National Fishing Vessel Safety Training Infrastructure

Details

• Personal Author:
  Dzugan J
• Description:
  The outcome of this project includes 209 fishermen trained in conducting Emergency Procedures Drills, 209 fishermen trained in Fishing Vessel Stability Awareness, and 22 new marine safety instructors, and other fishermen trained navigation and other safety workshops totally 1,101 commercial fishermen trained in 136 workshops over the last 3 years along the coastline ranging from Texas to North Carolina. Additional outcomes include an increase in knowledge and skills related to use of survival equipment and procedures to take in an emergency. This has been demonstrated in skills check off training requirements and in pre and post tests. Results of evaluating the project are as follows: 1. A process evaluation measured the number of individuals trained and courses held: 3 MSIT trainings for 22 new instructors, 22 Drill Conductor workshops for 209 new drill conductors, 36 stability workshops for 290 trained in stability, and 4 high school fishing safety classes for 59 students already engaged in commercial fishing. Including the attendance in ergonomic, navigation and other safety training, a total of 1,218 fishermen in classes over the 3 years of this project. 2. NIOSH data was used to compare the number of fatalities in the previous 5-year period to the most recent 5-year period - NIOSH data was used to compare the number of fatalities in the previous 5-year period to the most recent 5-year period. In the Gulf of Mexico region of NIOSH data, there were 37 commercial fishing fatalities between 2012 and 2016 including 19 fatalities from vessel disasters and 12 fatalities from falls overboard. In the most recent five-year data, there were 38 commercial fishing fatalities (2017 to 2021) including 10 fatalities from vessel disasters and 18 fatalities from falls overboard. This demonstrates not much change (37 vs 38) in overall fatalities, but with a decrease in fatals from vessel related associated with the loss of a vessel (19 to 10), but an actual increase in falls overboard fatals (from 12 to 18) in the latest 5-year period. None of the small sample of emailed surveys that was returned from this region from trained fishermen noted that they had been in an emergency and used their training to survive. However during this 3 year project, 2 vessels sank in this region with a total of 4 people and all survived in part due by the rapid and effective reactions of the crewmember on the vessel that was trained in this program. 3. Written post course evaluations for Drill Conductor, MSIT and stability classes noted 100% of participants said they would recommend the course to others. 80% of respondents provided examples for how the course will change their safety practices on the water (i.e., 40% of respondents said they be more are and mindful of risks), comments included "Will practice drills more often", "Bought an abandon ship and flooding control kits)", "Updating and increasing frequency of our emergency drills", "No one is allowed now to use the "rest room" outside on deck", "Updated my flooding control kit and now doing regular fire safety checks" etc. When asked to rate the quality of the instructor, 96% of respondents rated their instructor as "excellent" and the remaining 4% rated their instructor as "good." 4. All new instructors met all major criteria in the Instructor Evaluation Criteria Checklist used for new instructors. Knowledge gain from MSIT training completion was assessed using pre and post tests for all new MSIT trainees with pre test scores averaging 85% and post test scores averaging 92.8%. Knowledge gain from the stability workshops was assessed using pre and post tests with pre test scores averaging 50 % and post test scores averaging 91%. 5. Pre and post tests were used to measure the gain in knowledge in ergonomic best practices for fish workers. Ergonomic pre/post tests showed a gain of 63% pretest to 89% after training- a gain of 26% in knowledge. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Disaster Planning Emergencies Ergonomics Hunting Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Emergency Preparedness Fishing Industry Marine Workers Safety Education Training
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067258
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, T03-OH-011921, 2022 Nov; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  Alaska Marine Safety Education Association
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20190901
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20250831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219190/cdc_219190_DS1.pdf
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