Two safety events have been reported in recent IMCA Safety Flashes, and two case studies have been published. The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published a Safety Alert relating to heat related illnesses offshore.
IMCA is expanding the availability of its popular Diving Supervisor Continuing Professional Development (CPD) app to Trainee Offshore Air and Bell Diving Supervisors (TOSA and TOSB).
The International Regulators Forum (IRF) Conference was held in Perth in October 2023, for the first since 2018.
Two divers and one company director have been sanctioned by HSE UK for exaggerating credentials, and cautioned for fraud by UK Police.
ADAS acknowledges the Findings of Magistrate Derek Lee, Deputy State Coroner of NSW following the coronial inquest into the death of Mark Murphy on the 20th of May 2015. The Findings were published on July 1, 2022 and can be…
A Victorian diving company that conducts water tank and irrigation inspections and repairs has been fined $730,000 by WorkSafe for repeatedly putting workers' lives in danger.
Three safety incidents have been reported recently, and IMCA has published an article on hand and finger injury awareness and prevention.
Employers and contractors are reminded to always read both sides of ADAS cards to check the certifications of the card holder, and submit verification enquires to ADAS by email.
NOPSEMA is inviting expressions of interest to join their Community and Environment Reference Group (CERG), particularly those who can provide local community or regional perspectives.
Three safety events from IMCA report on an incident where differential pressure caused a dummy choke to eject near divers; a lift bag near miss and a foreign body causing a fall in gas pressure in a divers helmet.