Decompression Illness Date: 08-11-2022

Place: Area: 6, Offshore, Wharf Area

TTSJV-RWC-14 Contact: Rakesh Chandran

▪ Whathappened?
ALH diver completed his dive on 9:02am, after some time he have reported to his supervisor that he is not feeling well and having numbness in his
finger, immediately the dive supervisor instructed him to take rest on dive pontoon. After 3 ½ hours approximately 12:30pm he reported to his supervisor
still his finger in the same condition. The supervisor informed the IP to go to Decom Chamber Room and advised him to take O2 as a safety precaution.
At around 1:30pm the dive coordinator meet him at Decom Chamber Room and the diver reported the same condition, then contacted the Dive Doctor
for the clarification of symptoms and doctor advised to send the IP to his clinic for visual evaluation. At around 4:00pm the doctor confirmed that he has
symptoms of DCI and he recommended to use a Decom Chamber as per “Table 6” for 4 hours, then IP shifted to site Decom Chamber for the
decompression process. On 9th Nov. 2022 at around 10:30am IP visited the doctor’s clinic for check-up and the doctor advised him to take Table:5 for
2hr and 15mins. After the completion of decompression process, IP current condition is now stable and returned.

▪ Why did it happen?

▪ Inconsistent supervision and inadequate planning led to excessive diving, and exhaustion of divers. Noncompliance with project procedures and
standards was also observed.
▪ Management failed to make pre-planning for the sufficient requirement of the divers for the specific activity.
▪ Dive supervisor fails to identify the DCS and sent the IP to the decompression chamber and the dive specialist doctor was called only after
3.5hours of diver illness.

▪ What needs to be done differently?

▪ Stand down meeting are to be performed with all the diving crew the strict compliance with the dive rotational schedule and incident reporting
procedure as well for the briefing of the incident.
▪ Dive rotational plan to be developed and shall be followed by Diving Team and Marine Team.
▪ Diving safety stop system to be implemented and to be recorded in the dive log.
▪ ALH execution team to assess increase the resource/number of divers with relevant experience for flange tightening activity.
▪ Lesson Learned shall be shared with all contractors performing similar operations to prevent recurrences and maintain SWP in BMP.