A seafarer who suffered an illness on board the vessel must be compensated due to work-related stress.It is medically accepted that stress, the Court said, has major effects on a person’s metabolic activity, including seafarers who are exposed to various strain and stress – physical, mental and emotional.
While inside the vessel for several months, a seafarer is exposed to physical and psychological stress due to his job, lack of sleep, heat stress, emergency works and homesickness for being away from his family. The study pointed out that seafaring is a dangerous occupation because it includes a number of workplace dangers in combination, something rare in other industries.
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