0
skydog

Pyramid of Disaster

Recommended Posts

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.

Thanks
Journey not destination.....

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
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

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
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!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

0