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GEARBULK
HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROGRESS AND
PERFORMANCE
Gearbulk has a Zero Accident vision and believes
that all injuries are preventable. Any injuries which do
occur are measured as per OCIMF injury guidelines.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY
Our organisation’s implementation of a Safety Management
Hazard identi昀椀cation, risk assessment, and incident
System (SMS) for seafarers contracted through manning
investigation
agents is a comprehensive e昀昀ort in compliance with inter-
Gearbulk uses various methods and tools to identify and
national maritime regulations. Mandated under the Inter-
assess work-related hazards and risks, such as Risk Assess-
national Maritime Organization’s (IMO) ISM Code, our SMS
ment Matrix (RAM), Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP),
encompasses requirements from key conventions such as
and Hazard Identi昀椀cation (HAZID). Gearbulk encourages
the STCW Code, SOLAS, MLC Code, MARPOL, and associated
and enables its workers to report work-related hazards and
FLAG requirements.
hazardous situations and protects them from any reprisals
or retaliation.
Furthermore, we have incorporated industry best practices collected from leading bodies to enhance our safety
Gearbulk investigates work-related incidents using a stand-
standards. The SMS is audited and certi昀椀ed annually by
ardised and systematic process, involving and consulting
both external and internal entities to ensure adherence to
with the relevant stakeholders, and learning and sharing
legal requirements and recognised standards. All seafarers,
the lessons from the incidents. Gearbulk uses the results of
without exception, are covered by this system. Moreover, all
hazard identi昀椀cation, risk assessment, and incident investi-
shore employees responsible for our 昀氀eet management are
gation to evaluate and improve its occupational health and
covered, amounting to 47% of our shore employees.
safety management system, by establishing and monitoring
KPIs and targets, implementing and reviewing corrective
Our SMS has received external certi昀椀cation, further vali-
and preventive actions, integrating these processes into the
dating its e昀昀ectiveness. No workers have been excluded
business planning and decision-making, and engaging and
from this disclosure, as our commitment to safety extends
consulting with the workers and their representatives, the
universally across all personnel involved in our operations.
customers, the suppliers, and the regulators.
The compilation of this data adheres to stringent standards
and methodologies, providing stakeholders with transparent
Occupational health services
insights into our safety management practices.
Gearbulk provides occupational health services to its employees that aim to identify and eliminate hazards and min-
Gearbulk continues to stress the importance on reporting all
imize risks in the workplace. These services include regular
near misses as the improved data accuracy provides Gearbulk
health assessments, medical examinations, health promo-
with better analytics for continuous improvement of all safety
tion programs, and emergency response. Gearbulk ensures
aspects in the 昀氀eet. Management actively promotes these
the quality of these services by following the standards and
reports as they are considered a leading indicator on detecting
guidelines of the International Maritime Organization, the
areas for improvement and actions, thus enabling Gearbulk to
International Labour Organization, and the World Health
identify possible safety focus areas on board, avoid injuries,
Organization. Gearbulk also facilitates workers’ access to
property and environmental damage and increase performance
these services by providing them with information, training,
during internal and external audits, including PSC (Port State
and support.
Control) performance.
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