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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Alert issued after diver deaths  Companies employing divers have been warned about the potential for an accident work solicitor to be called in. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued the alert after two shellfish divers were killed during separate incidents in inshore waters in Scotland. Both the accidents, at Methil and Largo Bay in the Forth estuary, are still under investigation and the facts surrounding the deaths are not yet established. The HSE guidance reminds firms that the minimum team size normally required when diving for shellfish is three - a supervisor, a working diver and a standby diver. In addition, those not directly employed by the diving contractor but included in the team must be competent for the work they are doing. If these guidelines are not followed by diving firms operating off the south coast of England, they could find they face action from a personal injury lawyer in Southampton. HSE chief inspector of diving Chris Sherman said: "Diving for shellfish can be a dangerous activity and needs to be carried out by competent and appropriately qualified divers. "Suitable plans and procedures are key to the whole diving team conducting activities safely and reacting effectively in an emergency." In 2009/10, 152 people were killed at work across the UK, according to HSE figures. Posted by Paul Stevens 
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