{"id":722,"date":"2015-07-16T08:32:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T13:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/nova-scotia-diver-killed-while-working-on-dam"},"modified":"2015-07-16T08:32:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T13:32:15","slug":"nova-scotia-diver-killed-while-working-on-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/nova-scotia-diver-killed-while-working-on-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia diver killed while working on dam."},"content":{"rendered":"

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL \u2013 A diver that became trapped underwater at the Nova Scotia Power dam near Annapolis Royal July 15 has died.
\nThe 39-year-old diver, wh\"2015_SNAP_164\"<\/a>o is from Dartmouth, became tangled in his gear while underwater, Annapolis Royal Police Chief Burt McNeil said. Emergency personnel were called after losing contact with the diver.
\nHis remains were recovered mid-afternoon.<\/p>\n

McNeil said the man had been working underwater for about an hour and a half when he ran into trouble. He was wearing some high tech equipment at the time, including a video camera that was transmitting to the surface, quickly alerting the surface crew that there was a problem.<\/p>\n

An autopsy is planned for July 16.<\/p>\n

================ Additional Information===================<\/p>\n

LINK TO HAZARDS OF DIVING AROUND DAMS – CSA GUIDANCE DOCUMENT ON DELTA P HAZARDS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 News links on Nova Scotia Divers death july 15 2015
\no News articles as of 0830 July 16
\nLink:atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/diver-dies-during-inspection-of-nova-scotia-power-tidal-station-1.2470599<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf0a7 dartmouth-diver-dead-after-incident-at-nova-scotia-power-dam-1.3153135
\nLink:www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/dartmouth-diver-dead-after-incident-at-nova-scotia-power-dam-1.3153135<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf0a7 diver-dies-during-inspection-of-nova-scotia-power-tidal-station-1.2470599
\nLink:atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/diver-dies-during-inspection-of-nova-scotia-power-tidal-station-1.2470599<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf0a7 nova-scotia-dam-rescue-takes-place-after-man-reportedly-trapped-under-water
\nLink:metronews.ca\/news\/halifax\/1427592\/nova-scotia-dam-rescue-takes-place-after-man-reportedly-trapped-under-water\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf0a7 14668388-diver-from-dartmouth-dead-after-nova-scotia-power-dam-incident
\nLink:myinforms.com\/en-ca\/a\/14668388-diver-from-dartmouth-dead-after-nova-scotia-power-dam-incident\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf0a7 Cape Breton Post
\nLink:www.capebretonpost.com\/News\/Regional\/2015-07-16\/article-4216096\/Diver-trapped-at-Nova-Scotia-Power-dam-in-Annapolis-Royal-dies\/1<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf0a7 CBC Canada
\nLink:www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/dartmouth-diver-dead-after-incident-at-nova-scotia-power-dam-1.3153135<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf0a7 ctvnewsatlantic
\nLink:www.facebook.com\/ctvnewsatlantic<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf0a7 1299328-dartmouth-diver-dies-after-mishap-during-underwater-inspection
\nLink:thechronicleherald.ca\/novascotia\/1299328-dartmouth-diver-dies-after-mishap-during-underwater-inspection<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL \u2013 A diver that became trapped underwater at the Nova Scotia Power dam near Annapolis Royal July 15 has died. The 39-year-old diver, who is from Dartmouth, became tangled in his gear while underwater, Annapolis Royal Police Chief Burt McNeil said. Emergency personnel were called after losing contact with the diver. His remains […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":726,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cadc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}