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Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 09-07-2012, 07:54 AM
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Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

He is an independent insurance adjuster in his "day job," and a very good one by those I know who have used him.
Right now I expect he's slammed doing Issac claims.
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 06-06-2011, 10:35 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

Nice fish Rok. Did it stay on the board?
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 06-10-2010, 11:47 AM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

Rok, If you want an in water O2 rig, and have space for a T or other bulk O2 bottle on the boat, e-mail me. I can put something together pretty fast as I have most of the fittings in hand in MS.
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Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 06-09-2010, 12:09 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 12-16-2009, 12:19 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

Bristle worms live under things, or nestled in amongst the barnacles and oysters on the structure. More common on rigs over a high sand or sandy clay bottom.

Having had a MoW inside my wetsuit...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 06-17-2009, 10:19 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

Danglies on an oil rig festooned with fishing lines and nets = inevitable entanglement in the low vis murk.

Entanglements deep = dead & probably not recovered. While some wives will be happy for...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 07-29-2008, 01:07 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

By the description you are now "inside the loop."

NEVER get inside the loop!

I'll happily throat a tied up fish, but from OUTSIDE the loop.

A MS Dr. who was recovered from the Horse Shoe...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 07-17-2008, 02:02 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

A single large fish is the general rule. If snapper or ling are up shallow it may be possible to get 2 or more. Generally its bounce to 100, see what's under you on one or two breaths, then a single...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-16-2008, 09:25 AM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

Another problem I've seen is diving with too much cable. The gun should have enough cable to make your farthest expected accurate shot, and not more. I prefer two turns around both cable anchors. I...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-09-2008, 07:20 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

I was wearing a cajun diveskin, AKA Dickies cover alls, but short sleeve. Killed one estimated at over 10"' long by crushing it with the inside of my left elbow during a fight with huge AJ. I won, as...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-08-2008, 07:12 PM
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Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

As Rok so aptly reminds us. Job one is coming home! Most of us have given guns or other gear away out there to complete job 1.

Years ago I dove with a fellow who liked shooting big 'cuda without...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-08-2008, 12:38 PM
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Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

I prefer steel singles in the ~100 SCF range to minimize total weight on the boat, but I've done lots of dives with old 72s, up to 3 drops per tank with 72s, 4 or more with 100s

Lots of rig divers...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-08-2008, 11:25 AM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

Jacket fabrication and installation pics, with a few shots of floating rigs.

http://www.coleshairston.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=3&p=0&a=0&at=0

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Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-07-2008, 11:27 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

Agreed, which is why I mentioned to stay out of it, and why. subject dropped.

I'll use a BC if the shaft is through skull, but not if it's though body meat.

FT
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-07-2008, 08:56 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

I use as much as I can get on a single tank wing. Do a search for "bristle worm" and you'll find a post explaining why. I used both a bat-wing and a stab jacket before they wore out, about 15 years...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-07-2008, 08:52 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

Indeterminate bottom= the water gets thicker over a 10 to 40' depth range. No matter how far you swim into it you can still push your fist farther in. Starts out as a thin soup (top of the lower...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-07-2008, 08:44 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

OK I guess it's time to define terms.

Jacket= The skeleton pipe structure you see underwater. The jacket will extend to above the highest wave expected in a 100, 500 or 1000 year storm, depending...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-07-2008, 05:55 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

7. Shooting a Tuna in the murk, in the ass. Makes for a very long ride home with a dislocated shoulder.
8. Entanglements! Near shore rigs are often a sea of lost mono and shrimp nets. be sure you...
Forum: Diving Safety, Accidents and Incidents 05-07-2008, 01:28 PM
Replies: 349
Views: 302,396
Posted By FredT
Re: 100 Ways for a Rig Diver to Die

1. Slipping the loop of your riding rig over our wrist, instead of your thumb.

2. Not looking or "feeling" above you during ascent. Cross members in any sort of swell are right dangerous.

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