Section 43.3. Health recommendations for compressed air workers

The following recommendations relating to health are for the guidance of compressed air workers:

(1) Never go on shift with an empty stomach.

(2) Be temperate and avoid all alcoholic liquors.

(3) Eat moderately.

(4) Sleep at least 7 hours a day.

(5) Keep your bowels regular.

(6) Take extra outer clothing into the tunnel when going on shift and wear it during decompression to avoid chilling during that period.

(7) To stimulate circulation, move limbs freely during decompression.

(8) Decompress slowly, for this means safety and freedom from compressed air illness.

(9) Drink hot coffee and take a warm shower bath and a brisk rubdown after each shift.

(10) Report at once to the physician in charge any compressed air illness; do not give men suffering from compressed air illness any intoxicating liquor.

(11) If taken sick away from plant, communicate at once with the physician in charge, whose name and telephone number shall be made available to all employes.

(12) Wear your identification badge at all times so that others will know what to do with you in an emergency.

(13) Stay about the works for at least 1/2 hour after locking out; however, 1 hour is more desirable.

(14) See that you are reexamined as required by the Board; regular employes shall be reexamined after a continuous employment of 2 months or after an absence of 10-consecutive days. Employes not previously employed in compressed air shall be reexamined after the first 1/2 day period.

(15) Do not work more than two periods in any 24 hours.