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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
180Additional control – dive safety log to be kept
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180 Additional control – dive safety log to be kept
where general diving work is carried out must keep a dive safety log
that contains the following information about each dive carried out
by a worker:
(a) the name of the worker who carries out the dive;
(b) the name of any other person with whom the dive is carried
out;
(c) the name of the competent person appointed under
regulation 177 to supervise the diving work;
(d) the date and location of the dive;
(e) the time each diver enters and leaves the water;
(f) the maximum depth of the dive;
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(g) any incident, difficulty, discomfort or injury that occurs or is
experienced during the dive;
(h) if the dive was carried out using a dive computer – the dive
time;
(i) if the dive was carried out using dive tables – the repetitive
dive group, if available, and either the bottom time or the dive
time;
(j) if the repetitive group and surface interval result in a repetitive
factor – the surface interval and the repetitive factor;
(k) if the dive is carried out using EANx:
(i) the oxygen content of the EANx; and
(ii) the maximum operating depth of the EANx;
(l) if the dive is carried out using mixed gas:
(i) the oxygen content and the nitrogen content (if any) of
the gas; and
(ii) the maximum operating depth of the mixed gas; and
(iii) the minimum operating depth of the bottom mix.
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