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ADCI Industry Informational Update #2010-05
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May/2010
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TO: ADCI General Membership and Industry
Stakeholders
The following items of information are provided to
bring your attention to recent industry developments,
initiatives, or safety notices. If you do not wish to
receive future Industry Updates, please use the unsubscribe
option, located at the bottom of this update.
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Recommended Emergency Response Drills
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The following are recommended Emergency Response
Drills that can be utilized and/or modified.
The ADCI recommends companies and schools develop
and perform emergency response drills which are applicable to
their operations.
- Diver
Shocked While Underwater Welding
- Fouled
Diver / Hose Change
- Mechanical
Injury (Badly Sprained Ankle)
- Unconscious
Tender
- Unconscious
Penetration Diver
- Tender
Collapses Due to Heat Exhaustion
- Recovery
of Unconscious Surface Diver
- Unconscious
Bell Diver (In the Bell)
- Unconscious
Bell Diver (Outside of Bell)
- Loss
of Breathing media to Diver
- Hydrocarbons
in the Bell
- ABV
/ Diver Dizzy on Ascent
- Launch
and Recovery of Emergency Evacuation System (EES) - HRC or
SPLB
- Bell-to-Bell
Transfer
- CO2 Buildup (in
Demand-Type Breathing Rig)
- Contaminated
Breathing Gas Supply
- DCS
/ Type I (Pain in Right Elbow)
- DCS
/ Type II (Pain- Left Forearm / Numbness Left Hand
- POIS
/ AGE / Pneumothorax (Weakness)
- POIS
/ Mediastinal (Pain / Cough)
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Sample
Emergency Response Drill Scenario
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Recommended
Emergency Response Drills
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The ADCI will have templates of all of the above
listed drills in the Reference Section of the upcoming 6th
Edition of the International Consensus Standards for Commercial
Diving and Underwater Operations. Copies of the Templates
will also be posted on the ADCI Web Site by June 2010.
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This Information was
sent to further the communication of all industry
stakeholders. Safety is the primary concern of the ADCI. Remember:
a real-time Job Safety Analysis is important, but nothing
can replace good common sense.
Phil
Newsum
Association
of Diving Contractors International
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