Accident Reporting
IN CONFIDENCE.
Please fill in as much of the form as possible, continue on separate sheets if required. Return
to the University Diving Officer and the University Safety Office as soon as practicable.
Under UK legislation the reporting of dangerous occurrences in respect of diving will cover
any of the following incidents.
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The failure or the endangering of any lifting equipment associated with the diving
operation, or life support equipment, including control panels, hoses and
breathing apparatus which puts a diver at risk. The expression "at risk" is
qualified by the potential for a fatality, major injury or reportable disease. So this
includes any incident where the breathing apparatus malfunctions whether there
was the potential for harm or not.
Any damage to, or endangering of, the dive platform, or any failure of the dive
platform to remain on station, which puts a diver at risk. In this respect the dive
boat is classed as the platform.
The trapping of a diver.
Any explosion in the vicinity of a diver.
Any uncontrolled ascent or any omitted decompression which puts the diver at
risk.
Although there are only three reportable occupational diseases (DCI, barotrauma resulting in
lung or other organ damage, and dysbaric osteonecrosis) the list of major injuries requiring to
be reported is somewhat larger, and includes :
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any fracture, other than to the fingers, thumbs or toes;
any amputation;
dislocation of the hip, knee, or spine;
loss of sight (whether temporary or permanent);
a chemical or hot metal burn to the eye, or any penetrating injury to the eye;
any injury leading to hypothermia, heat induced illness or unconsciousness or
requiring resuscitation or admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours;
any loss of consciousness caused by asphyxia or by exposure to a harmful
substance by inhalation, ingestion or through the skin;
any other loss of consciousness;
any acute illness which requires medical treatment where there is a reason to
believe that this resulted from exposure to a biological agent or its toxins or
infected material;
any other acute illness requiring medical treatment.
Accident Report Form
IN CONFIDENCE.
NB: Copies to University Diving Officer and University Safety Office as soon as practicable
Date/time of incident. ____/____/____
Location.
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Casualty
Name
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Sex. M / F
Date of Birth.
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Address.
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Telephone number.
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Any previous known, relevant, physical ailments, disabilities, or impairments.
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Details of any medications or drugs taken (prescribed or not), in the last 48 hours.
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Number of years diving.
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Number of dives.
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Date of last medical. Commercial/sport.
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Informant
Name
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Address.
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Telephone number.
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Contractor
Name
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Address.
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Telephone number.
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Supervisor . Marshall
Name
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Address.
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Telephone number.
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Incident
Did the incident cause any injury to the casualty? If so, describe the injury/injuries signs and
symptoms, in chronological order (24 hour clock), as far as possible.
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What first-aid treatment was undertaken ?
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Type of Diving. Self-Contained/Surface Demand/Other (specify).
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Breathing Mixture.
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Qualifications of diving team.
Casualty.
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Supervisor.
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Standby diver 1.
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Standby Diver 2.
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Dive Details
Dive Details for the previous 48 hours. (Time of leaving surface, time leaving bottom, time of
arrival at surface, maximum depth, details of any safety or decompression stops, dive profile).
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Tables\type of computer used.
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Purpose of dive.
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Dive partner record at time of incident.
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In water alone/diving with one buddy/ diving with more than one buddy/roped diver to
surface operations/surface marker buoy used/ buddy line used, diver to diver/distance to
nearest standby diver
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Vessel involved ? If so, give details.
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Coastguard contacted? If so, state station/unit.
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Any other emergency services contacted ? If so, which?
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Environmental Conditions
Water:
Visibility.
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Temperature.
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Tide.
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Current.
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Swell.
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Surface:
Wind.
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Weather.
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Temperature.
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Visibility.
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Further information
Details of casualty's diving equipment, condition pre and post dive, and whether recovered
with the casualty.
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Detailed description of incident/accident.
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