Safety Compliance
Duty holders and customers have the right to expect that providers responsible for delivering services to them will plan and carry out their operations safely and deliver those services in accordance to specification.
Ocean Technical Safety Services have years of experience in the delivery of high risk operations. We carry out third party audits based either on existing audit protocols or customer specification. Audits are delivered by ISO 45001 Lead Auditors who will work on behalf of the duty holder / customer to ensure that operations and installations are delivered safely.
BS 8681:2024 Personal Fall Protection Equipment Supplier Audit Services
Fall protection anchors are safety critical items of equipment but with the
exception of conforming to design specifications and installation codes of practice, there is little in the way of governance to qualify a system designer, installer or inspector of this equipment as competent.
Ocean Technical Safety Services Ltd work on behalf of the duty holder (or vessel owner) carrying out audits on installation providers including system
designers, installers and inspectors.
Our ISO45001 Lead Auditors work to the requirements of BS8681:2024 Personal Fall Protection Equipment – Anchor Systems – Specification for provider competence. This specification ensures that those who claim
compliance to BS 7883: 2019 Personal Fall Protection Equipment – Anchor Systems – System design, installation and inspection – Code of practice are fully meeting its requirements.
By carrying out due diligence on your suppliers at the design and installation stages, you are taking the first step to protecting against accidents that may arise in the workplace from poor design and installation quality standards.
Confined & Encloses Space Operations and
Safety Management System Audit
Negotiating the co-existing UK Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 and The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Entry into Enclosed Spaces) Regulations 2022 can be tricky. Whilst they govern working practices on land and at sea respectively training and awareness may suffer conflicts when either of the regulations are applied.
At Ocean Technical Safety Services Ltd we can provide consultancy to ensure that best practice is adopted and the operations are carried out safely regardless of which set of regulations applies and can provide practical advice on a range of enclosed/confined space issues:
- Identification, classification and risk assessment of spaces
- Operational policy & procedure writing
- Safe System Of Work planning
- Equipment selection
- Rescue procedures and techniques.
By consulting with us at an early stage, you can be sure that your confined/enclosed space operations will be carried out to the very best practice.
Work Aloft Consultancy Service
Ocean Technical Safety Services Ltd have proven experience of maritime operations and can provide the very best advice to vessel managers, masters and builders to ensure that working aloft and associated activities can be carried out to the highest safety standards.
Engagement early in the project not only protects against costly design conflicts, it has the potential to save considerable amounts of money.
We offer a safety consultancy service to cover all aspects of working aloft and associated tasks including:
- Development of safe working aloft management and operating procedures
- Development of rescue and recovery from height procedures
- Competency plans
Our advice assures compliance with UK health & safety legislation, UK Merchant Shipping Regulations, British, European and ISO standards as a minimum including but not limited to The Health & Safety At Work Act etc 1974; The Work At Height Regulations 2005; Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers Chapter 17; Maritime & Coastguard Agency Guidance Notes 432, 578, 659 etc.