Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.31306/s.62.2.2
Safety in diving at work operations in Croatia
Marija Smodlaka
orcid.org/0000-0003-0054-6110
; Marana d.o.o., Klis, Republika Hrvatska
Luči Veljačić
; A.D.V. Grupa d.o.o., Kaštel Štafilić, Republika Hrvatska
Marko Hranilović
; Submarine solution d.o.o., Grohote, Republika Hrvatska
Abstract
Diving at work operations, even these days, are one of the most dangerous activities performed in special circumstances on building sites, but unlike other construction activities they are not encompassed and defined in the laws of Croatia. Regulations regarding the underwater activities define only the conditions required in regulating leisure and sport. Safety of diving at work therefore is solely defined and controlled by the contractors and their procedures, in regards to risk assessment and the project plan. In comparison to Croatian legal framework, in Great Britain diving at work has been legally regulated in detail since 1997. It has been given a clear legal framework in which we find detailed guidance, operative procedures and rules. These have later served for offshore oil operators as a base for their internal company regulations manuals. Certain countries have also adopted British diving at work regulations as a base for their own regulations. This legal regulation has also served IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association) to formulate their guidance notes. Implementing this regulation raises consciousness, improves practical implementation of safety culture, decreases the occurrence of accidents and near misses and generally results in advancement of safety in execution of underwater construction works. Applying the existing IMCA guidelines to the legislative framework of the Republic Croatia would raise the safety of divers to the highest level.
Keywords
diving at work, diving, safety, guidelines, legislation
Hrčak ID:
240705
URI
Publication date:
9.7.2020.
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