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Dan

g

ers of

H

y

dro

g

en Sul

p

h

ide

BOS-

P

RD-0

3

.90090

7

4.4

G

eneral

p

re

c

au

t

ions

t

o be

t

a

k

en

W

h

enever

operat

i

ng

i

n an

y

k

no

w

n or

s

u

spe

c

ted

H

2

S

areas

:

x

P

re

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

ng

i

s

v

i

ta

ll

y

i

mportant

to

ens

u

re

t

h

at

a

w

areness

i

s ma

i

nta

i

ned

and

t

h

at

a

ll

personne

l

are prepared

to

ta

k

e emergen

c

y

a

c

t

i

on

s

h

o

u

l

d t

h

i

s

be

re

q

u

i

red

;

x

T

h

e

Mas

t

er

shall

ens

u

re

t

h

at

ea

c

h

person

wh

o ma

y

be

a

ff

e

c

ted

i

s

i

n

f

ormed

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t

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e

potent

i

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l

h

a

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ards

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w

i

t

h

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2

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and

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c

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u

t

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ons

t

h

at

shall

be

ad

h

ered

to

;

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H

2

S

dete

c

tors

shall

be

prov

i

ded

and

p

l

a

c

ed

i

n

var

i

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u

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l

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c

at

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ons

onboard

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l,

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u

l

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l

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on

t

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ma

i

n

w

or

ki

ng

de

ck

and

areas

wh

ere

personne

l

are

most

lik

e

l

y

to

be

e

x

posed

to

an

y

H

2

S

re

l

ease

;

x

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e

l

f

c

onta

i

ned

,

press

u

re

demand

or

pos

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ve

press

u

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resp

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rator

y

e

q

u

i

pment

shall

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prov

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ded

f

or

a

ll

personne

l i

n

cl

u

d

i

ng

passengers

;

x

T

h

e

prov

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ded

prote

c

t

i

ve

e

q

u

i

pment

i

s

to

be read

il

y

ava

il

ab

l

e

,

e

i

t

h

er

b

y

c

arr

y

i

ng

i

n

a

ded

ic

ated

po

u

c

h

or

l

o

c

ated and

ava

il

ab

l

e

at

c

onven

i

ent

pos

i

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i

ons

aro

u

nd

t

h

e

vesse

l;

x

H

2

S i

s

e

x

treme

l

y

f

l

ammab

l

e

t

h

ere

f

ore

p

u

re

o

x

y

gen

resp

i

rators

shall never

be

u

sed

;

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C

an

i

ster mas

k

s

or

c

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i

dge

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rators

are

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ade

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u

ate

or

approved

f

or

u

se

i

n

H

2

S

env

i

ronments

and

shall never

be

u

sed

;

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ra

i

n

i

ng

shall

be

c

ond

u

c

ted

f

or

a

ll

personne

l

onboard

pr

i

or

to

an

y

engagement

i

n

k

no

w

n

H

2

S

areas

and

a

ll

personne

l

shall

be

f

am

ili

ar

w

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t

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e

u

se

o

f

and

an

y

li

m

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e prov

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q

u

i

pment

;

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reat

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i

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bott

l

es

should

on

l

y

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re

c

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arged

u

s

i

ng

a

i

r

f

rom

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ded

ic

ated

breat

h

i

ng

a

i

r

c

ompressor

or

f

rom

bott

l

ed

breat

h

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ng a

i

r

. Ox

y

gen

or

a

i

r

f

rom

t

h

e

vesse

l’

s

a

i

r

s

y

stem

shall never

be

u

sed

.

4.

5

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in

g

in

p

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m

i

t

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t

o an Ins

t

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t

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w

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p

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t

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2

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at

i

ons

operat

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ng

wh

ere

t

h

ere

i

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t

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e

potent

i

a

l

f

or

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2

S

h

ave

e

x

terna

l

w

arn

i

ng

a

l

arm

s

y

stems

i

n

p

l

a

c

e

to

i

n

f

orm

personne

l

o

f

an

y

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2

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es

c

ape

. U

s

u

a

ll

y

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ff

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h

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u

n

i

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w

ill

a

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so

d

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sp

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a

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and not

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f

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and

ot

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er

persons

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i

s

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on

;

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ll

personne

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onboard

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a

w

are

o

f

,

and

u

nderstand

t

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e mean

i

ng

o

f

,

t

h

ese

s

i

gns

and

a

l

arms

and

wh

at

a

c

t

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on

to

ta

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e

i

n

t

h

e event o

f

an

y

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2

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es

c

ape

;

x

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esse

l

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should

a

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w

or

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2

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and

a

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w

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2

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