Investigation Report
Fatal injury to a recreational diver following contact with the motor vessel Karin operating as a recreational dive support vessel
Fatal injury to a recreational diver following contact with the motor vessel Karin operating as a recreational dive support vessel
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- DivingMarine Operations
- Line of fireRisk management
- Diving operationsNavigation
- Rotating machinery
- Operating and work proceduresRisk assessmentSafety communicationSimultaneous operations coordination
- Marine industry
- Marine waters
Summary
Investigates a recreational diver’s fatal propeller strike during a drift decompression stop in Scapa Flow. Examines Karin’s obstructed forward visibility, ineffective lookout, marker-buoy attachment, vessel coordination and absent documented safety arrangements. Recommendations address harbour oversight, while the annexed bulletin discusses safe vessel separation and hand-held marker-buoy lines.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Themes: diving, marine operations.