The biggest safety problem in diving?

[Akimbo]

#1 Complacency

1+ for complacency — referring to non-combatant military and commercial oilfield divers. The work can get very routine, especially on the support side. Ill-trained Scuba divers playing at commercial in fisheries, harbors, and rivers are another matter.

The vast majority of accidents are industrial in nature, usually having to do with getting body parts between a load and target. There are a lot of commercial divers missing digits. There are very few pure diving accidents anymore.

 

[Jaydubya]

What's the biggest safety problem for divers? I'm most interested in answering this question for commercial and military divers, since the military will likely fund research that the rest of the community will benefit from.

It's the same as for recreational diving- that we humans are unable to breath water.

 

[ajtoady]

What's the biggest safety problem for divers? I'm most interested in answering this question for commercial and military divers, since the military will likely fund research that the rest of the community will benefit from.

A diver not realizing that he is responsible for his own safety, not his buddy or whoever! You wear gauges, suits and BCs or wings, weights, etc, for a reason. If you don't know these reasons ask or find out.