Marine Construction Safety
Starts With Man-Overboard Drills
The Challenge
Man-overboard drill records have gaps
MOB drills must happen regularly and be documented with participants, response time, and equipment used. Paper drill logs get completed in bulk before Coast Guard inspections.
PFD compliance is visual-only
Everyone is supposed to wear a PFD on the water. Compliance is checked by looking around, not documented. When someone falls in without a PFD, there is no record of prior compliance monitoring.
Vessel inspections disconnected from operations
Work barges, crew boats, and support vessels each need pre-use inspections. Paper inspection forms live in the wheelhouse and never connect to the daily construction report.
Weather hold decisions are undocumented
The decision to stop or continue marine work in deteriorating conditions is life-critical. These decisions are made by radio and rarely appear in any written record.
The POD Advantage
Voice-documented safety drills
Speak drill details during or immediately after — participants, rescue time, equipment deployment, lessons learned. POD creates the drill record without post-hoc paperwork.
PFD compliance logging
Daily PFD compliance observations documented as part of the safety report. Track compliance trends and identify crews that need reinforcement.
Integrated vessel inspections
Pre-use vessel inspections feed into the daily construction report. Any vessel deficiency is linked to the work activities it impacts.
Weather decision documentation
Weather hold and resume decisions documented with conditions, decision maker, and timestamp. Build the record that proves every weather decision was responsible.
Marine Safety Intelligence
“Coast Guard boarded our barge and asked for MOB drill records. We had done the drills but never documented them. They detained the vessel for 4 hours while we sorted it out. $8,000 in idle time.”
— Marine Safety Manager, Pile Driving Contractor
Industry-Specific KPIs That Update Themselves
POD tracks hundreds of KPIs from a 5-minute voice report. Here are just 2 of them.
Safety Performance
Earned Value Performance
Both cost and schedule under pressure
These update in real time from a 5-minute voice report. No spreadsheets. No data entry.
Frequently Asked Questions
Document Marine Safety That Regulators Respect
See how POD brings construction-grade safety documentation to marine operations.