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91-191 - General

Section 322
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Diving equipment
322(1)An employer and a diving supervisor shall ensure that all diving plant and equipment, including breathing apparatus, compressors, compressed gas cylinders, gas control valves, pressure gauges, reserve gas-supply devices, piping, helmets, winches, cables, diving bells, stages and all accessories necessary for the safe conduct of the underwater diving operation, is
(a) of design meeting the standards of CSA or standards equivalent to those of CSA for the item in question, of sound construction, of adequate strength, free from patent defect and maintained in a condition that will ensure its continuing operating integrity for the purpose and depths for which it was originally designed or subsequently used,
(b) protected against malfunction at low temperatures that may be caused by ambient air or water or the expansion of gas, and
(c) used in an unmodified form unless the modification is specifically certified or approved by the manufacturer.
322(2)A supplier of diving plant and equipment used in an underwater diving operation shall ensure that
(a) the diving plant and equipment is examined, tested, overhauled and repaired in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommended procedures,
(b) gauges and metering equipment on diving equipment are checked every six months or whenever a discrepancy is observed, whichever occurs first, and
(c) defective diving equipment is removed from service until repaired.
322(3)An employer and a diving supervisor shall each ensure that defective diving plant and equipment is removed from service until repaired.
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Diving equipment
322(1)An employer and a diving supervisor shall ensure that all diving plant and equipment, including breathing apparatus, compressors, compressed gas cylinders, gas control valves, pressure gauges, reserve gas-supply devices, piping, helmets, winches, cables, diving bells, stages and all accessories necessary for the safe conduct of the underwater diving operation, is
(a) of design meeting the standards of CSA or standards equivalent to those of CSA for the item in question, of sound construction, of adequate strength, free from patent defect and maintained in a condition that will ensure its continuing operating integrity for the purpose and depths for which it was originally designed or subsequently used,
(b) protected against malfunction at low temperatures that may be caused by ambient air or water or the expansion of gas, and
(c) used in an unmodified form unless the modification is specifically certified or approved by the manufacturer.
322(2)A supplier of diving plant and equipment used in an underwater diving operation shall ensure that
(a) the diving plant and equipment is examined, tested, overhauled and repaired in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommended procedures,
(b) gauges and metering equipment on diving equipment are checked every six months or whenever a discrepancy is observed, whichever occurs first, and
(c) defective diving equipment is removed from service until repaired.
322(3)An employer and a diving supervisor shall each ensure that defective diving plant and equipment is removed from service until repaired.