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Incidents List

  1. Year Month Day Surname Forenames Location Contractor Client Depth Type of Diving Details
  2. 1990 0 0 DPVOA Dynamically Positioned Vessel Owners Association founded
  3. 1988 0 0 Rig 'Glomar Labrador I' Jack Up, collision with a merchant ship
  4. 1987 0 0 Rig 'Pool 55' Jack Up, sank due to soil failure whilst drilling
  5. 1986 0 0 Rig 'Bob Buschman' Jack Up, sank
  6. 1984 0 0 Rig 'Ali Baba' Semi Sub, broke moorings, went adrift and then went aground.
  7. 1983 0 0 Rig 'Cerveza' Blowout
  8. 1982 10 10 Statistics Reported in an article in the Connecticut paper “The Day� that “Records kept by the National Underwater Accident Data Center at the University of Rhode Island show that 167 commercial divers working for US firms were killed on the job between 1970 and 1981� I guess we still have a lot of data to collect - TC
  9. 1982 1 16 Bloomer, USN PO2 Charles W USN US N Submarine “Grayback�, converted for SEAL deployment with diver lockout and SDVs (Swimmer Delivery Systems). Onboard decompression chamber accident during launch/recovery cycle, five fatalities, one survivor. The Bulletin
  10. 1982 1 16 Bond, USN PO3 Richard D USN US N Submarine “Grayback�, converted for SEAL deployment with diver lockout and SDVs (Swimmer Delivery Systems). Onboard decompression chamber accident during launch/recovery cycle, five fatalities, one survivor. The Bulletin
  11. 1982 1 16 Fitz, USN FN Rodney L USN US N Submarine “Grayback�, converted for SEAL deployment with diver lockout and SDVs (Swimmer Delivery Systems). Onboard decompression chamber accident during launch/recovery cycle, five fatalities, one survivor. The Bulletin
  12. 1982 1 16 Robinson, USN ENS William C USN US N Submarine “Grayback�, converted for SEAL deployment with diver lockout and SDVs (Swimmer Delivery Systems). Onboard decompression chamber accident during launch/recovery cycle, five fatalities, one survivor. The Bulletin
  13. 1982 1 16 Shelton, USN SA Leslie C USN US N Submarine “Grayback�, converted for SEAL deployment with diver lockout and SDVs (Swimmer Delivery Systems). Onboard decompression chamber accident during launch/recovery cycle, five fatalities, one survivor. The Bulletin
  14. 1981 0 0 SI 1981/399 DOW, Diving Operations at Work Regulations came into force
  15. 1980 0 0 Rig 'Dixilyn 150' Jack Up, Sank, no details
  16. 1980 0 0 Rig 'Harvey Ward' Jack Up, caught in a mudslide, total loss
  17. 1977 10 7 Gilliam Stewart Topsides Diving Supervisor, killed in personnel basket transfer incident, DSV "Seaway Falcon"
  18. 1977 9 0 Rig 'Dolphin Titan 143' Jack Up, sank during towing, salvaged but retired.
  19. 1977 2 1 Solberg Ole Jan On NSDA database as American, possible fatality for a Norwegian company
  20. 1977 0 0 Rig 'Placid 66' Jack Up, sank, no details.
  21. 1976 1 0 Rig 'Gatto Selvatico' AGIP Jack Up, sank
  22. 1976 0 0 Gordon Hugh On NSDA database as American, possible fatality for a Norwegian company
  23. 1976 0 0 Not Recorded 121 Saturation A faulty welding device reported as causing a fire in a bell whilst at 400' resulting in the death of both divers, Sheffield and Desautels “Hyperbaric and hypobaric Chamber fires, a 73 year analysis�, Undersea Hyperbaric Medicine, 1997, 24 (3): 153-164. Can anyone recall this incident, it does not appear to be reported anywhere else (TC)?
  24. 1975 0 0 Higgins? Ocean Systems 82 S/S Mixed Gas Australian. On completion of dive started doing water stops. For some unknown reason abandoned decompression routine and came to surface, refused to go back down. Surface decompression was intitiated 'from last stop' as opposed to full working depth. Died. Cannabis was reported as being found in his personal belongings but details not confirmed. OK Dude/Longstreath.
  25. 1975 0 0 Rig 'Topper III' Crestwave Jack Up, sank.
  26. 1974 10 9 Rig 'Gemini' Jack Up, punch through, collapsed
  27. 1959 0 0 Rig 'Transgulf 10' Jack Up, punch through, capsised
  28. 1957 0 0 Rig 'Deepwater II' USA, GOM Jack Up, caught in a hurricane, sank
  29. 1949 8 12 Not Recorded "Diver killed by wreck blast.."No other details (Pay for access archive) Reported in the Aberdeen Journal/The British Newspaper Archive
  30. 1945 5 0 Mallows Gunners Mate First Class Earl Military Aged 26, "Diver killed in the line of duty" according to telegram from the Navy received by his family. No other details. The Nashua Telegraph (NH)
  31. 1925 11 0 German Divers S/S Air "German Divers, ..expert divers who claim to have made underwater examinations at a depth of 500 feet. They were out last night with the British Naval..." No other details (Pay for access archive) Reported in the Western Daily Press/The British Newspaper Archive. (Yeah, right, 1925, on air, 500' Propaganda! TC)
  32. 1909 6 14 Not Recorded "One of two divers salving the Russian drowned yesterday.." No other details (Pay for access archive) Reported in the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser/The British Newspaper Archive
  33. 1900 0 0 Virco Alexander Joseph S/S Air Extraordinary death of a diver. … held an inquiry at Wimbledon concerning the death of Alexander Joseph Virco, aged 37 years..." Report dated Saturday 1st December 1900. No other details (Pay for access archive) Reported in the Illustrated Police News News/The British Newspaper Archive
  34. 1895 10 21 Not Recorded Divers and Diving. ..before the divers who could reach the treasure room beneath the three decks. Two diver lost there lives in the vain attempt, the .." No other details (Pay for access archive) Reported in the Shields Daily Gazette/The British Newspaper Archive
  35. 1841 11 11 Not Recorded "Pearl diver, that died (from over exertion or some other cause) immediately after he had reached the land or boat from which he …" No other details (Pay for access archive) Reported in The Worcester Journal/The British Newspaper Archive
  36. 0 0 0 Not Recorded Taylor SCUBA American, a diver and his tender had performed a scuba pontoon inspection on the B&R barge M 289 and were at the stern of the vessel exiting the water. Diver and tender were at the bottom of the ladder where Diver removed his swim fins, climbed the ladder and removed his gear. Looking back over the stern for his tender, Diver lost site of him and no more bubbles were present. Diver immediately contacted the tower and ordered all hands to the port hand rails for a man overboard (the current was running towards the port bow). Diver dove back off the stern but could not locate the tender. A deck hand spotted a body off the port and relayed the information via the PA. Diver exited the lay barge and jumped onto the pipe supply barge from which he entered the water swimming toward the lifeless body. The bow crane whip line was lowered to the water to assist in bringing the man back on board. Diver had attempted in water CPR while swimming him back to the barge. CPR was performed on deck without success. Cause of death was drowning. OD
  37. 0 0 0 Peck John W American, commercial diver, died in an accident, no details
  38. 0 0 0 Shambhu Article on rescue divers working the Varanasi Ghats in the Express of India in 2008. “In another incident, a diver, Shambhu, died while trying to extract a defective water-pump from a well in the Central Hindu School at Varanasi". No details.
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