Occupational Health and Safety: Part 4

By Michael Jacobs, NAUI 22707

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS OF LEADERSHIP In this fourth part of our series, we’ll move on from risks associated with our equipment, such as compressors and cylinders, and general gear handling, to risks we encounter in our day-to-day work as dive leaders, especially those involving our customers, such as injuries, cold and dehydration. Then we’ll close with a few general, not specifically diving-related hazards, such as those of our workplace and the vacation lifestyle. DIVING AND DIVE LEADERS KITTING UP AND DOWN – Not only do leaders have to kit up their own gear, but they sometimes also kit up for their customers, so bear in mind what was presented in Part 3 ( Sources , second quarter 2017) about the total amount of weight they have to lift and handle. DCS…

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