FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA—
Underwater Engineering Services Incorporated
Exposure to change in water pressure · Caisson disease, bends, divers' palsy
Final narrative
An employee was underwater, hand-dredging loose material from the bottom of a water-filled pump vault. While ascending from a depth of 30 feet (on a non-decompression profile), the employee sustained an over-pressurization injury to their lungs.
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GORE, OKLAHOMA—
J.F. Brennan Company, Inc.
At 3:00 p.m., an employee surfaced from a dive after being underwater at a depth of 50 feet for less than 30 minutes. The employee left work at 6:00 p.m. and began experiencing a racing heart rate. They were hospitalized due to type II decompression sickness.