3099. DEFINITIONS

3099 DEFINITIONS 3099.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed: Accident - any unexpected, unintentional, unplanned, or unforeseen occurrence of a nature, or under circumstances, that could cause personal injury or property damage, regardless of whether injury or damage does result. Adequate - meeting the requirements essential to reasonable safety. Deep sea or hart-hat diving - diving operations where the air is supplied from the surface. Disabling injury - an injury that disables a person for the performance of his or her regular duties, or the normal duties of a regularly established job, beyond the date or shift of the injury; or an injury that results in permanent disability. Employee - any person rendering service to an employer for compensation. Equipment - includes machinery, devices, tools, derricks, hoists, scaffolds, platforms, runways, ladders, and all similar facilities, safeguards, and protective construction used in connection with diving operations. Recompression chamber - a compartment designed to recompress a diver so that the diver can then undergo decompression at a controlled rate. Scuba diving - diving operations employing self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. SOURCE: Section 11-290005 of Regulation No. 70-18, approved May 28, 1970; 11B DCRR, §900.5 (April 1, 1971), Special Edition.