Posted by Kevin on January 11, 2001 at 16:43:34:
In Reply to: Nitrox and OSHA posted by Jon on January 11, 2001 at 16:11:02:
Dear Jon:
Good questions, and a complicated subject. To keep things simple, let me respond JUST to the "OSHA" regulations you asked for. The following are just some of the Federal OSHA regulations that relate to any dive shop, dive boat or instructor located within:
"the United States, or within any State, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Island, the Canal
Zone, or within the Outer Continental Shelf lands as defined in the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (67 Stat. 462, 43 U.S.C. 1331), where diving and
related support operations are performed."
FEDERAL OSHA Standards
1910.401, Scope and application.
1910.402, Definitions.
1910.410, Qualifications of dive team.
1910.420, Safe practices manual.
1910.421, Pre-dive procedures.
1910.422, Procedures during dive.
1910.423, Post-dive procedures.
1910.424, SCUBA diving.
1910.425, Surface-supplied air diving.
1910.426, Mixed-gas diving.
1910.427, Lifeboating.
1910.430, Equipment.
1910.440, Recordkeeping requirements.
1910.441, Effective date.
Its truly quite insane, but wait, here are the State of Ca OSHA regs:
Subchapter 7. General Industry Safety Orders
Group 26. Diving Operations
Article 152. Diving Operations
§6050. General.
§6051. Definitions.
§6052. General Requirements.
§6053. Medical Requirements of Dive Team.
§6054. Manual for Diving Safety.
§6055. Dive Planning.
§6056. Basic Operation Procedures.
§6057. Equipment Procedures and Requirements.
§6058. Recordkeeping Requirements.
It gets far worse when you really get into other laws and codes that relate to diving. Like county and city ordinances that relate to diving.
I hope I answered your OSHA question. Don't even get me started on all the other laws, code, rules, regulations, conditions and requirtements that relate to my few simple questions I asked in my origional post.
Kevin