In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast we look at reporting standards violations in the diving industry.
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Last week on the movie set of Rust, staring Alec Baldwin, an alleged prop gun was handed to the actor to rehearse a scene. As Alec swung the gun around and aimed at the camera, the gun went off when he pulled the trigger killing “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. I’m sure you’ve heard this story.
But here’s where the problem lies. This was not supposed to happen. After decades of similar accidents like this, the movie industry has gone to great lengths to ensure that these accidents don’t take place. Prop guns and special positions called armorers are put in place to ensure safety. But not this time.
It is now surfacing that the armorer is an inexperienced 24 year old, and has had safety issues in her past. There are also reports that there were enough concerns on the movie set that the regular crew walked off and other inexperience crew came on. The same inexperienced crew that was plinking – that is shooting aluminum cans nearby that morning with what is believed to be the same prop gun.
So why am I putting this story in this podcast? Because standards were violated and systems that were put in place to address such violations were not followed. Because of that a young mother is dead. Now what will happen. Hand slaps to the armorer and assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun, others may be brought under scrutiny. But, the insurance company will payout from a negligence lawsuit. And you won’t hear about it again.
Folks, this parallels so closely tragedies in the diving industry. I want to point out in this episode that you not only have a voice, but you have a professional ethical duty – to report standards violations when you see them. And that is what we are going to discuss today. How and why we must report standards violations.
Items In This Episode
- You witness a standard violation, how do you know it’s an actual violation? eg swim test
- You witness a standard violation but you don’t know what training agency it is, what do you do?
- Should you just confront the instructor yourself?
- What if a standard violation is told to you by someone and you did not witness it?
- Who do you report to and how should you?
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