In 1997 the Health and Safety Executive approved 5 codes of practice, called ACoPs, for the different diving sectors where divers are considered to be at work. These include Commercial Diving Projects Offshore, Commercial Diving Projects Inland / Inshore, Media Diving Projects, Recreational Diving Projects and Scientific and Archaeological Diving Projects. These were all reviewed… Continue Reading »
All of the diving Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs) have been revised following industry consultation, they came into force on 8 December 2014. LINK TO HSE SITE Commercial diving projects offshore. The Diving at Work Regulations 1997 Approved Code of Practice and Guidance – L103 Commercial diving projects inland/inshore. The Diving at Work Regulations 1997… Continue Reading »
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as part of the review of all its Approved Codes of Practice (ACoPs) following the recommendations in the Löfsted Report, is due to publish revised versions of the five diving ACoPs on Monday 8th December 2014. These ACoPs are for: Commercial diving projects offshore (L103) Commercial diving projects inland/inshore… Continue Reading »
A team of 17 NOAA divers sailing aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette has returned from a 33-day mission to remove marine debris from Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii, a World Heritage Site and one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. In total, they removed approximately 57 tons of derelict fishing… Continue Reading »
Eni Norge is entering into an oil spill contingency training agreement with the Nordkapp Maritime Training Centre in Honningsvåg. The centre will be the first in the world to employ simulators for oil recovery training in conditions of darkness. The development of the Goliat field has considerably strengthened the oil spill contingency apparatus in West… Continue Reading »
A new study says that the drilling procedure called fracking didn’t cause much-publicized cases of tainted water, blaming contamination on leaky natural gas wells instead. The study finds that eight hydraulically fractured wells in the states of Pennsylvania and Texas leaked gas because the piping and cement seals in the wells themselves weren’t working properly…. Continue Reading »
The Underwater Centre in Fort William has become the first provider of subsea training to be given a prestigious seal of approval from a national quality assurance organisation. The Centre, which delivers a range of courses in commercial diving and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), has been accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC), which oversees… Continue Reading »
The children of a Northumberland diver killed in an oil rig blast have finally won a fight for justice with the Norwegian government – 26 years after the tragedy. Stephen Lucas was just 10 when his father Roy, 38, died in a diving bell accident off the Norwegian coast in November 1983. Mr Lucas was… Continue Reading »
UNITED KINGDOM — A commercial diver working on the new Pembroke power station was airlifted to Derriford Hospital, in Plymouth, on Saturday after he became unconscious while under water. Milford Haven coastguard received a call from ambulance control at 10.19am saying that the diver was unwell and had briefly become unconscious.
LONDON — New offshore safety statistics have suggested that working in the industry is becoming safer. The figures revealed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on Wednesday show that the combined fatal and major injury rate and major hydrocarbon releases are at their lowest level since regulation of the industry began more than 20… Continue Reading »
