Engine Room Essay

An engineer has a minimum of 11-12hrs working in the engine room before they shift to other

engineers, in 12hrs of working inside the engine room; they were exposed in different kinds of

chemicals and in a very high temperature under the engine room, Engine rooms are commonly hot

that is why we can’t prevent this accidents, and a very hot temperature can cause a severe damage to

the person if it will not be cured instantly. Chemicals also are harmful to engineers; a wrong move can

cost your life in danger. (Adams, N/D)

Heat Cramps

The one of the most common illness that engineers encounter in the engine room is Heat

Cramps. Engineers who encounter this is giving a sign that the body is not compatible

The symptom of heat cramps is having a too much pain in your muscles in the legs and

or in other part of the body; the cause of heat cramps is lack of fluid in your body due to a heavy

perspiration because of the increasing of very hot temperature inside the engine room. And muscle

also become less flexible, this will lessen an engineer’s movements (Adams, N/D ). If engineer

accidentally encountered heat cramps in the middle of work this can be bad because it has a

possibility that accidents will happen.

Heat Stroke

Heat Stroke is the most severely dangerous of all accidents that can happen inside the engine

room, heat stroke has a 90% chance of death that is why this is the most life threatening accident that

can happen in a marine engineer. A prolonged exposure into a high temperature, less fluid intake, or a

failure temperature regulation of the body may cause into heat stroke. Heat stroke also occurs when

the body temperature rises above 40.5C. The symptoms of this is skin is dry with no sweating and

person in this rate has a worse mental condition. (Adams, N/D)

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Asphyxia

Asphyxia is a condition that a person’s blood cannot take a sufficient supply of oxygen to the

brain. The effect of this in the body is headache, dizziness, inability to concentrate and

unconsciousness on itself (Adams, N/D). This can possibly effect in an engineer, because engine room

has a high temperature that can cause of lack of oxygen inside.

Hyperthermia

An engine room is composed of a very hot environment that an engineer will perspires a lot,

as this perspiration evaporates from the skin and when the body occurs in the body’s metabolic heat

production, this will slow the blood circulation in the body. The symptoms of hyperthermia is heat

crams, heat fatigue, heat syncope and heat stroke, this symptoms may be a guide to warn the person to

make an action before hyperthermia affects his or her body (Adams, N/D).

Heat Exhaustion

The heat exhaustion is more dangerous than heat cramps, this is cause of too much exposure

to high temperatures. The symptom of this is the person can’t breathe properly because of excessive

loss of fluids in the body, feeling dizzy nor having a heavy headache, body weakness and