Annual Diving Incident Report
Introduction
The BSAC have monitored and reported on Diving Incidents since 1964. The latest report can be viewed at NDC Diving Incidents Report 2006 and is produced by The British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) in the interest of promoting diving safety. It is important to note that it contains details of UK diving incidents occurring to divers of all affiliations, plus incidents occurring world-wide involving BSAC members. Diving Safety & Incidents Advisor
The Incident Report
The report analyses the background to the incidents and over many years the BSAC and other UK based training agencies have constantly revised and updated their training programmes and safety guidance to take acount of both developing technology and to address training issues highlight by incident analysis. A clear message from the analysis of incidents over recent years is summarised in most reports in the same way as in the 2004 report:
As has been stated many times before, most of the incidents reported within this document could have been avoided had those involved followed a few basic principles of safe diving practice. The BSAC publishes a booklet called 'Safe Diving' (latest edition November 2006). This booklet summarises all the key elements of safe diving.
Remember you can never have too much practice and the further you stay away from the limits of your own personal capabilities the more likely you are to continue to enjoy your diving.
Please browse through the details in the 2007 and previous reports and use them to learn from others' mistakes. They have had the courage and generosity to record their experiences for publication, the least that we can do is to use this information to avoid similar problems.
Brian Cumming,
BSAC Diving Incidents Advisor,
December 2007,
You can download the PDF file containing all 4 pages of the report form. You will need Acrobat Reader to open and compete the form and you can save a copy to your own computer and Email the completed form to safety@bsac.com . This will allow you to complete, save and print the entire document off-line.
Download PDF file of all 4 pages
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