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Acceptable Risk - what is it?

Posted On 05/20/2008 14:26:38 by DiveMaster

As I mentioned in one of the forums, I have been involved in the formation of many of the standards in Canada (diving) for many (25+) years and have seen it go from 2 man dive teams to 4 man. It IS a lot safer and I am happy to see that the divers working under them acknowledge the work that went into them. However - having said that - there seems to be a growing trend to make it SO safe that staying out of the water is the best option (or drain the lake / ocean to fix it.) Diving for a living IS dangerous - no doubt about it. We have to be careful that in the formation of these standards / regs to balance the safety of the man with the task at hand. There is no excuse for loss of life - but there has to be concern for the industry and clearly define what is "acceptable risk". What is it?

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From: bugsey

05/24/2010 12:00:20

I think that acceptable has become a standard that is trying to encompass a range of conditions that very wide. I feel that in the process of the creation of this standard, although very young, will begin to become taylored to specialized types of diving as they evolve.One thing is for sure, every day i go to work i always recognize that i am entering a hostile universe. We get lost in the amazement of what we do for a living and tend to loose sight of how fragile we are down there. The regs are definately good for all, no doubt about it, but no ammount of rules will take the cowboy out of the diver. To try and create solid regs to rule out human error seems like a very hard thing to do, good work for making it happen, probably saved my live a time or two.

From: workindiver

06/09/2008 21:58:47

I think that pretty much is when {not uncluding death as a result}
and the company you work for doesnt disagree is or should be left to the diver...
I have done alot of salvage and burning before getting into the oil and gas side of things and yes dangerous is part of the game, cuts and scraps are one thing but extremes call for extremes i wont make any decisions until the time comes but self preservation is high on my list,but i will really push things within limits to get things done....

I think the gey areas too big right now to answer
Good question my friend..

My answer would be ANYTHING THAT STOPS YOU FROM WORKING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS NOT WORTH IT....

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