Washington Safety for Commercial Dive Teams

• Category: Washington Workers Compensation - Official
• State: Washington
• Control #: WA-SKU-3928
• Format: PDF

Description

Safety for Commercial Dive Teams Washington Safety for Commercial Dive Teams is a set of standards set by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries to ensure the safety of commercial divers. These standards are intended to protect divers from potential injury or death from hazardous conditions that may be encountered while working underwater. Washington Safety for Commercial Dive Teams includes safety guidelines for equipment, procedures, and practices that must be followed when conducting commercial dives. The different types of Washington Safety for Commercial Dive Teams are: • Dive Equipment Safety: This includes requirements for the use of dive gear such as tanks, regulators, masks, and other related items. It also includes proper maintenance and testing of these items. • Dive Procedures Safety: This includes guidelines for proper dive planning, dive team composition, dive site selection, dive depths, and dive team communications. • Dive Practices Safety: This includes guidelines for proper dive team preparation, dive team training, dive team organization and management, dive team safety and emergency procedures, and dive team documentation. • Dive Training Safety: This includes guidelines for the proper training of divers, dive supervisors, and dive masters. It also includes guidelines for the use of dive simulators and other specialized safety equipment. • Dive Medical Safety: This includes guidelines for the medical screening of divers, dive medical evaluations, dive medical monitoring, dive medical support, and dive medical emergency procedures.

Washington Safety for Commercial Dive Teams is a set of standards set by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries to ensure the safety of commercial divers. These standards are intended to protect divers from potential injury or death from hazardous conditions that may be encountered while working underwater. Washington Safety for Commercial Dive Teams includes safety guidelines for equipment, procedures, and practices that must be followed when conducting commercial dives. The different types of Washington Safety for Commercial Dive Teams are: • Dive Equipment Safety: This includes requirements for the use of dive gear such as tanks, regulators, masks, and other related items. It also includes proper maintenance and testing of these items. • Dive Procedures Safety: This includes guidelines for proper dive planning, dive team composition, dive site selection, dive depths, and dive team communications. • Dive Practices Safety: This includes guidelines for proper dive team preparation, dive team training, dive team organization and management, dive team safety and emergency procedures, and dive team documentation. • Dive Training Safety: This includes guidelines for the proper training of divers, dive supervisors, and dive masters. It also includes guidelines for the use of dive simulators and other specialized safety equipment. • Dive Medical Safety: This includes guidelines for the medical screening of divers, dive medical evaluations, dive medical monitoring, dive medical support, and dive medical emergency procedures.