skydog 2 #1 November 21, 2009 I need some help. A part of the BPA Advanced Instructor Course is a specialist lecture. I have been thinking of detailing case studies where injuries/incidents have occurred and what could have been done to avoid them, i.e. breaking the chain. There are 4 degree's of injury, slight (no hospital), medium (hospital and less than 3 weeks off work), serious (hospital and off for greater than 3 weeks) and fatal. I am looking for examples of each, where intervention, once or at various stages would have prevented the injury. If there are pictures, video or any other media that would be appreciated. I am trawling through the incidents thread here but would like first hand examples which I can use to illustrate the point that part of being an Instructor/jumper is the "breaking the chain" in the "pyramid of disaster" If you are not comfortable posting here then feel free to PM me. ThanksJourney not destination..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tombuch 0 #2 November 21, 2009 When I was the Safety and Training Adviser at The Ranch (New York) I gave that lecture a few times, and prepared a posting for the S&TA part of our web site. Those written posts became my "seminar in a box" outline so I could deliver the content of a variety of topics easily when we hit weather holds, or when jumpers were looking for safety discussions. I gave up the S&TA position a few years ago, but the posts are still available at: http://theblueskyranch.com/STA.php. The one you are looking for is called "Article 17, A Safety Culture." It doesn't use actual incidents as examples, but rather focuses on a hypothetical where the elements are more obvious. I could then relate the material to specific accidents I had investigated on the DZ.Tom Buchanan Instructor Emeritus Comm Pilot MSEL,G Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydog 2 #3 November 21, 2009 Thanks for that, is an interesting read and gives me a nice framework to go from. CheersJourney not destination..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #4 November 24, 2009 By the time three changes have been made to the dive plan, you are asking for trouble. That is why (when wearing my Tandem Examiner hat) if a Tandem Instructor candidate makes three changes to the dive plan (deviates from procedures recommended by Strong Enterprises), he fails the evaluation dive! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites