship Recycling Plan;
- accepting ships, taking into account relevant requirements and
the required certificates;
- reporting and following up incidents; and
- conducting operations in a safe and environmentally sound
manner, in accordance with the regulations of the
Convention.
The site inspection should verify the availability, size,
restrictions and general set-up of the Ship Recycling Facility as
stated in the application. Any arrangements established for the
purpose of facilitating the recycling process should be described in
the inspection report, as should any limitations related to the
operation of the Ship Recycling Facility.
All sites utilizing established procedures, methods, arrangements and
facilities for the removal, storage, processing (incineration,
reclamation and specific treatment), transport and disposal of
Hazardous Materials and wastes should be inspected. The inspection
should verify that the Ship Recycling Facility is designed and
constructed to manage any Hazardous Materials and wastes that are
included in their application.
In cases where the Ship Recycling Facility is engaging one or more
contractors by means of subcontracting for any activities related to
the requirements of the Convention, the contractors should be
subject to the same verification as if the Ship Recycling Facility
itself was undertaking the activities. The Ship Recycling Facility
is responsible for providing the Competent Authority with
information required to perform a verification on the aforementioned
contractors, as part of the overall assessment of the Facility.
Furthermore, the site inspection should include a practical test for
assessing the implementation of measures relating to emergency
preparedness and response. This may involve an unannounced complete
evacuation of the Ship Recycling Facility or a similar procedure
described in the plans for emergency preparedness and response.
The Competent Authority(ies) should have procedures in place for
providing detailed information and analysis of the authorization
process to the Ship Recycling Facility. Such procedures could
include a written report by the Competent Authority(ies), to be made
available to the Ship Recycling Facility, containing inspection data
and an evaluation of findings.
The supplement to the DASR (appendix 5 of the annex to the
Convention) may be used as guidance in planning site
inspections.
If the Ship Recycling Facility is under construction or not fully
operational, the site inspection should be conducted as far as
practicable, and the Competent Authority(ies) may issue the DASR
subject to certain terms and conditions as appropriate. In such a
case, an additional, follow-up site inspection should be conducted
after the Ship Recycling Facility becomes fully operational.
According to the results of the follow-up site inspection, the
Competent Authority(ies) may suspend, amend or withdraw the
DASR.