Louisiana § RS 23:487 - Rate of decompression
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 23:487 — Rate of decompression, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 23:487. Rate of decompression
The rate of decompression for a person working in compressed air shall be as follows:
(1) Where the air pressure is greater than normal and less than fifteen pounds per square inch, decompression shall be at the minimum rate of three pounds per minute.
(2) Where the air pressure is fifteen or over and less than twenty pounds to the square inch, the minimum rate of decompression shall be two pounds per minute.
(3) Where the air pressure is twenty pounds or over and less than thirty pounds to the square inch, decompression shall be at the minimum rate of three pounds every two minutes.
(4) Where the air pressure is thirty pounds or over per square inch, the minimum rate of decompression shall be a pound per minute.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 23:487 ("Rate of decompression") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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