Improve safety of vehicle deck access openings and increase sill heights
Sheen Inquiry · Sheen Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 24 July 1987
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
In conjunction with all such arrangements, detailed consideration should be given to access openings from the vehicle deck. Sill heights should be increased appreciably. Wherever possible access to spaces such as the engine room and below bulkhead deck passenger accommodation should be without intermediate access to the bulkhead deck. Exits in the casings from this vehicle deck should lead only upwards. Access to below bulkhead deck spaces, except where through watertight doors kept shut at sea, should be from the deck above the bulkhead deck. The Court does not agree that it would be a major problem to achieve substantially higher downflooding angles. It would seem to be relatively easy and achievable even on many existing vessels. Immediate attention should be given to this point.
Sheen Inquiry, Sheen Inquiry — Final Report · 24 Jul 1987 Source PDF →
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