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Health & Safety: Dive company to stand trial

<div class="lead-content-panel article clearfloat">Herald Sun Newspaper

A MELBOURNE diving company will face trial over the drowning of a man during a scuba dive trip off the Mornington Peninsula.

Robert Grant, 32, died after experiencing problems with his rented diving equipment on a trip out of Portsea on January 17, 2004.

Melbourne Diving Services has pleaded not guilty to one charge of failing to ensure the care of people other than its employees under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985.

If convicted, the firm could be fined a maximum of $250,000.

Melbourne Magistrates' Court was told Mr Grant, a debt recovery service account manager from Clayton, was an inexperienced scuba diver, despite having attained his PADI certificate 18 months earlier.

He had joined the dive boat with two friends, who claimed in court they were hurried into the water by the boat crew because of a limited timeframe and optimum diving conditions.

Mr Grant was seen to struggle with his mask before disappearing from view.

Moments later, Mr Grant was pulled from under the water and taken ashore but could not be revived.

University lecturer Karen Bailey, who was on the same dive trip, defended the dive instructors, telling the court today she had had no problems with the crew.

The prosecution alleges that Melbourne Diving Services failed to carry out standard equipment checking procedures and that Mr Grant lacked adequate supervision from the instructors.

Magistrate Charles Rozencwajg said he was satisfied there was sufficient evidence for a jury to consider and committed the company for trial in the Melbourne County Court in November.

Outside the court, Mr Grant's father Warren welcomed the result, saying his son's death should not be in vain.

"This will not bring Robert back but if it does some good, then all the better.

"Not a day goes by without thinking of Rob. He was not only my son, he was also my best friend."

Posted by ScubaStu on Monday, September 25, 2006 (177 Reads)

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