How’s Your Bilge System Working?

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• Personal Author:
  Backus A ; Backus A
• Description:
  On the Saturday before the rainy nor'easter of April 15-16, I was purchasing a portable submersible pump for my cellar. I thought it might be a good idea because the rains of May 2006 brought the water table right up through my cement floor and I was pumping water out for seven days using my neighbor's pump. While pondering the size of pump I needed, I was thinking that I hadn't written about bilge-pump systems for a while and, with the rainy season coming, it might be a good time to review a few things. Fishing vessels are designed to be on the water, but water inside the vessel is a problem. It would seem reasonable for virtually all fishing vessels to be required to have a high-water alarms and dewatering devices regardless of where they fish but, currently, those federal regulations only apply to about one-third of the commercial fishing vessels in Maine, for example. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Hunting Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Equipment Design Equipment Maintenance Equipment Reliability Exposure Levels Fishing Fishing Industry Personal Protection Personal Protective Equipment PPE Risk Factors Safety Culture Safety Education Safety Equipment Safety Measures Seasonal Activity Seasonal Factors Training Work Environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  0273-6713
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062219
• Citation:
  Commercial Fish News 2007 May; :17B
• Contact Point Address:
  Ann Backus, MS, Director of Outreach, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA
• Email:
  abackus@hohp.harvard.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard School of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Commercial Fisheries News
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1e78aabef4fee14c04641d455febcbac318f010379cab33abcd529c5e46fdebc2ebe4b580f680ae40c5d0730aa1c22c418ebfe8276a9fe1769d6581e5a4bb03
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225514/cdc_225514_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 189.50 KB ]