Entry log : November 21, 2017 Tuesday
Location : Enroute to Singapore
According
to paper. Shell / Nakilat (along with UPL) has been bragging about safety
culture shit and modernity when it comes to equipment and such. True ! They do
have the most modern facilities and advance equipment I had seen so far. So
advance that even normal liquid Tanker crews would drool over it. However
despite their modernity. Working on UPL Shell / Nakilat is never comfortable
and never enjoying - oh no , far from it.
Has
people have heard of a term called "Over safety" ? . Few people in
the maritime industry mention this and even on my part , I had only heard of
this during my college years. To summary "over safety" is a term used
when too much safety equipment is put on
that its already considered impractical and unsafe.
Recently
I was assigned to the usual deck maintenance , which is usual chipping rust ,
polishing the area and painting it. Based on my experience here, it was a chore
and troublesome doing the same job here compared to that in a liquid tanker.
Here an ordinary task gets overly complicated because of too much safety
equipment - ( that its more becoming of a hazard than a protection ) . It's so
over safety that its already ridiculous. This is an example
POLISHING CHIPPED RUST AREA's
I
have to wear the basic PPE, then on my helmet I have to attach a Visor and
inside the visor I have to wear goggles. On my body aside from coveralls I have
to wear a safety harness along with an leather apron and gloves. Bottom line I
looked more of like a bomb disposal unit from the explosive ordinance division
of SWAT
I'm
forced to wore this too much safety equipment that I have a hard time moving
and seeing visually. Aside from that the leather apron is a trip hazard when
climbing up pipes, not to mention I
can't see well resulting to me having a lot of trouble accomplishing my work.
Another thing that annoys me is that they overcomplicate things, aside from the
annoyance of difficulty on movement - I have to be reminded that I should
adjust my "safety Harness" every now and then, If I forgot to adjust
some of my crew mates (or even ship officers) would zoom in and say to me that
I should adjust my harness every few minutes or so, and super annoyance.
