§ 197.334 - Open diving bells.  


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  • § 197.334 Open diving bells.

    Each open diving bell must -

    (a) Have an upper section that provides an envelope capable of maintaining a bubble of breathing mixture available to a diver standing on the lower section of the platform with his body through the open bottom and his head in the bubble;

    (b) Have lifting equipment capable of returning the occupied open bell to the dive location;

    (c) Have an umbilical; and

    (d) Be -

    (1) Made of corrosion-resisting material; or

    (2) Protected against and maintained free from injurious corrosion.