MONTREAL — Quebec’s labour minister said it’s “unimaginable” that wildcat strikers would cut off the air supply to two construction divers on a worksite north of Montreal on Monday. The divers in Trois-Rivieres, Que., about 140 km north of Montreal, were shaken but unharmed when a roving group of union delegates forcibly shut down the […]
Guideline updated Oct 17, 2011 Occupational Health and Safety statistics reveal that a very high proportion of occupational diving fatalities occur because of divers encounters with differential pressures at dams and other work sites. Furthermore the investigations of these tragic incidents indicate that the majority of these encounters were preventable. This guideline is primarily […]
Diving Supervisors Course October 17 – 21, 2011 Location: Richmond, B.C. Course Outline • Elements of supervision • Motivation & communication • Legislation • Site emergencies and accident investigation • Dive accident prevention and management planning • Health and Safety, policies, management and procedures • Management of simulated diving emergencies (shams)- theory only • Review […]
It may be hard to believe, but it’s been a whole year since CC-UHMS first formed. We have been busy preparing for the next conference. Vancouver will host the next CC-UHMS Annual General Meeting. There will be a Fitness to Dive course for Level I doctors on the 19th and 20th October 2011. The AGM will be on the 21st […]
Paul Butler died suddenly in the afternoon of September 14th, 2011, in Marseille, France, apparently of septicaemia or toxic shock. Paul began his diving career in 1962 with the SAR and Special Operations group of the State of Victoria Police Force in Australia. While with the police he served as United Nations police liaison in […]
When errors occur in commercial diving operations the results are often fatal. The Ministry of Labour (MOL) has released a new diving operation plan to help make sure these errors don’t happen.The plan is intended to ensure that employers, owners, constructors, diving supervisors and workers know what do to in an emergency. These workplaces must […]
“The draft new edition of CSA Z275.4 has now been submitted for Public Review. Anyone with Internet access may now review the draft Standard and provide comments for the consideration of our Committee. Advise interested stakeholders to go to CSA’s public review web site: https://review.csa.ca/opr/opr_about.asp?loc=CAN. Following the 60-day public review period, CSA will then ready […]
CSA Z275.6-11 is now available for sale ($80/copy). Direct link on CSA’s Online Store: http://shop.csa.ca/en/canada/diving-and-pressurized-environments/z2756-11/invt/27032752011/ All other Occupational Diving Standards (Z275 series) can also be ordered through our On-line Store: http://shop.csa.ca/ For multi-site usage, network licenses are also available for CSA standards. This is the first edition of CSA Z275.6, Unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO) and […]
The latest Z275.2 – 11 code is now available on the CSA Website ….. Link is: http://shop.csa.ca/en/canada/diving-and-pressurized-environments/z2752-11/invt/27006722011/ This is the fifth edition of CSA Z275.2, Occupational safety code for diving operations. It supersedes the previous editions published in 2004, 1992, 1982, and 1974. It is part of a series of Standards on diving and caisson […]
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