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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC/Circular.834 – Guidelines for Engine-Room Layout, Design and Arrangement – (Adopted on 9 January 1998) - Annex - Guidelines for Engine-Room Layout, Design and Arrangement - 3 Scope

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 These guidelines are intended to improve engine room safety and efficiency and overall vessel safety by facilitating good decision-making with regard to engine room layout, design and arrangement. To accomplish this goal in the most efficient manner, these guidelines are focused on the human-machine environment of the engine-room. The relevant factors used to describe the human-machine environment are:

  • .1 familiarity;

  • .2 occupational health;

  • .3 ergonomics;

  • .4 minimizing risk through layout and design; and

  • .5 survivability.

Parent topic: Annex - Guidelines for Engine-Room Layout, Design and Arrangement
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