Stoney Cove training fatality - UK

[DandyDon]

Diver dies after getting into difficulties at Stoney Cove - Hinckley Times

A diver has died during an incident at Stoney Cove over the weekend.
Emergency services were called to the flooded quarry dive spot near Stoney Stanton at around 10.30am on Sunday.
East Midlands Ambulance Service personnel alerted Leicestershire Police. A force spokesman said: “We were called by the ambulance service on Sunday morning about a report of a death at Stoney Cove.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious and officers have prepared a file for the coroner.”
It is understood the diver has not yet been formally identified.
The management at Stoney Cove issued a statement on the incident today saying: “On Sunday morning a group of qualified divers went into the water at Stoney Cove to undertake a training dive.
“During the dive one of the divers experienced some difficulty and his buddy’s assisted him to the surface. On reach the surface the divers called for help and Stoney Cove’s rescue team responded immediately.
“The East Midlands Ambulance Service and the police were called by Stoney Cove to assist with the incident. The Health and Safety Executive has been informed.”
The site, which saw its first dives in 1960, is advertised as an ‘underwater adventure park’ and is seen as a benchmark for diving facilities with the majority of the centre’s 40,000 divers who visit per year enjoying safe sessions.
Rules on suitability to dive are stringent with all divers required to sign a declaration they will not undertake any dive unless they are competent to complete the dive successfully or they are receiving the appropriate level of instruction or supervision and they are medically fit to dive.
The centre is formally acknowledged and praised by the Health and Safety Executive as a model in diving safety.

 

[Yarbrough]

Don, I am amazed at how quickly you post these reports. Thank you.

I always hate to hear about training accidents, these hit close to home for me. I spent a decade doing training dives five to seven days a week, and over the years, I saw myself become more and more conservative. I know many instructors who were involved in accidents who no longer teach, some who no longer dive.

Todd