FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA—
Industrial Divers Corp. Inc.
Exposure to change in water pressure · Caisson disease, bends, divers' palsy
Final narrative
An employee was on his second SCUBA dive of the day, stacking tires for removal from the seabed of a failed artificial reef. He developed vertigo and nausea, which worsened when he surfaced. He was hospitalized, suffering from decompression sickness.
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