Sec. 3. No person employed in compressed air shall be permitted to pass from the working chamber to normal air, except after decompression in a lock as follows:.

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Sec. 3. No person employed in compressed air shall be permitted to pass from the working chamber to normal air, except after decompression in a lock as follows:

(a)Where the air pressure is greater than normal and not more than fifteen pounds per square inch, the time of decompression shall be at least two minutes;

(b)Where the air pressure is more than fifteen pounds per square inch, and not more than twenty-six pounds per square inch, decompression shall be at the average rate of not more than three pounds per minute;

(c)Where the air pressure is more than twenty-six pounds per square inch, and not more than thirty-three pounds per square inch, decompression shall be at the average rate of not more than two pounds per minute;

(d)Where the air pressure is more than thirty-three pounds per square inch, decompression shall be at the average rate of not more than one pound per minute;

(e)Where the air pressure is more than fifteen pounds per square inch, a stage decompression shall be used in which a drop of one-half of the maximum gauge pressure shall be at the rate of five pounds per minute. The remaining decompression shall be at a uniform rate and the total time of decompression shall equal the time specified for the original maximum pressure;

(f)The time of decompression shall be posted in each man lock.