SEAWORK

INTERNATIONAL SEAWORK (Scotland) Ltd Cuan: Monadh nan Carn Ardfern: Lochgilphead: Argyll PA31 8QN: Scotland: UK

MARINE CONSULTANTS & CONTRACTORS Remember,..only dead fish swim with the stream Established 1978: MD: Robin Turner

Lat: 56 27.0 North Long: 5 26.1 West

Lat: 56 10.7 North Long: 5 32.8 West

UK Registered Dive Contractor No: 0132 VAT Registration No: 498 7714 74 RT Mobile No: + 44 (0) 374 775 762 AB Mobile No: + 44 (0) 831 223 788

Tel/fax: + 44 (0) 1852 500 352 24h Tel: + 44 (0) 1852 500 313 em: r.turner@seawork.demon.co.uk RT Mob: + 44 (0) 7774 775 762

OFFSHORE MOORINGS: DESIGN: INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE: DIVING & MARINE SERVICES: HYDROGRAPHIC & BENTHIC SURVEYS : SAMPLING: MARINE PLATFORM & BARGE DESIGN: BOAT CHARTER: ROV OPERATIONS: MARINE TRIALS: CIVIL ENGINEERING: UNDERWATER VIDEO: WELDING & CUTTING : UNDERWATER SETTING OUT & LEVELLING: MARINE SALVAGE: DAMAGE DIVING & VIDEO SURVEYS : LOSS INVESTIGATION: RISK CONTROL

The less one knows, the stronger the position one adopts!

Knowledge of Ignorance is Strength, Ignoring Knowledge is a Sickness.

SEAWORK (Scotland) Ltd: DIVING RULES

INTRODUCTION 1 2 3 4 5 6

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INDEX to the RULES pp 02 pp 03 pp 12 pp 21 pp 27 pp 37 pp 43

RISK ASSESSMENT

OPERATION PLANNING

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OPERATION PREPARATION OPERATION PROCEDURE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE APPENDICES

RISK & CHANGE:

"HE WHO IS NOT PREPARED FOR THE UNEXPECTED, WILL NEVER RECOGNISE IT" "WHATEVER ONE MOST REQUIRES NOT TO HAPPEN, WILL HAPPEN!" "THE TIME TAKEN TO REPAIR DAMAGE IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE TIME TAKEN TO CREATE IT" "HIDDEN ERRORS ARE DISCOVERED WHEN ONE HAS NEITHER TIME NOR MONEY TO CORRECT THEM" "QUI NUNC IT PER ITER TENEBRICOSUM ILLUC UNDE NEGANT REDIRE QUEMQUAM" (ITS A DARK & LONELY JOB BUT SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT) "THE RAREST OBITUARY... HE DIED WITHOUT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE!" SCHADENFREUDE: "THE GREATER THE PLEASURE ONE DERIVES FROM ANOTHER'S DISCOMFORT IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO FIND YOURSELF IN THE SAME SITUATION"...... ............................................................................ WORSE THINGS HAPPEN AT SEA "THE LESS ONE KNOWS ABOUT A SITUATION, THE STRONGER THE POINT OF VIEW ONE ADOPTS" "AFTER MAKING A DECISION WHICH REMOVES OTHER OPTIONS, YOU CANNOT KNOW IF YOU WERE RIGHT" IF YOU CANNOT SIMPLY CHOOSE ONE OF TWO OPTIONS, THE PROS & CONS ARE PROBABLY EQUALLY GOOD (OR BAD). EITHER GET MORE DATA, OR TOSS A COIN.......DELAY MAY HAVE THE WORST OUTCOME WHENEVER THE ECONOMY IS IMPROVING, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GETTING WORSE WE TRAINED HARD, BUT IT SEEMED THAT EVERY TIME WE WERE BEGINNING TO FORM INTO TEAMS, WE WOULD BE REORGANISED. I WAS TO LEARN LATER IN LIFE THAT WE TEND TO MEET ANY NEW SITUATION BY REORGANISING; AND A WONDERFUL METHOD IT CAN BE FOR CREATING THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS, WHILE PRODUCING CONFUSION, INEFFICIENCY AND DEMORALISATION....................... "REMEMBER, ONLY DEAD FISH SWIM WITH THE STREAM..."

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SEAWORK (Scotland) Ltd carries out a variety of water oriented operations, in a variety of Marine and Freshwater environments. These include oceanic offshore and inshore work in Harbours, Canals, Lakes or Dams. In the course of this work, SEAWORK carries out diving operations. This document incorporates the Diving Rules referred to in the H & SE Diving Operations Regulations 1981 and their subsequent Amendments. It also contains matters pertaining to the Health & Safety of personnel when engaged in other related waterborne operations; these are usually included in the Appendices. A similar outline format to that used in the Diving Operations Regulations has been adopted. The Rules will normally be supplemented by a further operation specific Risk Assessment and Method Statement.

