Waage Drill II diving accident

Waage Drill II diving accident
Date9 September 1975 (1975-09-09)
LocationBruce oil field, East Shetland Basin, North Sea, Scotland
Coordinates59°46′17.42″N 1°33′6.048″E / 59.7715056°N 1.55168000°E / 59.7715056; 1.55168000
Causerapid pressurization of chamber
ParticipantsPeter Henry Michael Holmes, Roger Baldwin
Outcomedeath due to hyperthermia
InquiriesFatal accident inquiry (Scotland), March 30–31, 1977

The Waage Drill II diving accident occurred in the North Sea off Scotland on 9 September 1975, when two divers died of heatstroke after the chamber they were in was inadvertently pressurised with helium gas.[1]

  1. ^ "Heatstroke 'unknown'". Press and Journal (Scotland). 1 April 1977.

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