46 CFR 197.334: Open diving bells.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46—Shipping
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER V—MARINE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS
- PART 197—GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Subpart B—Commercial Diving Operations
Each open diving bell must—
(a) Have an upper section that provides an envelope capable of maintaining a bubble of breathing mixture available to a diver standing on the lower section of the platform with his body through the open bottom and his head in the bubble;
(b) Have lifting equipment capable of returning the occupied open bell to the dive location;
(c) Have an umbilical; and
(d) Be—(1) Made of corrosion-resisting material; or
(2) Protected against and maintained free from injurious corrosion.
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