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(a) General. The employer shall comply with the following requirements which are applicable to each diving operation unless otherwise specified.
(b) Water Entry Exit.
(1) A means capable of supporting the diver shall be provided for entering and exiting the water.
(2) The means provided for exiting the water shall extend below the water surface.
(3) A means shall be provided to assist an injured diver from the water or into a bell.
EXCEPTION: This subsection shall not apply to SCUBA diving operations.
(c) Communications.
(1) An operational two-way voice communication system shall be used on all dives between:
(A) Each surface-supplied air or mixed-gas diver and a dive team member at the dive location or bell (when provided or required); and
(B) The bell and dive location.
(2) An operational two-way communication system shall be available at the dive location to obtain emergency assistance.
EXCEPTION: This subsection, (c) communications, shall not apply to SCUBA and HOOKAH diving operation conducted within no-decompression limits.
(d) Dive Profiles. A depth-timer, profile, including when appropriate any breathing gas changes, shall be maintained for each diver during the dive including decompression.
EXCEPTION: This subsection shall not apply to SCUBA and HOOKAH diving operations conducted within no-decompression limits.
(e) Termination of Dive. The working interval of a dive shall be terminated when:
(1) A diver requests termination;
(2) A diver fails to respond correctly to communications or signals from the dive team member or the "buddy diver";
(3) Communications are lost and cannot be quickly re-established between the diver and a dive team member at the dive location, and between the designated person-in-charge and the person controlling the vessel in liveboating operations; or
(4) A diver begins to use diver-carried reserve breathing gas or the dive-location reserve breathing gas.
NOTE: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
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