Div 9Records

Division 9—Records 184—Diving operations record (1) A diving supervisor for a diving operation must ensure that a diving operations record for the operation is maintained in the form required by subregulations (2) and (3). (2) A diving operations record— (a) must be kept in a hard‑covered form bound in such a way that its pages cannot easily be removed; or (b) if it is in a form that has multiple copies of each page, must be bound so that at least 1 copy of each page cannot easily be removed. (3) The pages of a diving operations record must be serially numbered. (4) The diving supervisor for a diving operation must ensure that an entry is made in the diving operations record for each day when diving for the operation takes place, with the following information about the diving operation on that day: (a) the date to which the entry relates; (b) the diving contractor's name and address; (c) the name of the diving supervisor, or the names of the diving supervisors, who supervised the operation; (d) the location of the diving operation (including, if the diving was done from a vessel or installation, its name); (e) the name of each person who took part in the operation (whether as a diver or as a member of a dive team); (f) the name of each person who took part as a diver or stand by diver in the operation; (g) the purpose of the diving operation; (h) for each diver—the breathing apparatus and breathing mixture used; (i) for each diver—the times at which the diver left the surface, reached the bottom, left the bottom and arrived at the surface again, and bottom time; (j) for each diver—the maximum depth reached; (k) the decompression schedule followed including, for each diver, details of the depths and the duration at each depth during decompression; (l) details of any emergency or incident of special note that happened during the operation; (m) details of any decompression illness and any treatment given; (n) details of any significant defect or significant failure of diving plant or equipment used in the operation; (o) details of any environmental factors relevant to the operation; (p) anything else that is likely to affect the health or safety of anybody who took part in the operation. (5) A diving supervisor responsible for a diving operation must sign— (a) either— (i) if the record is in a form that has multiple copies of each page—the original of each page of each entry; or (ii) in any other case—each page of each entry; or (b) if there are 2 or more diving supervisors for the operation—those parts of the entry that relate to diving work that they supervised, in the diving operations record for the operation and must print their name below the signature. (6) A diving contractor must keep a diving operations record for at least 7 years after the last entry in it. 185—Divers' log books (1) A diver must— (a) have a log book in the form required by subregulation (2); and (b) for each time they dive— (i) make an entry in the log book, in ink, as required by subregulation (3); and (ii) sign the entry; and (iii) have the diving supervisor for the operation countersign the entry; and (c) keep the log book for at least 7 years after the date of the last entry in it. (2) The log book must— (a) have hard covers; and (b) be bound so that pages cannot easily be removed; and (c) have its pages serially numbered; and (d) show the diver's name; and (e) have a clear photograph of the head and shoulders of the diver; and (f) have a specimen of the diver's signature. (3) An entry in the log book must contain the following information: (a) the date to which the entry relates; (b) the location of the dive (and, if the dive was from a ship or installation, the name of the ship or installation); (c) the maximum depth reached; (d) the times at which the diver left the surface, reached the bottom, left the bottom and arrived at the surface again, and bottom time; (e) the breathing apparatus and breathing mixture used; (f) the decompression schedule followed; (g) the work done and the plant and tools used; (h) any decompression illness, barotrauma, discomfort or injury and details of any treatment given; (i) details of any emergency or incident; (j) anything else relevant to the diver's health or safety.