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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

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Reports
1

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0%

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Concerns addressed
0

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Stated actions
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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. North and West Cumbria

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    Carl Andrew Morris · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Carl Andrew Morris died from a heart attack with an already compromised heart while diving at Wastwater on 27 January 2013. The report identified concerns that his medical certificate was not up to date for the technical diving courses and that no check was made to ensure compliance with the requirement for a certificate. It also identified a wider concern that compliance with PADI rules for technical diving courses was not effectively policed.

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI); that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Inherent danger of Technical diving involving decompression stops and different gases

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) Diving is both a method of work and a recreational sport. There is an inherent danger in diving, particularly when a dive requires decompression stops and the use of different gases. Because of the depth of the dives the risk of death or serious harm is significant. (2) The inherent danger in Technical diving is recognised by PADI in that there is a requirement for members undertaking Technical diving courses to have a medical certificate confirming their fitness to dive. (3) In Mr Morris’s case he must have been aware of the need for a medical certificate, but omitted or neglected to ensure that his certificates were up to date for each course. No check was made to ensure that he was compliant for the Tec 50 course. (4) Where recreational divers are undertaking Technical diving courses, particularly with Instructors who know them well, there is a danger that those requirements are overlooked, and there is no system for policing compliance. (5) As PADI have recognised the need to ensure that divers, before starting a course, are compliant with the PADI rules, there should be a method devised to police the adherence to those rules. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI); that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of a system to verify divers’ medical-certificate compliance before Technical diving courses

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) Diving is both a method of work and a recreational sport. There is an inherent danger in diving, particularly when a dive requires decompression stops and the use of different gases. Because of the depth of the dives the risk of death or serious harm is significant. (2) The inherent danger in Technical diving is recognised by PADI in that there is a requirement for members undertaking Technical diving courses to have a medical certificate confirming their fitness to dive. (3) In Mr Morris’s case he must have been aware of the need for a medical certificate, but omitted or neglected to ensure that his certificates were up to date for each course. No check was made to ensure that he was compliant for the Tec 50 course. (4) Where recreational divers are undertaking Technical diving courses, particularly with Instructors who know them well, there is a danger that those requirements are overlooked, and there is no system for policing compliance. (5) As PADI have recognised the need to ensure that divers, before starting a course, are compliant with the PADI rules, there should be a method devised to police the adherence to those rules. ”
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