The below was sent this week and is one of our major efforts. It is a SAFETY ISSUE!!
“Dear Sir/Madam,
On behalf of the Divers Association, I would like to ask for copies of the incident reports for all commercial diver fatalities that have occurred since the beginning of 2010.
We know that a number of fatalities have occurred, and yet virtually no information has been made available to the diving fraternity. This falls outside of the ethos that lessons learned must be shared so that additional accidents can be prevented from occurring under similar circumstances.
The Divers Association was formed to address matters of diver safety, and we would call upon you to assist in this end by providing what details can be shared in a preventative manner. We do not ask for names of companies, or of personnel involved, but we do want to try to stop the growing number of fatalities that have been happening over recent years.
Reports received will be published on the Association website, along with a copy of this request. We look forward to hearing from you, and hope that the diving industry will become a safer place for divers to work through your input.
China has already begun sharing Incident. http://www.thedivers...divers-hand-r48 "
We have to find away to get real time Accidents and Fatality Reports to working divers and supervisors. We do not expect and overnight solution but we do expect the organizations that have sway over our safety to respond and participate.
Those Organizations are as follows: National Governing Bodies: U. S. Coast Guard & OSHA, British HSE. Trade Organizations involved in diver safety word wide: IMCA, ADCI & OGP.
Please forward contacts for Governing Bodies in your area to: info@thediversassociation.com We need to make this a worldwide issue or nothing will be done.
To date we have had one response from the U.S Coast Guard:
“John,
Thanks for your note. I will look into this and see what the U.S. Coast Guard can provide.
Best Regards,â€
We will keep you up to date on this effort, Board of Directors Divers Association International. This article is posted in Safety Ideas and Concerns Forum
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