SCUBA Related Incidents

As Reported by PSI-International, Inc. July, 2001

*Injury Codes: 0=None, 1=Death, 2=Severe, 3=Moderate, 4=Minor

Date	Location	Type	Activity	Cause	Injuries*
1960	Watertow, NY	Steel	Filling	?	4
1960’s	Canada	Steel	Stored	?	?
1960’s	Florida	Steel	Filling	?	0
1970’s	Oregon	?	?	?	0
1971	British Virgin Islands	Steel	Filling	?	4
1971-72	St. Kitts	Steel	?	?	?
1973	Los Angeles, Ca	Steel	Filling	Corrosion	2,3
1974	Grand Bahamas	Alum-6061	Filling	?	4,4
1974	Cozumel, Mexico	Steel	Filling	?	3
1974-75	Anchorage, AK	Steel	Rigging	Corrosion	1,2,4,4
1977	Hawaii	Aluminum	Filling	Fire	4,4
Aug. 1979	Japan	Steel	Rigging	Corrosion	1,2,4,4
1981	Florida	Aluminum	Filling	Heat	2
1981	Florida	Aluminum	Filling	Heat	3,4,4,4,4
1982	Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.	Aluminum	Filling	Crack	?
1983	England	?	Filling	Metric Valve	0
1983	New York	Steel	Stored	Corrosion	0
1983	England	Steel	?	Thread Corr.	2
1984	New Guinea	?	Filling	?	0
1984	Hawaii	Steel	Filling	Corrosion	4
1984	Hawaii	Steel	Stored	Corrosion	3
1985	U.S. Virgin Islands	Steel	Filling	Corrosion	2,3
1985	Florida	Steel	Filling	Corrosion	2
1986	W. Palm Beach Florida	Steel	Filling	?	0
1986	Moline, IL	Steel	Re-valved	Pressure	2
1988	Australia	Aluminum	Filling	Crack	2,3,3,4
1988	Virginia	Aluminum	Filling	Altered Drugs	0
1990	Belize	?	Filling	?	0
1990	Key Largo, Florida	Aluminum	Stored	Heat	0
1990	Puerto Rico	?	Filled	?	?
1991	Cape Town, So. Africa	Aluminum	Stored	?	0
1991	Roatan	Aluminum	Stored on boat	Fire	0
1991	Latusis	?	Stored in Van	Burst Disk	?
1992	Hilo, HI	Aluminum	Filling	?	2
1993	Pooler, Georgia	Aluminum	Filling	?	2
1993	Pompano, Florida	Steel (Vinyl)	Filling	?	0
1993	Egypt (Red Sea)	Aluminum	Filling	Overfill	2
1993	Honduras	Aluminum	Stored	Fire	0
1994	Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.	Aluminum	Filling	Crack	2
Aug. 1994	Calgary, Alberta, Can.	Steel	Filling	Overfill/disk	1,3
Jan. 1995	Florida	Steel	Filling	Metric Valve	2,4,4
July, 1996	Alabama	Aluminum	Filling	?	0
Aug. 1996	Athens, Greece	Aluminum	Storage	Metric Valve	1,3
May, 1997	Fiji Islands	(2) Aluminum	Boat Fire	Heat Damage	0
May 30, 1997	Tjoeme, Norway	Gerzat, 5283 Aluminum	Storage	?	0
1997	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Aluminum	Filling	Cracking	0
1997	Rio De Janeiro, Brazil	Aluminum	Val Extrusion	Metric Valve	0
1997	Cuacao, NA	Aluminum	Hydro-Retest	?	0
1997	Cuacao, NA	Aluminum	Val Extrusion	Metric Valve	0
Feb. 1998	Auckland, New Zealand	Steel	Filling	?	0
Jan. 25, 1998	Anaheim, CA	Copper	In Use	?	0
Feb. 1998	Auckland, New Zealand	Steel	Filling	?	4,4
Feb. 1, 1998	Riviera Beach, FL	Aluminum	Filling	Cracking	2
June 4, 1998	Joplin, MO	Aluminum	Filling	Heat Treat Paint	3,4
October , 1998	Auckland, New Zealand	Aluminum	Filling	?	2
April 19, 1999	Campbell River, B.C. Can.	Aluminum	Filling	Cracking	0
May 1999	Cozumel, Mexico	Aluminum	Filling	?	0
Aug. 9, 1999	San Diego, CA	E9791	Filling	Valve Extrusion	2
October 2, 1999