Safety Flash
Self-employed diver sentenced for falsifying diving medical certificate
Self-employed diver sentenced for falsifying diving medical certificate
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 30/17
- Competence and TrainingContractor ManagementDivingRegulation and Legislation
- Regulation and legislation
- Diving operations
- Contractor managementFitness assessment
Summary
This safety flash reports the sentencing of a commercial diver who supplied falsified medical certification in 2016, including an altered expiry date. It outlines breaches of UK diving and workplace safety legislation and reminds contractors to verify divers’ medical certificates, particularly when the doctor and diver are unfamiliar.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Fitness assessment.
Summary
A man has been sentenced after supplying falsified diving medical certificates to a diving company in 2016.
IMCA SF 30/17. Themes: competence and training, contractor management, diving, regulation and legislation.