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At 09:41 AM 28/4/99 -0400, Tom Mount wrote: > >Per IANTD standards the oxygen cylinder requires a oxygen wrap around the >cylinder. This has oxygen written in big words. As of May 1 they will also >be required to have a protective device around the mouthpiece. It has been >recommended for several years already now it will be required. > >Do's >1. All cylinders must be properly labeled >A. The Nitrox band/label may be used only on cylinders containing LESS >than 49% oxygen, and it is REQUIRED on these cylinders, always has been >B. Cylinders with greater than 49% must have a deco mix sticker with mix and >mod or if greater than 85% an oxygen with deco mix and mod. IT is required >on these cylinders.For oxygen the oxygen only label must be used. >C. At the face of the cylinder (on stages where the diver can glance down >and read it) with the mix and mod on it. >D. The Mod labels or a painted Mod run down the side of the cylinder on >stages and deco cylinders >E. The highest decompression EANx mix must have protective cover over it. > >DO NOT's >1. Put mixtures greater than 49% in a cylinder with a standard EANx label on >it. >2. If a mix greater than 49% is to be used the Nitrox label is to be removed >and either a deco gas label or oxygen label is to be placed on the cylinder >3. The cylinder cannot be dived with out a MOD indicated on it. >4. Do not fill or dive a cylinder with Nitrox if it does not have a label >5. Do not fill a cylinder with oxygen or dive it unless it has a oxygen >label on it with MOD >6. Do not teach a student without properly labeled cylinders per the >standards. >and Do not allow a student in the water unless the hottest mix for deco has >a protective cover over the second stage >7. Do not dive a student who does not have the visible contents and MOD att >he face of the neck on a stage cylinder so it can be seen when he/she looks >down at it. Tom, your sticker collection is so complicated it serves to obscure the one piece of information the diver & his buddy need, when they need it. It won't prevent more needless tragedies than simply marking the MOD as per WKPP standards, in 3" high numbers & letters. It will, however, sell a shit-load of IANTD tags, stickers and labels to the hero-gas crowd, and so keep your franchisees happy. Which, after four years of watching you defend the indefensible, i'm coming to believe is the real agenda. >Unfortunately many of the more experienced divers are the ones who >tend to ignore these practices when diving on their own. A fact history has >already proven. Why, then, did the history of last year prove that the ones most at risk were inexperienced divers and students diving with IANTD instructors? At least the TDI instructors usually only whack themselves. rgrds billyw
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