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Paul wrote: > I just read the post about getting DAN or Deep Tech to publish a > comprehensive report on diving accidents so that we can all learn from the > mistakes. I think its a great idea, unfortunately some of the Agencies > won't... Since 1970, John McAniff, Director of the National Underwater Accident Data Center (NUADC) at the University of Rhode Island (USA), has published extensive fatality reports each year on recreational/sport divers. The entire collection (or just selected years) can be had by contacting John. By-the-way, John has been working cooperatively for the past few years with DAN to produce one report of accidents and fatalities, under DAN's banner. In the past, PADI, amoung others, has supported the work of both DAN and NUADC. You may be interested to know that in the US the reporting of accidents and fatalities to a central organization was, for many years, rather haphazard: some of the fatality cases on file at NUADC contain only a brief, two paragraph clipping from a single newspaper, while others contain detailed reports from eye witnesses, autopsies, statements of the victim's training and experience levels, etc. By the nature of the individual fatality "reports," there is no consistent data included (other than the victim died, of course!). This makes conducting an accident analysis challenging, to say the least. I worked with John to produce three accident analyses, the results of which I presented at various dive shows. Two analyses I wrote up and had published in various places. The first analysis was devoted exclusively to wreck diving fatalities amoung US divers, and covers the years 1970 to 1990. The second analysis covers training and diving lessons from wreck diving accident analysis. In both cases, suggestions were offered for divers to improve their safety while diving. In the latter case, I made observations and suggestions for strengthening diver training in the US at all levels. If you are interested in obtaining the NUADC reports, contact John McAniff at: P.O. Box 68 Kingston, Rhode Island 02881 USA phone (401) 792-2980 fax (401) 792-4215 Hope this helps. Bernie
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