Indiana University Diving Safety Program ACADEMIC DIVING MANUAL June 2016 Revised Edition Indiana University Academic Diving Manual Revised June 2016 FOREWARD Indiana University is actively committed to preserving the health and safety of its students, employees, and visitors and to protecting the environment in which they participate in snorkeling and scuba diving activities. It is the responsibility of the Diving Control Board and University Environmental Health and Safety to direct and ensure that all snorkeling and scuba diving activities that occur under Indiana University auspices are conducted in a manner designed to minimize accidental injury and illness. This direction occurs through the Diving Safety Program, housed within University Environmental Health and Safety. This manual - the Indiana University Academic Diving Manual - is written to formalize snorkeling and scuba diving standards and procedures as they relate to University activities. The standards and procedures are based on accepted scientific, recreational, and commercial diving standards, as applied to institutional diving programs, and is the result of six revisions of standards and policy by the Indiana University Diving Control Board. This manual describes Indiana University’s general diving policy, diving regulations, certification criteria, equipment requirements, medical standards, and emergency procedures to assure diver safety under appropriate diving conditions. Major institutional diving programs manuals were used as models for this manual. These included, but are not limited to the following organizations: Smithsonian Institute, Johns Hopkins University, University of California Santa Cruz, American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Florida State University, University of Michigan, Buffalo State College, and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This manual is not copyrighted. Institutions are encouraged to review this manual for application to their specific institutional diving requirements. ii Indiana University Academic Diving Manual Revised June 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 SECTION ONE: GENERAL POLICY ................................................................................ 1 1.1 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 DIVING SAFETY PROGRAM .................................................................................. 1 1.1.2 ACADEMIC DIVING MANUAL .............................................................................. 1 1.2 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.1 UNIVERSITY AUSPICES ......................................................................................... 1 1.2.2 TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION ......................................................................... 2 1.2.3 EQUIPMENT .............................................................................................................. 2 1.2.4 DIVING REGULATIONS .......................................................................................... 2 1.3 ORGANIZATION ............................................................................................................ 2 1.3.1 DIVING CONTROL BOARD .................................................................................... 2 1.3.1.1 COMPOSITION ................................................................................................... 3 1.3.1.2 APPOINTMENT ................................................................................................... 3 1.3.1.3 RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................ 3 1.3.2 DIVING SAFETY OFFICER ..................................................................................... 4 1.3.2.1 RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................ 4 1.3.3 UNIVERSITY PARTICIPANTS ................................................................................ 5 1.3.3.1 RIGHTS ................................................................................................................ 5 1.3.3.2 RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................ 5 2 SECTION TWO: DIVING REGULATIONS ...................................................................... 7 2.1 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND DEPTH LIMITATIONS ..................... 7 2.1.1 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................... 7 2.1.2 DEPTH LIMITATIONS (IN STEPS DEFINED AS: 60 FEET, 100 FEET, OVER 190 FEET) ............................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 DIVING PROCEDURES ................................................................................................. 7 2.2.1 SAFE PRACTICES MANUAL .................................................................................. 7 2.2.2 PRE-DIVE PROCEDURES ........................................................................................ 8 2.2.2.1 DIVING FLAG ..................................................................................................... 8 2.2.2.2 FLOTATION DEVICE ......................................................................................... 8 2.2.2.3 EMERGENCY AID INFORMATION ................................................................. 8 2.2.2.4 FIRST AID SUPPLIES ......................................................................................... 8 2.2.2.5 STANDBY DIVER ............................................................................................... 8 2.2.2.6 PERSON-IN-CHARGE ........................................................................................ 8 2.2.2.7 RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER ......................................................................... 9 2.2.2.8 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES ........................................................................... 9 2.2.3 DIVE ........................................................................................................................... 9 2.2.3.1 PARTNER DISTANCE RANGE ......................................................................... 9 2.2.3.2 DEEP AND REPETITIVE DIVES ....................................................................... 9 2.2.3.3 DECOMPRESSION DIVES ................................................................................. 9 2.2.3.4 ENTRANCE AND EXIT .................................................................................... 10 2.2.3.5 DIVE TERMINATION ....................................................................................... 10 2.2.3.6 DEPTH TIME PROFILE .................................................................................... 10 2.2.4 POST-DIVE .............................................................................................................. 10 2.2.5 FLYING AFTER DIVING OR ASCENDING TO ALTITUDE (OVER 1000 FEET) 10 2.3 SNORKEL AND SCUBA DIVING REPORTING AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................... 11 2.3.1 MEDICAL RECORDS ............................................................................................. 11 iii Indiana University Academic Diving Manual Revised June 2016 2.3.2 DIVE PLAN ACTIVITY OR PROJECT REQUEST) ............................................. 11 2.3.3 DIVER LOG ............................................................................................................. 11 2.3.4 AFTER ACTION REPORTING ............................................................................... 12 2.3.5 INCIDENT REPORTING ......................................................................................... 12 2.3.6 RECORDS MANAGEMENT ................................................................................... 12 2.4 DIVE ENVIRONMENTS .............................................................................................. 13 2.4.1 DIVING IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ......................... 13 2.4.2 DIVING IN OVERHEAD ENVIRONMENTS (CAVERN, ICE, SHIPWRECK PENETRATION, CAVE) ..................................................................................................... 13 2.4.2.1 CAVERN DIVING ............................................................................................. 14 2.4.2.2 CAVE DIVING ................................................................................................... 14 3 SECTION THREE: SCIENTIFIC SCUBA DIVING ........................................................ 15 3.1 ELIGIBILITY ................................................................................................................. 15 3.2 TYPES OF UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATIONS ......................................................... 15 3.2.1 SCIENTIFIC DIVER-IN-TRAINING ...................................................................... 15 3.2.2 SCIENTIFIC DIVING CERTIFICATION ............................................................... 15 3.2.3 TEMPORARY SCIENTIFIC DIVING CERTIFICATION FOR VISITORS ......... 15 3.2.4 RECIPROCITY CERTIFICATION ......................................................................... 15 3.3 OBTAINING UNIVERSITY