LEGISLATION

Italian Decree 27.07.1999 n. 271 is the law on health and safety of seafarers, for Italian flag vessels. The aim of the norm is to safeguard workers and to prevent occupational injuries and diseases. Amongst the ship owner’s obligations is the appointment of the Occupational Physician for the arrangement of seafarers’ health surveillance.

OUR SERVICE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

By the entrustment of the management mandate for health surveillance, through the appointment of the Occupational Physician, Med Maritime Srl helps your company to comply with the requirements set by the current legislation, Decree 271/99, in matters of health protection in the work place.

Our staff of physicians is present on the territory and travels worldwide with portable equipment to reach your crews directly in their workplace: your vessels. Our organisation allows us to send the Occupational Physician on board vessels, at least twice a year for mandatory workplace inspections and medical checks of the crewmembers.

The service includes 

• Appointment of Occupational Physcian
• Arrangement of the Health Surveillance programme and medical protocol
• Medical checks
• Instrumental examinations and verifications
• Issue of workers’ judgements of fitness certificates
• Creation, management and storage of medical records for each worker
• Mandatory on board inspections (at least twice a year)
• Forwarding of workers’ judgments of fitness
• Occupational physician fulfilments (communication of the anonymous collective results, workers’ information on the results and meaning of performed health checks, …)
• Cooperation, when required, for occupational risks assessment

LEGISLATION

Italian Decree 09.04.2008 is the law on workers’ health and safety. The aim of this legislation is workers’ protection and prevention form occupational injuries and diseases.

Amongst the ship owner’s obligations is the appointment of the Occupational Physician for the arrangement of health surveillance for employees.

OUR SERVICE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

By the entrustment of the management mandate for health surveillance, through the appointment of the Occupational Physician, Med Maritime Srl helps your company to comply with the requirements set by the current legislation, Decree 81/08, in matters of health protection in the work place.

Our staff of physicians is present on the territory to reach your Company and visit workers directly on the workplace.

The service includes 

• Appointment of Occupational Physcian
• Arrangement of the Health Surveillance programme and medical protocol
• Medical checks
• Instrumental examinations and verifications
• Issue of workers’ judgements of fitness certificates
• Creation, management and storage of medical records for each worker
• Yearly workplace inspection
• Forwarding of workers’ judgments of fitness
• Information to workers and safety representatives about the meaning of perfomed health checks
• Communication, to safety manager, of the anonymous collective results of clinical and instrumental checks, during periodical meetings
• Yearly transmission of data to Local Health Administration (Asl)
• Cooperation, when required, for occupational risks assessment  and performance of First Aid training

For more information or a quotation, contact us!

LEGISLATION

Following the 1989 accident on the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, the most important International Origanizations and major Oil Companies have defined guide lines to prevent alcohol and psychoactive drug abuse on board vessels.

Since over 30 years, in cooperation with Medscreen (now Abbot), we at Med Maritime Srl supply the drug&alcohol control service in the maritime sector.

We always apply a single collection procedure, which grants legally defensible results. Tests are analysed and certified by our partner Abbot, London, world certified leader in the maritime sector. Thanks to this partnership, we ensure reliable and rapid results through cutting-edge technology, computerised systems and qualified laboratory staff.

Our system boasts a network of trained collectors, all trained according to a single, internationally recognised procedure. The uniformity of our system grants a quality and compliant service, everywhere.

OUR PROGRAMMES, TAILOR MADE FOR YOU 

• D&A ON BOARD – WORLDWIDE

We work with you to create control programmes, which target you specific requirements. We build robust control policies based on your requests, granting compliance.

After defining the most adequate control programme, we organise urine collections directly on board your vessels through a network of collectors in over 1,000 ports worldwide.

Our structure allows you to calibrate the level of control you wish to have on your programme. Thanks to our thirty years’ experience, our team can manage your control programme all around, from monitoring of deadlines, to arranging the interventions, granting you the peace of mind of a cutting-edge and professional service.

Moreover, we offer statistical analysis and database management to supplement the control programme.

To assess a complete control programme or a sporadic intervention, contact us.

