Diver Injured by Propeller

[SteveAD]

Yep, that too. And I've seen extraordinary measures taken to open a tagged & locked valve before... ("Gee, sir, I figured it was finished/left over/a mistake/forgotten from yesterday/got the date mixed up" etc ad nauseum)
But, this one sounds like a private yacht, and my bet is that the "norm" is a simple tag-out.
Either this boat wasn't tagged out, in which case the diver is largely responsibile for his own injury, or it was tagged out, in which case the tag-out was ignored.
I think it's about a 50/50 chance at this time, so I ain't willing to cast stones at either the diver or the boat owner ... yet...

Rick

"Private yacht?!?" Try Gloucester fishing boat. I seriously doubt the vessel is equipped for lock out.

 

[Rick Murchison]

"Private yacht?!?" Try Gloucester fishing boat. I seriously doubt the vessel is equipped for lock out.

When I had a fishing boat that was my yacht!

Rick

 

[Rick Murchison]

"Private yacht?!?" Try Gloucester fishing boat. I seriously doubt the vessel is equipped for lock out.

Every boat is "equipped for lock-out." You may have to go so far as to hide a battery cable or two and chain the controls, but if you want to safe a boat you can do it.
Rick

 

[rigdiver]

I can't comprehend how a diver was cleaning a prop w/o someone topside knowing what was going on. I make sure someone is on deck with MY best interests in the front of their brain. I verbalize "Nobody starts anything" everytime. An air compressor kicking on scares me.

 

[TheMadDane]

Sad and preventable, best wishes to the diver and his family, hopefully it's transient and not permanent.