Development of an improved decompression table for commercial diving.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Beckman EL
• Description:
  Several decompression schedules for dives to 100 to 250 feet of sea water were compared. Three schedules calculated by computer were compared to schedules recommended by the United States Navy and those recommended by the British Royal Navy. United States Navy tables had significantly shorter decompression times than any of the other schedules. The British Royal Navy schedule had the slowest rate of decompression and the deepest first decompression stop. Depth of first stop was shallowest and rate of decompression was fastest with the United States Navy tables. The author recommends that the British Royal Navy Air Diving Tables be adopted for use by the commercial diving industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Decompression Sickness Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Contract-099-72-0053; Decompression-sickness; Safety-practices; Divers; Safety-engineering; Safety-measures
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-101
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00117617
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82230285
• Citation:
  NIOSH :1-101
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio, 101 pages, 40 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241305/cdc_241305_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]