S-2.1, r. 13 - Regulation respecting occupational health and safety

Section 312.31 Disposition versions

2015-06-03

312.31. Dive plan: The dive plan that must be prepared by the diving supervisor in accordance with section 312.11 must include at least the following items:

(1)  the description of the dive sites, seabed characteristics and the nature of the work to be carried out;

(2)  the depth and duration of the dive;

(3)  the current velocity and, if applicable, the preventive measures to be taken to eliminate the risk of drifting;

(4)  the diving mode prescribed and the required equipment and material, including the nature and quantity of the breathing mixture used;

(5)  the identification of the hazards and the preventive measures to be taken to eliminate or control them;

(6)  the preventive measures in a contaminated environment and whether they are general or exceptional;

(7)  the duties assigned to each member of the dive team;

(8)  the establishment of a code for communication and recall to the surface by line signals;

(9)  the measures to be taken in case of emergency, such as communication failure between the surface and a diver, equipment failure or poor environmental conditions, such as wind, bad weather, currents, waves, bad visibility and contaminants or dangerous substances; those measures must include an underwater rescue simulation at every dive site, including a site likely to show a pressure differential, or when 50% or more of the dive team is replaced;

(10)  the evacuation and transportation methods for an injured diver, in particular, air transport, if applicable;

(11)  the contact information of the medical services to contact in case of decompression accident or other, particularly the contact information of the Service d’assistance médicale pour les urgences en plongée; and

(12)  the contact information of the administrative authorities concerned by the underwater work, such as the police, the port authority and the authorities in charge of the navigational waters, water intakes, water purification plants and hydraulic structures.

O.C. 425-2010, s. 3; S.Q. 2015, c. 13, s. 21.

2012-09-01

312.31. Dive plan: The dive plan that must be prepared by the diving supervisor in accordance with section 312.11 must include at least the following items:

(1)  the description of the dive sites, seabed characteristics and the nature of the work to be carried out;

(2)  the depth and duration of the dive;

(3)  the current velocity and, if applicable, the preventive measures to be taken to eliminate the risk of drifting;

(4)  the diving mode prescribed and the required equipment and material, including the nature and quantity of the breathing mixture used;

(5)  the identification of the hazards and the preventive measures to be taken to eliminate or control them;

(6)  the preventive measures in a contaminated environment and whether they are general or exceptional;

(7)  the duties assigned to each member of the dive team;

(8)  the establishment of a code for communication and recall to the surface by line signals;

(9)  the measures to be taken in case of emergency, such as communication failure between the surface and a diver, equipment failure or poor environmental conditions, such as wind, bad weather, currents, waves, bad visibility and contaminants; those measures must include an underwater rescue simulation at every dive site, including a site likely to show a pressure differential, or when 50% or more of the dive team is replaced;

(10)  the evacuation and transportation methods for an injured diver, in particular, air transport, if applicable;

(11)  the contact information of the medical services to contact in case of decompression accident or other, particularly the contact information of the Service d’assistance médicale pour les urgences en plongée; and

(12)  the contact information of the administrative authorities concerned by the underwater work, such as the police, the port authority and the authorities in charge of the navigational waters, water intakes, water purification plants and hydraulic structures.

O.C. 425-2010, s. 3.