Commercial diving projects inland/inshore - Health and Safety ...
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Regulation 12<br />
Regulation<br />
12(1)(b)<br />
ACOP<br />
12(1)(b)<br />
Regulation 15<br />
Regulation<br />
15(1)<br />
ACOP<br />
15(1)<br />
Regulation 13<br />
Regulation<br />
13(1)(b)<br />
ACOP<br />
13(1)(b)<br />
Medical checks<br />
(1) No divershall dive in a <strong>diving</strong>project unless he —<br />
(b) has a valid certificate ofmedicalfitness to dive.<br />
141 All divers atworkmust have a validcertificateof medicalfitness<br />
to diveissuedby an HSE medical examinerofdivers.The certificateof<br />
medicalfitness to dive is a statement of the diver's fitness to perform<br />
work underwater,<strong>and</strong>is validfor as long as the doctor certifies, up to<br />
amaximum of 12 months.<br />
142 Where an annualmedicalexamination is carried out less than a<br />
monthbeforethe expiry ofthe currentmedical certificateto dive, the<br />
startdate ofthe new certificatemaybeginfrom the expirydate ofthe<br />
currentcertificate.<br />
143 Traineedivers who trainwhile atwork must hold a certificateof<br />
medicalfitnessto dive beforetheybegintraining. This will help<br />
potentialdivers to be awareofany health problems that may affect<br />
their employment prospectsorlong-termhealth, should they continue<br />
to dive. The pre-trainingmedicalexaminationcontainsthe same<br />
elements as the annual medical assessment with the additionofsuch<br />
investigations as blood group<strong>and</strong> so on.<br />
144 Everydiver, or personwho is likely to be subject to hyperbaric<br />
conditionsas routineratherthan in an emergency, must have a valid<br />
certificateofmedicalfitness to dive.<br />
(1) A certificate ofmedicalfitness to dive isa certificatefrom a medical<br />
examinerofdivers (orfrom the Executive following an appealunder paragraph (4,))<br />
that theperson issuing the certificate considers theperson namedin thecertificate to<br />
befit to dive.<br />
145 The medicalexamination <strong>and</strong> assessmentlook at the diver's<br />
overallfitnessto dive. These includethe main systems ofthe bodycardiovascular<br />
system, respiratory system <strong>and</strong>central nervoussystem<br />
- as well as the ears, nose<strong>and</strong>throat, vision, dentition,<strong>and</strong> the<br />
person's capacity for exercise.<br />
(1) Noperson shall dive in a <strong>diving</strong>project —<br />
(b) ifhe knows ofanything (including any illness or medicalcondition)<br />
which makes him unfit to dive.<br />
146 People who dive in a <strong>diving</strong> project<strong>and</strong>who considerthemselves<br />
unfit for any reason, for example, fatigue, minor injury, recent<br />
medicaltreatment, must informtheir supervisor. Even a minorillness,<br />
such as the common coldor adental problem, can have seriouseffects<br />
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