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This document is the copyright of Seawork (Scotland) Ltd, and must not be copied, transmitted or transferred to any person without the express written permission of the Managing Director: Seawork (Scotland) Ltd Doc ref: DIVERULE For the attention of all SEAWORK Personnel May 1996

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Diving Rules: General Procedures: SEAWORK (Scotland) Ltd carries out various Diving & Marine Operations, in a variety of offshore or inshore Marine environments, or in Harbours, Lakes, Canals or Dams. This document is an update of the Diving Rules required by the H& SE Diving Operations Regulations 1981, and their Amendments. As the range of topics is so great, these in-house Rules are normally supplemented with Risk Assessments and Method Statements. The Rules cover general matters regarding Risks, and appropriate Rules and Methods to reduce these Risks to an acceptable level. As a general Statement, they can only define general strategies for Dive Planning, Preparation, Procedure, and Emergency Procedures. Supervisor & Team Responsibility: Every job should be considered as potentially different. There will always be differences of site, personnel, plant, diving equipment or environmental conditions, such as wind, waves and current, from day to day. It is the responsibility of the SUPERVISOR, and ALL DIVE TEAM MEMBERS to not only put into practice the Rules and the appropriate Method Statement, but also to question safety on each days operations, and the effectiveness of the procedures planned. Safety should be considered as paramount; the consequences of an accident to a workmate, or indeed any other involved person, are potentially tragic, and possibly permanent. The horrendous emotional impact, and later financial consequences of a serious injury, permanent disability, or death of a friend and workmate, on all personnel in the Company, and upon his family and friends cannot be over-stated. On purely commercial grounds, any accident has major financial consequences, and even a slight accident is expensive in time and money. Ongoing team effort: All personnel should feel themselves to be part of a team effort to reduce hazards, and should feel competent to carry out their allotted tasks. If they do not feel competent for a particular task, feel ill or unwell, or perceive any hazard, THEY MUST BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SUPERVISOR, IMMEDIATELY. Safety procedures in Planning, Preparation, and especially during Operations, require ongoing vigilance, attention and input from everyone. Everyone should be aware of the need to continually Audit, or check up on, and provide feedback to the management throughout an operation, on potential unforeseen hazards, faulty equipment, environmental dangers. Fitness: Good humour & Politeness: The responsibility for accomplishment of a task in safety, on time, and without exhaustion or ill-humour, lies with EVERYONE in the team. The work carried out by SEAWORK is often physically tiring, cold, and sometimes unpleasant. Personnel should not come to work with their problems or unfit, as this imposes an extra burden on their mates. Similarly, those experiencing difficulties should be offered help, advice, demonstration of skills, and if necessary further training. When at the end of a hard day tempers run short, a sense of humour is the best antidote to anger, and old fashioned as it may seem, polite requests or counter questions work better than curt orders or blunt refusals. No team member should be allowed to become isolated from the rest of the team, perhaps through slight differences of behaviour, accent or experience. A good team working together, in good humour can accomplish 10 times more than a similar group or equally talented persons, working as individuals. Risk reduction: Plant & Procedures: Many jobs are potentially dangerous, from driving a car, to parachute jumping. Diving and Marine operations are relatively high on the scale of hazardous occupations. The sea with its potential for major storms, with high winds, strong currents, and high seas, is a dangerous enough place for the untrained, the unfit or the unwary. Diving requires one not only to place ones dependence on breathing apparatus, and a suitable supply of breathing gas, but also to combat the hazards of Decompression sickness, cold, and low visibility. Diving & Marine Operations require proper BOATS, PLANT, DIVING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATIONS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, TRAINING and EXPERIENCE. Bravery, Ignorance or Laziness? Unfortunately, at a time when a young man or woman is at their fittest and strongest, both physically and in their capacity to learn, they often still feel the need to prove themselves, both to others, and indeed, to themselves. This can often lead to the taking of unnecessary risks, which could have been avoided by another, (possibly more bothersome, or time consuming) procedure. Some of the factors which can lead to such risk taking include, team peer group pressure, an urgent social date or desire for an earlier finish, ignorance of the real risks, or simple laziness. TAKING A RISK MAY ONLY BE JUSTIFIED WHEN THERE IS NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE, AND WHEN THAT RISK WILL OFFER A GOOD CHANCE OF SAVING A LIFE OR PREVENTING SEVERE INJURY. ONLY THEN CAN IT BE CALLED BRAVERY, RATHER THAN IGNORANCE OR LAZINESS.

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