Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering and Health in Compressed Air Work, held in St. Catherine's College Oxford, from 25th to 27th September 2002

Content: The Compressed Air Working Group  Units of pressure in hyperbaric work Chairmans introduction Session 1  Introduction to the \"Engineering and Health in Compressed Air Work\" confrerence  O2 in 02  Decompression risk factors in compressed air work:options for risk reduction  An assessment of the risks associated with the use of oxygen decompression in compressed sir workings  An Experimental study of Fire Hazards in Enriched Oxygen Hyperbaric Enviroments  Discussion on Session Session 2  Trials of a Blackpool Table with oxygen  Modification of the Blacpool Tables and Post Decompression Surface Oxygen Breathing in CompressedAir Tunnel Working  Application for HSE approval to use alternative decompression procedures  Clinical Standards for Treatment Decompression Illness  Discussion on Session 2 Session 3  Dive Techniques in the Westerschelde Tunnelling Project  Innovations in Tunnelling and Compressed Air - The Westerschelde Tunnel: Saturation Diving  Air saturation decompression risks  Remotley Controlled Unmanned Caisson Excavation Method  Discussion on Session 3 Session 4  Occupational Exposure Limits for Hyperbaric Conditions  Monitoring for volatile contaminants in the pressurised environment  Compressed Air Work in a Kerosene Contaminated Soil  Accuracy of hazardous gasand oxygen monitors in hyperbaric tunnels  Discussions on session 4 Session 5  Generic modification of compressed oxygen self-rescuers for use in compressed air tunnels at pressures of 0.0 to 3.5 bar gauge  A management system for protecting compressed air tunnelling workers during operations through contaminated soil  Occupational heat stress in compressed air - validity pf current heat stress indices  BIBS for oxygen decompression  Discussion on Session 5 Session 6  Dysbaric Osteonecrosis - A reassessment and Hypothesis  Thirty years of osteonecrosis  Aseptic Bone Necrosis in an Amateur SCUBA Diver - an isolated serendipitous finding or the tip of an iceberg?  Discussion on Session 6 Session 7  Relationship between Persistent Foramen Ovale (PFO) and Decompression Illness  Presentation of case studies involving PFO  Personal Characteristics of Compressed Air workers with Repetitive Decompression sickness inthe United Kingdom 1986-2000 - a Case Control Study and Analysis using the HSE Decompression Database  Discussion on Session 7 Session 8  Recent compressed air experiences on the Hasting Stormwater Contract 1998-1999  Geotechnical aspects of compressed air support on TBM tunnelling  Settlement control using compressed air  A Neutral Network Approach for Estimation of Air Losses in Compressed Air Tunnelling with Shotcrete Lining  Discussion on Session 8 Session 9  Decompressin Problems from Outer Space
 a new approach to nucleation in vivo  Legal Consequences of Failure to Manage Safety Satisfactorily  Trainging for compressed air work  Modern Medical and Hyperbaric management of compressed air tunnelling operations  Discussion on Session 9 Session 10  Recent Compressed Air Work in Germany up to 5 bar - Medical Challenges and Results  Decompression illness (DCI) in compressed air work with low pressures - has it disappeared?  Experience in the Use of Oxygen Decompression for a Tunnelling Project in Sydney, Australia  Discussion on Session 10 and Closing Remarks by R.Slocombe