DAN 2010 Dive Fatality Workshop proceedings available (free) for download

[Ken Kurtis]

This should be required reading (or at least skimming) for anyone who posts in this forum. Lots of good info and a summary of some of the very robust discussions that followed each presentation. Also underscores that not everyone agrees with everyone else and it's OK to have divergent opinions:

https://d35gjurzz1vdcl.cloudfront.net/ftw-files/Fatalities_Proceedings.pdf

- Ken

 

[scubatomwetzel]

Thank you for the info.

 

[emoreira]

Thanks for the link to the document.

 

[heavierthanlead]

A statistical smörgåsbord! Thanks. :read:

 

[wtcreaux]

Agree with the recommendation to include "near-misses".

In the air medical world, we used (1990s) to only list the fatalities/serious injuries. During this time (1970-1990s), the air medical industry (in the US) lost an average of 26 crew members annually. In the early 2000's, we started listing out ALL incidences (bird strikes, maintenance issues, mechanical problems, etc). Currently, our annual death rate has dropped into the single-digits. I think that the new reporting has made a difference as we, individual crew members, became more aware of what to check for (i.e. after maintenance, the AP mechanic double-checked all fasteners. then before each flight, the crew members also checked the fasteners). It made us (crew-members) more aware of potential problems and, I think, safer.