Media Dive Crews Ltd.

Diving Risk Assessment

Production

Britains Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls

Date
of
Activities

Diving 2 Sept 2014

Contacts names and Production Team

contact details
Mark Challender 07976 xxxx
Valeria Arpel 02070 xxxxx
Dive Team
David Jones 07887 xxxx
Jo Ruxton 07818 xxxxxx
Harry Gouge 07849 xxxxx
Frances Perry 07747 xxxxx
Boat Skipper
Paul Turkentine 07768 xxxxx
Dive Contractor

Media Dive Crews Ltd

Jo Ruxton 07818 xxxx
David Jones - 07887 xxxxxx
BBC preferred supplier list

Locations

East of East Tudwell Island, Tremadog Bay Wales

Details
of
diving
activities planned

1. Collection of Mantis Shrimps for filming the

following day

Hazards
identified, 1. Normal risks associated with SCUBA including
risks
arising
and drowning, decompression sickness, dehydration,
preventative action
burst lung, hypothermia.
All of the support dive team are very experienced
and will take all appropriate precautions needed to
prevent any of these dive related incidents from
occurring. There will be diver-medics on board
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plus oxygen with attendant O2 providers. The

depth and time for the planned dives would make
the incidence of decompression sickness
negligible.
2. Shrimps have barbed claws, risk of cuts or
grazes
Divers collecting the shrimps will wear gloves with
appropriate thickness. Shrimps will be collected in
jars directly from the burrows.
Boat Details

Fully coded RIB 6m

Operating conditions

Expected to be calm weather. Collection site within

Tremadog Bay, tides are minimal. Skipper is very
familiar with this area and the collection zone
LW 08:20 HW 13:50

Insurance

Papers to be inspected by dive contractor on site

Skipper
Paul Turkentine Commercial Skipper
including qualifications
and/or experience

Animal subjects

Mantis Shrimps benign, may nip if handled

Handler or expert
Harry Gouge

Dive team size

4/5

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Dive team details

David Jones Standby Surface/In-water safety

HSE Part IV
Jo Ruxton Dive Supervisor HSE Media
Harry Gouge Diver 1 HSE Part IV
Frances Perry/Thomas Stamp Diver 2 PADI
Divemasters

Dive conditions

Max depth 20m

Sand/Mud
Sheltered location
Tidal streams minimal - Neaps

Dive Plan

The diving will be carried out under the Scientific

ACOP
To search for Mantis Shrimp Rissoides desmeresti
In Tremadog Bay. The U-shaped burrows will be
located and 3 5 will be dug to collect the shrimp
living inside.
A series of dives will be undertaken with
appropriate timings until either 3 shrimps are
collected or time and conditions dictate an end to
the diving day.

Decompression
regime
Dive
service

Safety stops/within computer no stop limits

equipment Annual Services

Bail out systems

Octopus

Due dates of divers David Jones 1/7/15

medicals
Harry Gouge 21/4/15
Frances Perry 11/3/15

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Thomas Stamp - 11/3/15

Divers Insurance

Insured under Production cover

First Aid General

Jo Ruxton/David Jones trained divermedics

First Aid Kit provided
All of the team are HSE First Aid qualified

Oxygen
administration
Recompression
evacuation

Jo Ruxton/David Jones
and Murryfield Hospital, Holmwood Drive
Thigwall Wirral
CH61 1AU
24 hrs. 0151 6488000
Evacuation Helicopter from Abersoch beach

Level of risk

Low

Signatures

Date

Dive ContractorMedia Dive Crews

Dive

Supervisor

Producer

30/08/14..

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