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Mariner Wellness Best Practices – Impact on Safe Operations

Mariner Wellness Best Practices – Impact on Safe Operations. Dave Brown VP, HR & Safety, Ingram Barge Company. Kedge Anchor. – Sir Francis Drake.

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Mariner Wellness Best Practices – Impact on Safe Operations

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  1. MarinerWellness Best Practices – Impact on Safe Operations Dave Brown VP, HR & Safety, Ingram Barge Company

  2. KedgeAnchor

  3. – Sir Francis Drake “There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.”

  4. Wellness is a life-long journey.

  5. It is important to not only survive, but to THRIVE.

  6. Journey continues through retirement

  7. Common Myths Debunked Most mariners ARE, in fact, healthy

  8. Common Myths Debunked You CAN eat healthy on a boat

  9. Common Myths Debunked You CAN exercise on a boat

  10. Common Myths Debunked You CAN sleep well on a boat

  11. Common Myths Debunked You CAN manage stress on a boat

  12. Common Myths Debunked NVIC 04-08 is NOT all bad

  13. Mariner Wellness Best Practices:Employers’ “Thrive-All Guide”

  14. Mariner Wellness Best Practices • Partner with a medical group that provides physicals and access to specialists • Develop their expertise with NVIC 04-08, NMC, STCW • Work on relationship development with mariners • Involve mariners’ spouses, families

  15. Mariner Wellness Best Practices • Develop policy on physicals • Consider frequency of physicals greater than USCG’s 5-year standard • Provide your most at-risk mariners with extra support

  16. Mariner Wellness Best Practices • Modify benefits plan to cover costs of all preventative procedures • Physicals, sleep studies, colonoscopies, mammograms, vision, hearing • Incentivize or require preventative procedures • Provide access to online and/or personal wellness coaching

  17. Mariner Wellness Best Practices • Provide onboard exercise equipment • Provide training to cooks, crews on nutrition and healthy cooking • Recognize role models in the workforce • Empower wellness champions to “put your money where your mouth is”

  18. Wellness Impact on Safe Operations • Reduces likelihood of incapacitation while underway • Improves opportunity for quality sleep • Increases ability to manage stress • Reduces sleepiness, increases alertness • Happy, healthy mariners are safe and productive

  19. Recommended Reads

  20. “Kedging”

  21. “Kedging” Your Way to Wellness

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