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In the UK the British Sub-Aqua Club compiles an annual incident report, with the cooperation of national agencies, such as the Coast Guard. Last years is @ http://216.150.74.119/techserv/increp00/intro.htm an overview on the incidents is also provided @ http://216.150.74.119/techserv/increp00/overview00.htm Feedback from such reports is essential if incident prevention is to occur through better/revised training and recommendations. D. On Wed, 20 June 2001, "Michael J. Blitch" wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:42:15 -0400, you wrote: > > >I complained about this on the lists about 15 months ago, discussing why it > >was that the Accident Analysis files that I knew were being kept by the CDS > >and NACD cooperatively with the IUCRR were not readily available. The reply > >that eventually I got back was that it was a lot of work and that the > >database "keeper" was busy doing his statistical reports, which are quite > >good, BTW, but that the raw reports could not be disbursed to the public at > >large because they contained personal info. > > It just seems to me that IUCRR is an organization that exists to pat > itself on the back. I don't understand why dozens of people sign up > for that course. Do they think that the police are suddenly going to > call them if something happens? Many say "I just want to know what to > do if something happens while I am there". If you want to do > something, learn CPR, other than that most cave divers can't do > anything more than keeping others from attempting their own body > recovery or become a victim themselves. There are only a handful that > are going to be called. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be one of > them. My respect is to those that do take their time off work and > their lives in attempts to assist the families of the deceased, even > under impossible circumstances such as ocean recovery. > > Another thing that gets me is the failure to release the information > about a fatality. Do people think that they are somehow the only ones > that can use that information or put it to good use. Accident analysis > is a vital part. No one is asking for details on the throes of death, > but they do what to know what went wrong. I certainly don't see the > liability of releasing information of a recovery or investigation. In > every airplane crash, the NTSB will not only release the details of > the investigate, but they will also speculate as to anything unknown. > People keep dying form the same mistakes over and over and I can't > figure out why no one is learning a damn thing. > > -- > WinErr: 001 Windows loaded - System in danger > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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