osha-workplace-safety · Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Published 2004-02-17 · Effective 2004-03-18 · 69 FR 7351
Document
Document number
04-3289
Federal Register citation
69 FR 7351
CFR reference
29 CFR 1910
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
osha-workplace-safety
Sub-agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Publication date
2004-02-17
Effective date
2004-03-18
DOL docket
Docket No. S-550
Abstract
OSHA is issuing this final rule to amend its Commercial Diving Operations (CDO) standards. This final rule allows employers of recreational diving instructors and diving guides to comply with an alternative set of requirements instead of the decompression-chamber requirements in the current CDO standards. The final rule applies only when these employees engage in recreational diving instruction and diving-guide duties; use an open-circuit, a semi-closed-circuit, or a closed-circuit self-contained underwater-breathing apparatus supplied with a breathing gas that has a high percentage of oxygen mixed with nitrogen; dive to a maximum depth of 130 feet of sea water; and remain within the no-decompression limits specified for the partial pressure of nitrogen in the breathing-gas mixture. These alternate requirements essentially are the same as the terms of a variance granted by OSHA to Dixie Divers, Inc. in 1999.