{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-197.334","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 197.334","heading":"Open diving bells.","body":"Each open diving bell must—\n(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;\n(b) Have lifting equipment capable of returning the occupied open bell to the dive location;\n(c) Have an umbilical; and\n(d) Be—(1) Made of corrosion-resisting material; or\n(2) Protected against and maintained free from injurious corrosion.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"208e5a3cd840f2d068d9f501c479bc65d2779c59c0df10628087d6153474a266","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-197.332","next":"us/46-cfr-197.336"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}