Welcome

Welcome to the digital version of the following documents related to working under hyperbaric conditions:

  • Working Conditions Catalogue Working under hyperbaric conditions Diving work and Caisson work and other work under hyperbaric conditions;
  • Guideline Working under Hyperbaric Conditions work Hyperbaric Medicine;
  • WOD-SOE;
  • Information notes diving;
  • Diving medical examination guidelines.

Working Conditions Catalogue Working under hyperbaric conditions Diving work and Caisson work and other work under hyperbaric conditions and Guideline Working under Hyperbaric Conditions work Hyperbaric Medicine

The Working Conditions Catalogue and Guideline describe as much as possible the occupational risks that employers and employees face when working under hyperbaric conditions. For all these risks, the minimum control measures are mentioned which an employer and employee must take in order to control these risks.

Since different diving methods are being used, the section Diving work consists of 4 documents and these are:

  • SCUBA Category A1;
  • SCUBA Other;
  • SSE;
  • Dry diving bell / saturation.

Note:

SCUBA and SCUBA with OLV are unsuitable for application in work performed on a construction site and/or a construction as described in Article 1.1 paragraph 2 of the Working Conditions Decree and for application in mining/energy production related work. Excluded are activities carried out within the framework of relief- and rescue activities.

WOD-SOE

The document WOD-SOE (Working under Hyperbaric Conditions  System- and Maintenance Requirements) forms part of the Working Conditions Catalogue Diving work, Caisson work and other work under hyperbaric conditions and the Guideline Working under Hyperbaric Conditions work Hyperbaric Medicine.

Information notes diving

The information notes diving describe more in detail the risks and control measures of pressure differences (Delta P), working with a high pressure jetting gun and working at contaminated locations, which are mentioned in the Working Conditions Catalogue Working under Hyperbaric Conditions Diving work and Caisson work and other work under hyperbaric conditions.

Diving medical examination guidelines

The Working Condition Catalogue en Guideline refer to requirements in the examination guidelines.

English translation

An English translation is at the moment  available for the Working Conditions Catalogue Diving work, WOD-SOE and the Information notes diving pressure differences (Delta P) and working with a high pressure jetting gun.

The Dutch versions are the official versions. 

PDF documents and revision

All documents are available in PDF format for easy copying and electronic storage and/or printing.

To view the PDF documents, you can click in the left column on the relevant diving method, caisson work and other work under hyperbaric conditions, work hyperbaric medicine, WOD-SOE, the relevant Information note diving or diving medical examination guideline.

The Working Conditions Catalogue Working under Hyperbaric Conditions Diving work, Caisson work and other work under hyperbaric conditions, the Guideline Working under Hyperbaric Conditions work Hyperbaric Medicine including the WOD-SOE and the Information notes diving, will be regularly evaluated and updated. Risks can be added, minimum control measures can be amended and material requirements can be changed. Therefore it is essential that when using a PDF document which has been copied from the website, it is always checked that the most recent version is used.

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