Mother of diver says company’s guilty plea will do nothing to improve safety CBC News Posted: Sep 14, 2017 5:51 PM ATLast Updated: Sep 14, 2017 10:08 PM AT Luke Seabrook trained to become a commercial diver in Ontario. (Seabrook family) Safety violations laid in diver’s death at Nova Scotia Power plant ‘Enough’s enough’: Safety […]
A small commercial diving company in Hammonds Plains, N.S., has been charged with four offences under the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Act following the death of an employee two years ago today. Luke Seabrook died on July 15, 2015 after getting stuck underwater in a sluice gate at the Nova Scotia Power tidal plant in Annapolis Royal. […]
(CADC MAG SUMMER 2017 – DIGITAL EDITION) “There are old divers – and there are bold divers. But there are very few old, bold divers” Commercial diving and the supply of underwater services is a serious business. Things have come a long way from “the good ol’ days” hard hat diver to the introduction of […]
(CADC MAG SUMMER 2017 ) With the advent of the 70’s, commercial diving in Canada was going through a period of transition from the heavyweight deep-sea type of diving dress to the use of SCUBA and new lightweight surface-supplied diving equipment. During this period, there was a significant increase in the numbers of diving related […]
(CADC MAG SPRING-SUMMER ISSUE PRE-PRINT) As of January 1st, 2017 – CADC ramps up its initiative for a common nation wide dive standard by initiating the first phase of its Diving Safety Self-Audit Program based on current CSA diving standards recognized by the CADC and its members as being one of the best minimal diving […]
CADC Member Companies – as a condition of membership – have agreed to comply with all regulations as set out by the authority having jurisdiction or – in the absence of regulations – to observe as a minimum the standards as identified in current CSA Z275.2 Occupational Safety Code for Diving Operations + CSA Z275.4 […]
The “Infrastructure Health and Safety Association’ (IHSA – formerly the CSAO) has completed arrangements to offer a Diving Supervisor Training program in conjunction with Mr. Dave Geddes (DCBC certified course instructor) . The course concept of joint partnership in its presentation was proposed by the CADC during discussions with the Ontario Commercial Diving Trade Labour […]
Bob Landry of Toronto, Ontario has received the prestigious CSA Award of Merit in recognition of longstanding involvement, exceptional industry insight and determined commitment to standards promoting diving safety. Bob is retired from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, but continues to generously give of his personal time to standards development at CSA Group as well […]
Diving professionals reflect on workplace death last year Information Morning – NS July 18, 2016 Season 2016, Episode 300256432 06:22 CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO HEAR CBC RADIO INTERVIEW OF DOUG ELSEY BY CBC’S ELIZABETH CHIU It’s been a year since diver Luke Seabrook was killed on the job at a Nova Scotia Power dam. […]
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