Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 43 - TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION AND COMPRESSED AIR WORK
Subchapter A - TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION AND WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR
WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR-GENERAL
Section 43.62 - Physicians
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
One or more duly licensed physicians, who have had experience in compressed air, shall be employed. The physicians shall strictly enforce the following:
(1) Examinations. No person shall be permitted to work in compressed air before he is examined by the physician and reported to the person in charge to be physically fit to work.
(2) Reexamination. In the event of absence from work of an employe for 10 or more successive days for any cause, he shall not resume work until he is reexamined by the physician and his physical condition reported to be such so as to permit him to work in compressed air. After a person has been employed continuously in compressed air for a period of 2 months, he shall be reexamined by the physician and he shall not be permitted to work until such reexamination has been made and he has been reported as physically qualified to engage in compressed air work.
(3) Intoxicants. No person known to be addicted to the excessive use of intoxicants shall be permitted to work in compressed air.
(4) No previous experience. Persons not having previously worked in compressed air shall not be permitted to work in pressure exceeding 17 pounds without having first been tested by the physician in the medical lock, nor shall any person be permitted to work under any pressure for longer than 1/2 a day period until he shall have been reexamined by the physician and found to be physically fit for the work.
(5) Records. The physician shall at all times keep a complete and full record of examinations made by him. The record shall contain dates on which examinations were made, a clear and full description of the person examined, his age and his physical condition at the time he has been engaged in similar employment. A uniform examination blank, which contains the record of examination in every case of compressed air workers, shall be used by each medical examiner, and the record of the examinations shall be kept on file at the place where the work is in progress and shall be subject to inspection by the Department.
(6) Badges. An identification badge shall be furnished to all employes advising police officials that the employe is a compressed air worker. The badge shall state the location of the medical lock and that in case of emergency an ambulance surgeon shall remove the patient to the medical lock and not to the hospital.
(7) Time of attendance. When the air pressure exceeds 17 pounds or when 50 or more men are employed at one time in compressed air, the physician shall be in attendance at all times while the work is in progress.
