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The Japanese Law Regulating Underwater and Caisson Work: Current Issues and Future Developments
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- KOHSHI Kiyotaka
- Division of Neurosurgery, Nishinihon Hospital, Higashi-ku, Kumamoto 861-8034, Japan Department of Environmental Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
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- MORIMATSU Yoshitaka
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
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- NISHIKIORI Hideharu
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan Diving Engineering Department, Chugoku Diving Company Limited, Iwakuni 740-0032, Japan
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- KONDO Toshihiro
- Corporate Planning Department, 2nd team, Oriental Shiraishi Corporation, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0061, Japan
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- TAMAKI Hideki
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan Division of Surgery and General Medicine, Tamaki Hospital, Hagi 758-0071, Japan
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- ISHITAKE Tatsuya
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 高気圧作業安全衛生規則の課題と今後のあり方について
- コウキアツ サギョウ アンゼン エイセイ キソク ノ カダイ ト コンゴ ノ アリカタ ニ ツイテ
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The Japan “Ordinance on Safety and Health of Work under High Pressure”, which is the law regulating health conditions for workers under high pressure environments, was amended in 2014. The revised regulations have highlighted other difficulties and new problems, but they have not yet written an appropriate amendment based on the aspect of occupational and environmental health. Health management for occupational divers and caisson workers in accordance with the new regulations has not determined the best approach to reducing related disorders and will cause other legal problems. This paper presents some issues in the new regulations for hyperbaric workers, which directly or indirectly involve occupational health physicians. Health checkups and work limitations should be done in consideration of the occupational characteristics of the undersea and hyperbaric environment. Regular examinations using specific studies are useful to diagnose the early stages of chronic conditions for workers, and are also useful for determining the hiring suitability for hyperbaric workers. Work limitations should be decided by the conditions that induce serious accidents or disorders that result from exposure to hyperbaric environments, and depend on the obstacles for work due to sequelae of decompression sickness. The new regulations need to be properly revised, based on scientific evidence, to include health management for workers in undersea and hyperbaric environments.
Journal
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- Journal of UOEH
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Journal of UOEH 44 (4), 359-372, 2022-12-01
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
