| Document ID (ISN) | 21081 |
| CIS number |
74-1140 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Revue de la sécurité |
| Year |
1973 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Cabarrou P., Susbielle G. |
| Title |
Work in compressed air - Critical study of the Decree of 31.8.1959 issuing regulations for work in compressed air |
| Original title |
Le travail dans l'air comprimé - Etude critique du décret du 31.8.1959 qui réglemente le travail dans l'air comprimé. [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1973, Vol.9, No.94, p.62-68. Illus. |
| Abstract |
After referring to some cases of occupational accidents and diseases, the authors make the following criticisms concerning the 1959 Decree: the rate of decompression is uniform, whereas (according to Haldane) it should be carried out at a decreasing speed; no provision is made for decompression after work at less than 1.4 relative atmosphere, or for successive exposures or exposures of short duration; no directives are laid down for dealing with accidents. The article proposes a decompression table based on USA data (decreasing decompression rate). Under the sponsorship of the Centre national français d'exploitation des océans, a table of durations of exposure to compressed air has been calculated and is currently the subject of experimentation. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
France; legislation; decompression tables; work in pressurized atmosphere |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
decompression; comment on law; decompression osteoarthropathy |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Construction industry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Hyperbaric pressure
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