Safety Flash
Diving fatality
Diving fatality
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 04/03
- DivingEmergency Response
- Drowning
- Diving operations
- Diver umbilicalOperator displays and control interfaces
- Emergency responseEvacuation, escape and rescueOperational supervision
- Subsea
Summary
A surface-supplied diver died after losing his helmet underwater. The flash examines an unsecured helmet fastening, a snagged umbilical, delayed recovery and limited video monitoring. It discusses manufacturer cautions about helmet modifications, emergency breathing provision in dive baskets, response exercises and individual monitors for working divers.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Diver umbilical; diving umbilical.
Classifications: Operator displays and control interfaces.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Subsea; underwater worksite.
Summary
A diver died after his helmet became detached underwater and emergency response arrangements proved inadequate.
IMCA SF 04/03. Themes: diving, emergency response.