My reasons for saying this is that whilst i was away at sea , a cadet on another of my Companies ships was tragically lost at sea . When he fell overboard Whilst attaching his harness when painting a lifeboat .
The search for this deck cadet lasted for 3days involving ships and air assets unfortunately he was never found .
Due to the incident the accident report was submitted to all ships in the fleet , and while reading this it raised two points . Don't be left or leave someone unsupervised when working on Dangerous jobs , if your the cadet wait for the officer to come back even if its so he can take a piss. If you'r the officer tell him to stop and wait until your back.
Now my main point , alot of companies issue non logo'd boiler suits to there staff . some of these maybe blue if working on deck try not to wear dark overalls especially blue or black as the search for this cadet was made difficult due to the Colour of his boiler suit . My company then set out a standing order for all crew to wear there red Boiler suits whilst working on deck , and also issued reflective tape to the ships crew to place onto there boiler suits until new high Vis boiler suits could be ordered .
The search for this deck cadet lasted for 3days involving ships and air assets unfortunately he was never found .
Due to the incident the accident report was submitted to all ships in the fleet , and while reading this it raised two points . Don't be left or leave someone unsupervised when working on Dangerous jobs , if your the cadet wait for the officer to come back even if its so he can take a piss. If you'r the officer tell him to stop and wait until your back.
Now my main point , alot of companies issue non logo'd boiler suits to there staff . some of these maybe blue if working on deck try not to wear dark overalls especially blue or black as the search for this cadet was made difficult due to the Colour of his boiler suit . My company then set out a standing order for all crew to wear there red Boiler suits whilst working on deck , and also issued reflective tape to the ships crew to place onto there boiler suits until new high Vis boiler suits could be ordered .
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