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  • Commercial Diving Accidents

    Depending on the source you consult, it is estimated that there are from 3,000 to 7,000 commercial divers at work in the United States and in its territorial waters over the course of a year. These divers perform a variety of tasks from simple visual inspection of underwater objects to the construction of seabed pipelines that are designed to carry thousands of crude oil or refined petroleum ...
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  • Sight-Seeing Tours and Drowning Accidents

    Even though the eastern seaboard states have seen more than their share of bad weather in the last several months, bad weather is not known to interfere with the vacation or business plans of many families and business organizations. In today’s post, our drowning accident lawyer will discuss two recent accidents and how the victims and/or survivors of such accidents may need the services of an ...
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  • Accidental Drowning Water Safety Laws and Regulations

    There are voluntary guidelines that were developed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. These voluntary guidelines include both labelling and education. This is the effort of addressing the very real hazard of children having drowning accidents or death in buckets as little as five gallons. On face that might seem crazy, but the reality is that it's not a late night joke. ...
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  • Drowning Victims Finally Identified

    The names of drowning victims who died in boating accidents on the Fourth of July weekend in Waupaca County, Wisconsin were released recently, according to reports. Daniel Nolan, 57, of Manawa WI drowned while trying to capture a boat that had drifted away from him at the Manawa Mill Pond. He was able to grab the rope that attached the boat to the dock, but it pulled him in and he was not able to ...
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  • Last-Minute Schedule Change Lets Sheriff Saves Drowning Man

    Morrow County, Oregon Undersheriff Steve Myren pulled a Walla Walla man from the chilly waters of the Columbia River during a Fourth of July celebration, earlier this month, after filling in at the last minute to help control an overcrowded marina event. Reports say that Myren got a late call to help patrol the marina during the fireworks show, but while on the boat, Myren spotted a woman with ...
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  • Overturned Canoe Causes Drowning Death

    Four males, tossed into the water at Illinois' Rock Cut State Park when their canoe capsized, were the source of an emergency call when one of the men went missing. Illinois Conservation Police were called but were unable to locate the victim. The victim was eventually found when the Loves Park Fire Department arrived and recovered him, reports say. The victim, 17 year old Mitchel Krause of ...
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  • Refugees Drown as Navy Looks On

    More than a dozen Somali refugees drowned while crossing the Gulf of Aden this week while a naval boat ignored cries for help, reports say. Nearly 100 people have drowned in the first months of the year attempting to make the voyage across the Gulf of Aden. Two boats carrying a handful of Somali and Ethiopian refugees ran into strong winds and rough waters quickly after it set sail from an area ...
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  • Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty in Friend's Drowning

    Former police officer Kenneth Reda, 38, plead guilty earlier this month to second degree homicide by vessel, tampering with evidence, violating the oath of a police officer and three counts of making false statements, according to reports. Reda, along with 35-year-old Brent Stephens and Shelly Powell, were returning from dinner at a lakeside dinner when their boat struck a pylon in the water. ...
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  • Carnival Splendor Not So Much a Carnival for Shipmates

    At around 6 a.m. last Thursday, the Carnival Splendor glided into the Port of San Diego, pulled by a group of tug boats. The 4500 passengers and crew were ecstatic the trip was over and they would be disembarking. And as they disembarked stories of primitive conditions and horrific smells - from the broken toilets and the food spoiling on board - plus the long lines for food were universal, ...
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  • Drowning Victim Recovered in Pond

    Officials in Connecticut have identified a 31-year-old man drowning victim. The man, whose body was recovered in a pond after a boating accident in the Jewett City section of Griswold, had been missing since the previous night, following an accident where his boat reportedly hit the bank of a small island on the pond. The man, identified as James Avila of Griswold, CT, apparently struck the shore ...
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  • Vancouver Dock Worker Dies in Accident

    A worker on the Seaspan Shipping terminal in Delta, Vancouver, Canada died last month after he fell into the Fraser River and drowned . The man, who was only identified as a mid-forties worker, was sent into the cold water as the dock equipment on which he was working malfunctioned and spilled him into the river. The accident happened at about 7 p.m., reports say and it was unknown how long he had ...
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  • Northern California Longshoreman Drowns On Job

    An investigation was being conducted late last month to probe the circumstances under which 77-year-old longshoreman, Delmont Blakeney, of Oakland, CA died. Reports say fellow workers have blamed the drowning on the lack of safety ladders in the area in which he drowned. Blakeney was reportedly trying to free a cargo container from his vessel when it came loose and threw him overboard just before ...
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