Investigation Report
Safety warning issued following contact between a diving support boat and a recreational diver with loss of 1 life
Safety warning issued following contact between a diving support boat and a recreational diver with loss of 1 life
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- DivingMarine Operations
- EntanglementLine of fire
- Diving operationsNavigation
- Safety communicationSimultaneous operations coordination
- Marine industry
- Subsea
Summary
This bulletin examines a fatal recreational diving accident in Scapa Flow, almost certainly involving Karin’s rotating propeller. It highlights an unseen delayed surface marker buoy during drift decompression, dedicated lookouts, safe vessel standoff and coordination between boats. Divers should hold buoy lines rather than attach them to themselves.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Subsea; underwater worksite.
Summary
This bulletin urges boat operators to keep an effective lookout at all times when a vessel is underway, and stresses the importance of maintaining detailed and frequent communications with other boat operators in the vicinity.
Themes: diving, marine operations.