[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR197.482]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 197_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Commercial Diving Operations
 
Sec. 197.482  Logbook entries.

    (a) The person-in-charge shall insure that the following information 
is recorded in the logbook for each commercial diving operation:
    (1) Date, time, and location at the start and completion of dive 
operations.
    (2) Approximate underwater and surface conditions (weather, 
visibility, temperatures, and currents).
    (3) Name of the diving supervisor.
    (4) General nature of work performed.
    (b) The diving supervisor shall insure that the following 
information is recorded in the logbook for each commercial diving 
operation:
    (1) Date, time, and location at the start and completion of each 
dive operation.
    (2) Approximate underwater and surface conditions (weather, 
visibility, temperatures, and currents).
    (3) Names of dive team members including diving supervisor.
    (4) General nature of work performed.
    (5) Repetitive dive designation or elapsed time since last 
hyperbaric exposure if less than 24 hours for each diver.
    (6) Diving modes used.
    (7) Maximum depth and bottom time for each diver.
    (8) Name of person-in-charge.
    (9) For each dive outside the no-decompression limits, deeper than 
130 fsw, or using mixed-gas, the breathing gases and decompression table 
designations used.
    (10) When decompression sickness or gas embolism is suspected or 
symptoms are evident--
    (i) The name of the diver; and
    (ii) A description and results of treatment.
    (11) For each fatality or any diving related injury or illness that 
results in incapacitation of more than 72 hours or requires any dive 
team member to be hospitalized for more than 24 hours--
    (i) The date;
    (ii) Time;
    (iii) Circumstances; and
    (iv) Extent of any injury or illness.
    (c) The diving supervisor shall insure that the following is 
recorded in the logbook for each diving operation deviating from the 
requirements of this subpart:
    (1) A description of the circumstances leading to the situation.
    (2) The deviations made.
    (3) The corrective action taken, if appropriate, to reduce the 
possibility of recurrence.
    (d) The diving supervisor shall insure that a record of the 
following is maintained:
    (1) The date and results of each check of the medical kits.
    (2) The date and results of each test of the air compressor.
    (3) The date and results of each check of breathing mixtures.
    (4) The date and results of each check of each breathing supply 
system.
    (5) The date, equipment cleaned, general cleaning procedure, and 
names of persons cleaning the diving equipment for oxygen service.
    (6) The date and results of each test of the breathing supply hoses 
and system.
    (7) The date and results of each inspection of the breathing gas 
supply system.
    (8) The date and results of each test of depth gages and timekeeping 
devices.
    (9) The date and results of each test and inspection of each PVHO.
    (10) The date and results of each inspection of the diving 
equipment.
    (11) The date and results of each test and inspection of pressure 
piping.
    (12) The date and results of each test and inspection of volume 
tanks and cylinders.
    (e) The diving supervisor shall insure that a notation concerning 
the location of the information required under paragraph (d) is made in 
the logbook.

    Note: 46 U.S.C. 11301 requires that certain entries be made in an 
official logbook in addition to the entries required by this section; 
and 46 U.S.C. 11302 prescribes the manner of making those entries.

[CGD 76-009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, 
64 FR 53229, Oct. 1, 1999]

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