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 These guidelines describe the basic elements of a shipboard occupational health and safety programme (SOHSP). The elements set out in the appendices are applicable to all vessel types and are fundamental pieces of a systematic occupational health and safety programme, which may be used by company line managers, health and safety personnel or consultants who are implementing, improving or auditing the effectiveness of a shipboard occupational health and safety programme.

Parent topic: Annex – Guidelines on the Basic Elements of a Shipboard Occupational Health and Safety Programme
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