• PREIMBARKATION D&A  – ITALY

Our preimbarkation service allows to perform preimbarkation Drug&Alcohol controls at our fully equipped centres in major Italian ports, where our trained Collectors perform single urine sampling by appointment. For more information, contact us.

• EMERGENCY KITS

Designed for emergency situations, our collection kits allow to perform sampling for laboratory analysis in case it is not possible to send a collector from our network. For more information, contact us.

For more information or a quotation, contact us!

LEGISLATION

The Hygiene package, constituted by regulations (EC) 852,853/2004, 625/2017 and by directive 2002/99, supplies the guidelines in terms of food safety. The norm forces every operator of the food sector to apply the HACCP control system.

The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is an hygienic self-control system. The aim of HACCP is to ensure food safety in all phases of the food chain.

The vessel represents an environment for storage, manipulation and serving of food, and is therefore subject to mentioned legislation.

OUR SERVICE

SAMPLING, ANALYSIS, FOLLOW UP, TRAINING, MANUALS

Med Maritime Srl organises activities on the self-control strategies over the hygienic state of the vessel kitchen. Our services starts from deadlines monitoring and on board samplings, up to analysis certification at accredited laboratories. The cycle ends with interpretations of the results and indication of corrective measures to undertake, as follow-up and in view of the continuous improvement envisaged by MLC2006

Based on needs, we can plan samplings in conjunction with other services, at regular intervals, or as spot interventions.

Our HACCP services:

• Collections of swabs in the kitchen, to search for potential bacteriological contaminations.
• Collection of water samples for drinking water chemical and bacteriological analysis.
• Collection of water samples legionella analysis
• Training refresh for crew in charge.
• HACCP plans via  the HACCP self-control manual

For more information or a quotation, contact us!

LEGISLATION

Italian Decree 81/08 envisages the assessment of environmental risks on the workplace. Moreover and specifically for vessels, MLC2006 establishes such assessments must be performed.

OUR SERVICE

Our service includes a survey on board by our specialised technicians, equipped with sophisticated portable equipment, and with extended experience on board merchant vessels. During one single survey on board, we are able to asses a wide range of environmental agents such as:

VIBRATIONS RISK
If transmitted to the body, mechanical vibrations entail risks for workers’ health and safety, namely lumbago and rachis trauma. As it is well known, several working activities performed on board means of transport or means of handling, expose the body to vibrations and impacts, which can be harmful for the person exposed.
We perform full body and hand-arm measurements.

NOISE RISK
Noise can cause a series of damages to health. The most severe, most known and studied, is hypoacusia that is permanent hearing loss, of different entity. Possible effects on safety are not to be underestimated either: noise can determine a masking effect, which disturbs verbal communications and the perception of acoustic alarms, with possible increase of occupational injuries.
We perform noise measurements with environment meter and dosimetry on seafarers.

CHEMICAL RISK
Chemical risk in the working environment can be ascribed to the presence of dangerous chemical agents.
We perform personal measurements of volatile organic compounds and environmental measurements of gas. Also, safety sheets (MSDS) of the products present on board are analysed.

ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
Measurements: We perform personal measurements on microclimate and electromagnetic fields in leisure and working environments
The final reports illustrate and analyse the performed measurements.

For more information or a quotation, contact us!

LEGISLATION

MLC 2006 envisages the implementation of strategies for the protection and prevention of on board workers’ health.

“The laws and regulations and other measures to be adopted shall include […]: on-board programmes […] for continuous improvement in occupational safety and health protection”

MLC2006, Standard A4.3

OUR SERVICE

Our On-board Wellness Campaigns respond to the need to encourage healthy principles and life styles on board, and represent a concrete instrument to allow the vessel to put into practice adequate activities oriented towards the well-being of the crew.

The Wellness Campaigns can focus on different topics to respond to the specific requirements of the vessel and the ship owner. For each topic, a project is developed which defines objectives, key roles, information and instruments and a dedicated booklet is delivered to the vessel. The supplied consultancy and material, allow to trace the achievement of the set goals.

For more information or a quotation, contact us!