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While the SLOW process of getting the Divers Association on a strong legal footing goes on, divers from the following countries have expressed Interest: South Africa, Thailand, Canada, Spain, Brunei, Malaysia, Kiribati, Qatar, Sudan, Singapore, Kuwait, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Indonesia, France, Israel, Peru, Turkey, Taiwan....

I am a working commercial diver and supervisor, working underwater since 1963. My experience has shown me that when Basic Safety is not observed, not only do people die but productive goes out the window.

All who are interested in Divers Safety, for whatever reason, need to be paying close attention at this time: There are major announcement in...

Would you join a Diver Safety Group?

It is well past the time that working Divers and Supervisors should have a seat at the table when Regulations and Safety Issues are discussed. I am going to throughout for discussion just such a group. So everyone is aware it is being discussed now by people with power to make it happen. Everything below is...

A real man does what’s right no matter who is looking, everybody or nobody! When a real man screws up he admits it, then goes about trying to make it right. You will note that all you have to do is change the word man to woman in the above definition and you have the definition for: A Real Woman.

The point: The 28 year old man who walked in...

The two attached commercial diver death reports, one from the Coast Guard and one from OSHA are perfect examples of what the problem is in the U.S.!

1. Coast Guard: When you open the report you will find there was no investigation. They also list the work the diver was doing as welding; he was not welding but Oxy Arc Burning/Cutting. Two...

The attached PDF is an open letter to all stake holders in the commercial diving business from Louis Schaefer owner of Legacy Offshore. The book mentioned, in the letter is A Significant Casualty http://www.peterjpilkington.com/ the book was mailed to upper management of OSHA and the Coast Guard with the attached letter.

If you have not yet...

This Is The Reason

Sign these two Petitions [url="http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/protect-commercial-divers-lives.html"][b][size="4"]Petition:...

Who are these people and why did Peter J Pilkington dedicate his book to them? There have been names added since that dedication? They are all Americans Commercial Divers and this is an incomplete list because; NO Serious Investigation published by the Coast Guard, OSHA or the ADCI!! NO Safety Flashes or Lessoned learned on any of these...

I am going to let the PDF speak for itself it is a worldwide problem in Commercial Diving. In the US it is allowed by LAW, OSHA CFR. Please make you comments.

All;

Please take some time and consider the two attached documents and my thoughts on them. These two are from the Coast Guard: The first the result of me trying to find out what the Coast Guard had to say about the death of Commercial Diver Marc Begnaud.

Read it, there is no investigation; they called it an underwater explosion caused by...