... interpretation of the sidescan data is carried out The approach to automated inspection must be such that it improves the efficiency of the survey The ideal would be to provide automated interpretation which was capable of finding free spans, burials, exposures, etc with perfect accuracy Unfortunately...

... Kingdom. The exposure of workers to noise in the workplace is legally controlled in the UK by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and specifically under the Noise At Work Regulations 1989 (1), hereinafter abbreviated to NAWR. The latter have been amended by the issue of a European Community Directive...

... database diver surface decompression safety record safety management exposure symptom dlver procedure operation imbert jp dcs occurrence expenence decompress time accident proceedings decompression dcs health & medicine comex DECOMPRESSION SAFETY JP IMBERT SCS S...

... induced hearing loss is now the single biggest cause of industrial injury claims. Despite legislation requiring measures to conserve the hearing of employees, underwater noise exposure of divers has not received attention, i despite considerable evidence from occupational audiology that divers suffer from...

...~on taken to l ~ m ~ t exposures to both compressed-a~r and n~trox m~xtures [1] However the restrlctlons appl~ed to ~n-water and surface-decompress~on alr dlves severely l ~ m ~ t the useful work that can be done They also force more dlves to be undertaken In order to complete the same amount of work...

... alternative techniques could enhance the presentation of survey data The longer term aim would be to utilise survey results for prevention rather than cure 2 . Current Survey Techniques Annual pipeline surveys are required to identify, as far as possible 111 : Pipeline movement, Freespans, Exposure...

... account of the pattern of offshore diving, but, the above constraints notwithstanding, was able to identlfy dive severity (that IS, the depth and time of the hyperbaric exposure) as belng the most powerful contributory factor in the production of DCS. On g8severe11 dives, there appeared also...