Diver Dies in Long Sault

[GTADiver]

DivingGal once bubbled...
My prayers go out to the diver's family, and the divers present to find the comfort that they all need at this time.

This is truly a tragedy that need not have happened. I truly hope that a Coronor's inquest is called and that the diving community can learn from the incident and possibly the family can get some closure. Kanata Diving Supply will hopefully review its interpretation of their PADI standards with this being the second fatality they have had on an advanced course.

 

[eagleray2003]

There certainly seems to be a fair bit of interest in this accident and divers I have conversed with seem to be almost insistant on finding out what happened here so future incidents can be avoided, also because it is someone from right here in this area.
I too would like to see some form of closure for the family and if an inquest is what it takes so be it.
Have they closed this site temporarily?

 

[Fat_Tony]

Are you sure 2 people have died in Ontario doing the AOW? The OUC Fatality Reports only lists 7 fatal accidents or is this list out of date? http://www.ontariodiver.com/fatal.htm or is there a better list?

Paul

 

[eagleray2003]

I think it is as out of date as Jean Chretien!

 

[divebuddydale]

Fat_Tony once bubbled...
Are you sure 2 people have died in Ontario doing the AOW? The OUC Fatality Reports only lists 7 fatal accidents or is this list out of date? http://www.ontariodiver.com/fatal.htm or is there a better list?

Paul

That list is way out of date... I know of 2 (3 if you count the one at Morrison Dam, QC last year or the year before) Dave Cooper, the Long sault Guy are the most recent that I remember, but are probably not the only ones. BTW the list you gave is not AOW training only, it is any fatality.

Dale Sanger

 

[Fat_Tony]

Dale,

I realize the list is a all fatality list not just training fatalities.

Is there a better list availiable anywhere?

Thanks,

Paul

 

[Groundhog246]

Not on the list was a local diver (Scotty) who died on an deep dive (course) in Toby last summer. So include in the list of training accidents. You can never be positive what happened, but common speculation is he was skip breathing (holding his breath) to extend bottom time and ascended slightly causing an embolism. Official cause of death was air embolism. His buddy reported him signalling out of air on his main and pony bottles. On the surface both had lots of air and regulators were found to be in good working order.

 

[divebuddydale]

I don't know if there is a more up to date list anywhere. Kinda a morbid list to want to keep, although I do think that info on how accidents happen is good to know. The site that was listed had great info on suspected causes, but was extremely out of date.

Dale

 

[Tom R]

We also had a rebreather death in Toby last year also.

Tom R

 

[eagleray2003]

GTADiver once bubbled...

This is truly a tragedy that need not have happened. I truly hope that a Coronor's inquest is called and that the diving community can learn from the incident and possibly the family can get some closure. Kanata Diving Supply will hopefully review its interpretation of their PADI standards with this being the second fatality they have had on an advanced course.

Is this shop still open and teaching? If so, why?