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Incident Report highlights unserviced kit and DCI risk
BSAC HAS RELEASED THE LATEST annual Diving Incident Report for 2021 , which recorded a total of 218 incidents throughout the UK .
As part of its role as National Governing Body , BSAC reports annually on diving incidents in the UK , from all diver training agencies . The report is compiled by BSAC Incident Advisor , Jim Watson and data analyst , Ben Peddie .
The Incident Report and its data analysis aims to promote diver safety as well as understand any trends that can support all the diving agencies in their diver training programmes and safety advice .
The 2021 report covers incidents from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 . During this period , a total of 235 incidents were recorded , which sadly included fifteen incidents resulting in sixteen fatalities .
The number of incidents reported in 2021 have almost returned to prepandemic levels . There had been a significantly reduced number of incidents reported in 2020 , which was attributed to the restrictions on diving activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic .
Other key features of the 2021 report include :
■ There is some evidence that some equipment failures may have resulted from extended periods of inactivity due to the pandemic
■ Decompression Illness ( DCI ) was the most reported category of incident , followed by surface / boat incidents and injuries
■ Separation and solo diving continue to feature prominently in the factors associated with incidents resulting in a fatality
You can download the BSAC Incident Report 2021 at bsac . com / incidentreport
Help us to keep diving safe
If you have been involved in or witnessed an incident , please report it – in confidence – and help us to continue to shape a safe future for diving .
Whether you are a BSAC diver or dive with another agency , a recreational or technical diver or if the incident happened in the UK or overseas , BSAC wants to hear about it . You can find the form online at bsac . com / reportanincident
The number of diving incidents across the UK has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels
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