True or False: per the UK Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers, an unguarded opening that poses a fall risk should be closed or fitted with guardrails as soon as work near it is finished.

Q: True or False: per the UK Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers, an unguarded opening that poses a fall risk should be closed or fitted with guardrails as soon as work near it is finished.

True True. COSWP Chapter 11.5 requires openings that pose a fall risk to be guarded with rails at set heights, or closed. Seacon Oslo's grating was left open and unguarded for two full days after the work requiring it to be open had finished.

A. False

B. True

You're asked to test a deck crane grab after electrical repairs nearby. As the grab is hoisted, what should have happened first?

A. Nothing — a test lift can proceed immediately after repairs

B. The area within the grab's swing radius should be cleared of personnel before the lift

C. Testing should wait until cargo operations begin

D. Only the crane operator needs to be aware the lift is happening

A toolbox talk held before a lifting operation should explicitly cover which of the following?

A. Only the weather forecast for the next watch

B. The lunch schedule for the deck team

C. Who must remain clear of the exclusion zone while the lift takes place

D. The cargo manifest for the next port

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