Written Safety Procedures
Feel free to use the sample procedures below as a guide while creating your Transport Canada required Written Safety Procedures. They must be modified to suit your specific vessel length and species requirements.
Locating a Missing Crew-member
SAFETY TIPS and BEST PRACTICES
Please take the time to browse, read and consider the following safety tips. Some may be more relevant to your specific fishing vessel/activity than others. - Some are simple "common sense" suggestions, while others are a little more complex and require some adjustment. - all are important, and could prevent a serious injury or save your life! Best Practices can also be found in many of the Safety Alerts/Bulletins.
Safety Familiarization - It's smart and it's the law!
Consider a Personal Flotation Device (PFD)
EPIRBS - Things you should know
Ship Safety Bulletins - Take the time to read them!
Proper Distress Communication Can Save Lives
Surviving Sudden Cold Water Immersion
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SAFETY ALERTS and BULLETINS
Safety alerts are issued periodically by a number of organizations/departments identifying hazards in the fishing industry. They come in a variety of forms, but all of them contain valuable information and should be considered. We will update this list as more alerts/bulletins are issued.
Provincial Occupational Heath & Safety Division (OH&S)
Hydraulic Systems Hazard Alert
Transport Canada (TC)
Transport Canada issue ship safety bulletins regularly. These bulletins include a variety of information, from regulatory updates to the identification of on-board hazards. Here is a list of several fishing industry related bulletins, and a link to the Transport Canada Ship Safety Bulletin Registry.
Watertight Openings and Their Importance in Maintaining Integrity
Wearing and Using Flotation Devices
Installation And maintenance of inflatable life raft hydrostatic release units
Adequacy of Single Cross-bar Type Hatch Covers
Maintenance of Weathertight Integrity
Flooding Detection on Fishing Vessels
Safety of Small Fishing Vessels: Information about Stability Booklets
The Use of Passive Anti-Roll Tanks on Small Fishing Vessels
Fires on Board Fishing Vessels Caused by Exhaust Pipes
Directory to Search All TC Ship Safety Bulletins
Alerts from other Sources
Below you will find Alerts/Bulletins/Hazards from a variety of sources/jurisdictions.
Hazards Associated with Trawling, including Beam Trawling and Scallop Dredging (UK)
SAFETY ADS/CAMPAIGNS
FFAW/Unifor - The Union Forum (Spring 2019)
FFAW/Unifor - The Union Forum (Winter 2018/2019)
WorkplaceNL - Handling Boxes and Containers
WorkplaceNL - Healthy Backs Campaign
OTHER RESOURCES
Small Fishing Vessel Safety Manual
Small Commercial Vessel Safety Guide
