HopCar
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Ouch! LOCK-OUT/TAG-OUT. Same goes for main engines, and high power (military) sonar arrays.
That's pretty horrible.
I'm a little surprised that boats with thrusters big enough, and powerful enough, to suck people into them, that obviously may be operated where people might be in the water, don't have some kind of grates or guards on them.
That's pretty horrible.
I'm a little surprised that boats with thrusters big enough, and powerful enough, to suck people into them, that obviously may be operated where people might be in the water, don't have some kind of grates or guards on them.
This thruster was likely on the order of 75 HP and 18" prop diameter. He was likely in there to remove barnacles from the blades. Unfortunately, these things have no warm up time or warning. RIP.
Not only callous but cold and insensitive. Kinda paints you as an ass.
Without fully knowing how this tragedy came about, a diver could attend a boat to do a regular clean without the boat knowing of his presence. I used a dive service at one time and they would do the job midweek in my absence, when it suited them when they were in the area,when the water was clear enough to do the job well. I knew they`d been when I got the report.