Scuba Diving Accidents Expert Witnesses
Scuba diving accidents expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on scuba diving accidents. The scuba diving accidents expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Accident Reconstruction and Aquatics Safety.
Eric M. Macdonald
Apex Dive Safety and Compliance, LLC
Lynn Haven, Florida
Aquatics Safety, Accident Reconstruction
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SCUBA Diving accidents, Commercial diving accidents, Diving casualties, Mixed Gas diving, Surface Supplied diving, salvage work, rigging, underwater search, recompression chamber, scientific diving, Military diving, Emergency Response diving, ROV operations, dive equipment, under-sea operations
Over 35 years of direct responsibility for complex diving, salvage, and open ocean recovery operations within the U.S. Navy. Expertise encompassing the following areas:
• Dive Program Management. Participated in a complete reevaluation of all USN diving policies and publication of a new OPNAV 3150 Navy Diving Policy instruction. Revised USN Diving Manual (Rev. 7) to reflect new policy. Chairman of the Chief Warrant Officer Advisory Team (CWOT) tasked with advising Navy leadership on all aspects of diving, salvage, and special diving operations.
• Dive Instruction and training. High Risk Training Officer for USN dive program. Navy Personal Qualification Standard (PQS) manager for entire Navy Dive Program. Updated and published Navy safety program and qualification manual.
• Dive Safety enforcement. Dive Safety Officer for three (3) Naval Repair activities, and three (3) Mobile diving and salvage teams; published fleet wide dive safety policy/procedures.
• Dive Inspection/A...
Joseph C Plano
Course Director
Aquatic Center of Rochester
Livonia, New York
Accident Reconstruction, Aquatics Safety
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Scuba Diving Accidents, Scuba Equipment Failures, Scuba Equipment Service, Scuba Instruction Procedures, Drowning Accidents, Diving Safety, Diving Equipment, Rebreather Equipment, Nitrox, Enriched Air, Computer Diving, Drysuit Diving
Instructor Trainer for Entry Level diving, Advanced Level diving, Specialty diving, Enriched Air Diving, and Emergency Medical Responder.
Instructor for Technical diving.
ROV [ Remote Operated Vehicle ] operator.
Underwater Structure Inspector.
Diving Equipment Service Technician.
Cave Diving Certification
All certifications and current and active.
