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This category is for deaths that occurred as a direct result of underwater diving, and those occurring from non-diving causes when the individual was involved in this activity.
Diving fatality data published in Diving Medicine for Scuba Divers (2015) [3] 90% died with their weight belt on. 86% were alone when they died (either diving solo or separated from their buddy). 80% were men. 50% did not inflate their buoyancy compensator. 25% first got into difficulty on the surface; 50% died on the surface.
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The man who died Wednesday, who the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has not named, was diving on the Spiegel Grove, a 510-feet long Cold War-era U.S. Navy troop and equipment transport ship ...
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Rescue diver – Recreational scuba certification emphasising emergency response and diver rescue; Scuba diving fatalities – Deaths occurring while scuba diving or as a consequence of scuba diving; Stand-by diver – A member of a dive team who is ready to assist or rescue the working diver
Negligence is often contributory to such accidents. Recreational divers are usually not sufficiently trained to safely perform these tasks, and are at greater risk. Entanglement in a runaway buoyant lift is a hazard specifically of working with lift bags, and particularly when filling them with breathing gas from scuba cylinders carried by the ...
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