At a system level, we don't learn from diving fatalities, and here's why

Why we don’t learn from diving fatalities: this blog unpacks first-story blame vs second-story systems, drift, weak defences and feedback. The blog offers practical steps to build safer teams and improve organisational learning following fatal events. All to be better than yesterday.

Summary of RF4 Paper: Human Factors in Rebreather Diving

Gareth Lock

Published on: 07/09/2024

RF4 Summary. Enhance rebreather diving safety with a focus on human factors, systems thinking, and non-technical skills. By understanding the interactions between equipment, training, and diver behavior, you can dive smarter and safer. Foster a just culture and improve decision-making.

Safety is boring...

Why is it that those who take safety (or risk management) seriously are considered boring? Jenny Lord writes about her experiences in this area and why we should consider things a little differently if we want to continue diving.

Quanto sono sicure le tue immersioni?

Dive safety leads to nothingness...and nothingness is unemotive!

Gareth Lock

Published on: 06/09/2018

How safe are you when you dive and how do you measure safety? Think about the following story and how safe the situation was...

Can divers learn from the US Forest Service?

This short article highlights the ways in which the US Forest Service learns from both positive and negative events to make future firefighting operations safer, and identifies ways in which the diving community could learn in a similar manner.