Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 23

Medical lock attendants

(1) Every medical lock shall be under the charge of a medical lock attendant
and the medical lock attendant shall be in attendance at the medical lock-

   (a)  whilst any person is employed in compressed air at a pressure
        exceeding 14 pounds per square inch;

   (b)  whilst any person is being treated in the medical lock;

   (c)  for 24 hours after the last man-lock decompression from a pressure
        exceeding 14 pounds per square inch has taken place.

(2) A medical lock attendant shall, when on duty, have immediate access to all
records of pressures and other relevant information regarding conditions in
the man-lock and working chamber.

(3) A medical lock attendant shall-

   (a)  be a person trained in first aid as defined in regulation 55 of the
        Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations ( Cap 59 sub. leg. I);

   (b)  have completed a suitable training course designed to familiarize him
        with the problems associated with compression, decompression and
        decompression sickness and with the keeping of records under these
        regulations;

   (c)  be medically fit; and

   (d)  be willing to go into compressed air at any working pressure.

(4) There shall be not less than 3 medical lock attendants available for duty
in respect of each medical lock.

(5) No medical lock attendant shall be on duty for more than 12 hours in any 1
shift.