Yet another diver has died while working, this time in Gijon, Spain.
Fernando Robles Aller, aged 42, born in Leon, married with two children.
S/S air, cleaning rubbish/silt from outside dry dock gates with a pump so they could open them to launch a couple of new boats, probably a differential pressure incident, diving solo with one man topside looking after the compressor (Spanish regs require a minimum 5 man team.........)
Bubbles stopped, but it took them the best part of an hour to get him to the surface, no real details.
Unnecessary death, working on the cheap, breaking the law in Spain, so unless he has a rich family or the unions back him, they might sacrifice the diving contractor but it will probably be brushed under the carpet as far as the client and people who were in charge are concerned.
Links to articles in Spanish newspapers:
http://www.lne.es/gijon/2013/07/17/muere-buzo-limpiaba-zona-botadura/1442925.html
http://www.elcomercio.es/20130716/asturias/gijon/cuerpo-sacan-201307161233.html
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