29 CFR §1910.427
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- (a)General. Employers engaged in diving operations involving liveboating shall comply with the following requirements.
- (b)Limits. Diving operations involving liveboating shall not be conducted:
- (1)With an inwater decompression time of greater than 120 minutes;
- (2)Using surface-supplied air at depths deeper than 190 fsw, except that dives with bottom times of 30 minutes or less may be conducted to depths of 220 fsw;
- (3)Using mixed gas at depths greater than 220 fsw;
- (4)In rough seas which significantly inpede diver mobility or work function; or
- (5)In other than daylight hours.
- (c)Procedures.
- (1)The propeller of the vessel shall be stopped before the diver enters or exits the water.
- (2)A device shall be used which minimizes the possibility of entanglement of the diver's hose in the propeller of the vessel.
- (3)Two-way voice communication between the designated person-in-charge and the person controlling the vessel shall be available while the diver is in the water.
- (4)A standby diver shall be available while a diver is in the water.
- (5)A diver-carried reserve breathing gas supply shall be carried by each diver engaged in liveboating operations.