incident at Craddock Springs

Date
1st Jul 1981 approximate
Publication
ACA 1980-1981 p. 115
Cave
Craddock Springs
State
Kentucky
County
Unknown
Country
United States of America
Category
Cave Diving
Incident type
Unknown
Group type
Other
Group size
Unknown
Aid type
Unknown
Source
Unknown
Incident flags

Injured cavers

No injured cavers recorded.

Incident report

After attending the cave diving session at the International Congress, Bob Nadich and Scott Morris, experienced cave divers, headed for Craddock Springs to push a lead they had discovered previously. The lead, however, appeared to have closed, due to the shifting of breakdown.

While setting a line, a slab of breakdown fell on Morris' legs, pinning him. Nadich, above, observed a continuouss stream of bubbles coming up in one place and assumed something was wrong. Descending, he aided Morris in shifting the rock. The whole incident took only a few minutes and there were no injuries.

Incident analysis

Cave divers conducting a self rescue in an incident that could have been serious if the victim had been alone. Organized cave divers seem to have a very good safety record. The numerous fatalities seem to come from scuba divers who enter caves, not from divers who have trained for cave diving specifically.

References

  1. Scott Morris "Fear and Loathing in Swine Springs" Cleve-O-Grotto News October, 1981.
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