6.4.1 Machinery and equipment in the engine-room
should be designed to minimize or eliminate the hazards inherent in
rotating machinery, hot surfaces, and electric potential.
6.4.2 Machinery in the engine-room should be located
with respect to one another in ways that minimize the risk of multiple
failures from a single accident.
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.1 Consideration should be given to locating redundant
machinery and equipment on opposite sides of the engine-room while
giving regard to the resulting proximity to the controls, instrumentation
and engine-room watch stations.
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.2 Fire-fighting equipment, watertight door electric
and hydraulic services and other vital systems should be kept well
clear of high risk machinery and equipment, such as turbo-generators
and main engines, to minimize the risk of fire or explosion involving
such machinery or equipment rendering the vital systems or equipment
inoperative or inaccessible to crew members responding to an emergency.
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.3 Electrical panels, switchboards and other electrical
equipment should be protected from fluids by such means as splash
guards or by separating pipes from electrical apparatus.
6.4.3 Consideration should be given to orienting
machinery in order to minimize the dynamic load on bearings due to
ship motion.
6.4.4 A non-skid coating or covering should be
provided for decks, platforms and ladder treads to prevent slipping.
6.4.5 Tripping, falling and bumping hazards, such
as the top and bottom of ladders, stanchions, sills and low overheads,
should be vividly marked to call their attention to personnel working
in the engine-room.
6.4.6 Engine-rooms should be provided with means
for collecting and disposing of oil, paper, rags and other wastes
and with supplies for cleaning to minimize the potential for fire
and personnel injury.
6.4.7 Pipes and cables should be supported to
resist vibration and dynamic loading due to ship movements.