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We had a similar case in a power plant up here in Quebec a few years = back. The differences are that the guy used ice diving techniques and he was = asked to inspect the exit pipe instead of the intake. Safer you would = think... The power plant was shut off but as small residual flow was going = through it. Therefore the turbines were turning ever so slowly. This was enough = to create a current similar to an under toe close to the turbine. Because = of the shape of the tunnel, the tender had difficulty "feeling" the diver = at the end of the rope he kept giving him slack. Eventually, the rope got caught by the turbine, the diver got reeled in, knocked unconscious and drowned. He is now part of the coroner's second thematic report on = scuba diving deaths in Quebec.=20 Thanks but no thanks! I will leave the commercial stuff to the = commercial divers. --- Roger Lacasse, Sp=E9cialiste des mises =E0 jours des syst=E8mes = d'a=E9ronef, Groupe des mises =E0 jours, D=E9partement 21, CAE =C9lectronique Lt=E9e (514) 341-6780 x3659, lacasse@ca*.ca* > -----Original Message----- > From: ScottBonis@ao*.co* [mailto:ScottBonis@ao*.co*] > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 4:01 AM > To: fossildiver@mi*.co*; techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Re: Fatality near Charleston, SC >=20 <snip>=20 > The task was to determine the point of entry and the density of rocks = > (greater than 6" in diameter) that were entering the 1,500 ft. = "pinstock"=20 > pipe leading to the power turbines in a hydroelectric generating = station. > Some of the rocks were damaging the turbine blades. <snip>=20 > It just goes to show that with the right attitude, training=20 > and equipment all=20 > sorts of dives can be done safely. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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