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U.S. CPSC
November 13, 2008 |
Swim 'N Score Dive Sticks Recalled by Modell's Due to Risk of Impalement Injury to Children Children can fall or land on these dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries. Eye and other facial injuries are also possible. In April 2001, CPSC banned certain types of dive sticks.   |
U.S. CPSC
November 19, 2008 |
Target Recalls Dive Sticks Due to Impalement Hazard The recalled dive sticks could remain in an upright position, posing an impalement hazard to young children. CPSC banned pre-weighted dive sticks in 2001. |
U.S. CPSC
September 10, 2003 |
Swim Trainers Recalled by Swimways Corp. The nylon body strap on the swim trainer can detach or tear from the flotation device and release a child into water, posing a serious drowning hazard to young children. |
U.S. CPSC
November 6, 2007 |
Swimways Corp. Recalls "Skippy" Pool Toys Due to Laceration Hazard The elastic tongue of the fish can break and forcefully come out and cut the users' hands during launching of the toy. |
U.S. CPSC
February 16, 2005 |
CDollar General Corp. Recall of Dive Sticks Children can fall or land on these upright dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries. CPSC banned pre-weighted dive sticks in 2001. |
U.S. CPSC
February 5, 2003 |
UWATEC AG Recall of 1995 Dive Computers Software in the dive computers may inaccurately calculate desaturation times, resulting in possible decompression sickness under aggressive dive conditions. |
U.S. CPSC
February 28, 2007 |
Pelagic Recalls Digital Dive Computers Due to Decompression Hazard A glitch in the computer display can cause divers to enter decompression unknowingly or the diver could ascend prematurely, resulting in decompression sickness. |
U.S. CPSC
July 18, 2002 |
SCUBAPRO/UWATEC(TM) Dive Computer Consoles Recalled by Johnson Outdoors Inc. he U-Line(TM) submersible pressure gauge that is part of the dive consoles can malfunction and display inaccurate pressure readings. Divers using the consoles could fail to decompress properly during a dive, causing decompression sickness. |
U.S. CPSC
July 19, 2006 |
Suunto Dive Computers Recalled Due to Decompression Hazard These dive computers could incorrectly track dive time, which could cause incorrect calculation of decompression requirements. This could lead to decompression sickness. |
U.S. CPSC
February 22, 2005 |
Head USA Inc. Recall of SCUBA Diving Computers The dive computers were improperly calibrated, resulting in incorrect calculations. Diving with an improperly calibrated dive computer can provide inaccurate "No Decompression (no stop) Time," "Decompression Time," "Desaturation Time" and "No Fly Time." This could result in divers suffering serious injuries, including decompression sickness. |
U.S. CPSC
July 17, 2003 |
UWATEC Recall of Smart Dive Computers The computer's alert signal system may not work properly and the computer screen may freeze. This may cause inaccurate information to be displayed, such as water depth, tank pressure, and ascent rate, posing a risk to the safety of a diver. |
U.S. CPSC
November 18, 2010 |
Sportcraft Recalls Pogo Sticks Sold Exclusively at The Sports Authority Due to Risk of Serious Injury The aluminum rivets on the pogo stick's frame tubes can break and cause the support clamp to detach and release the spring, posing fall and laceration hazards to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC
August 30, 2006 |
Pool Toys Recalled by Wild Planet Toys Due to Risk of Impalement Injury to Children When partially filled with water, the Jet Streamers Water Blasters Pool Toy can stand upright on the pool floor with the rigid narrow end of the squirt gun pointed upward, posing an impalement risk. |
U.S. CPSC
April 14, 2010 |
Dive Computers Recalled by Mares Due to Drowning Hazard An O-ring in the high pressure air connector can fail and leak air, causing a continuous but slow loss of breathing gas, which could require a diver to surface quickly, posing a drowning hazard to divers. |
U.S. CPSC
May 10, 2005 |
Fisher-Price Recall of Pogo Sticks An internal metal pin can wear down, causing the pogo sticks to remain stuck in the down position and release unexpectedly, posing a risk of fall or facial impact injuries to children. |
U.S. CPSC
June 22, 2006 |
Oceanic Recalls Digital Dive Computer Due to Decompression Hazard When using the dive computer set for "User Selected Digital Gauge Mode," the "Elapsed Dive Time" displayed can exceed the actual elapsed time under water. This can cause divers to ascend before fulfilling a decompression obligation, resulting in decompression sickness. |
U.S. CPSC
May 31, 2007 |
Innovative Scuba Concepts Recalls Diving Regulator Components Due to Drowning Hazard The swivel, which is attached to a diving regulator, could separate while diving. This poses a risk of decompression sickness due to rapid ascent, and air embolism or drowning if the diver panics or the emergency ascent procedure fails. |
U.S. CPSC
July 14, 2010 |
Muddy Outdoors Recalls Climbing Sticks Due to Fall Hazard Bolts that secure the cam locs to the frame of these climbing sticks that retains the rope around the tree can break, allowing the cam locs to detach from the frame. This causes the retaining rope to detach and the climbing stick to release from the tree, posing a fall hazard to the user. |
U.S. CPSC
February 16, 2011 |
Kristi G, SwimWays Corporation Recall Child Chairs Due To Fall Hazard The chair can tip over, posing a fall hazard. |
U.S. CPSC
July 18, 2007 |
Vance Kitira Recalls Cinnamon Spice Candles Due to Fire Hazard There are no instructions on the candle warning consumers to remove the cinnamon sticks and trim the wick before lighting the candle. The cinnamon sticks can ignite, posing a fire hazard. |
U.S. CPSC
February 23, 2005 |
Cressi-Sub Recall of SCUBA Buoyancy Compensators A slow leak from the shoulder exhaust caused by expansion of an internal cable housing could result in slow deflation. This could impact the diver's ability to control buoyancy. |
U.S. CPSC
December 22, 2009 |
Diving Equipment Recalled by Dive Rite Due to Drowning Hazard The over pressure valve springs in the diving equipment could rust and fail allowing the buoyancy compensator devices to leak, posing a drowning hazard to divers. |
U.S. CPSC
October 17, 2007 |
Dunkin' Donuts Recalls Glow Sticks Due to Choking and Strangulation Hazards The recalled glow sticks are not properly labeled to warn consumers that the cap and lanyard can detach, posing a choking hazard. Additionally, the lanyard poses a strangulation hazard to young children. |
U.S. CPSC
April 1, 2010 |
Bauer Recalls Children's Hockey Sticks Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard Paint and decals on the sticks, shafts and blades contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. |
AskMen.com
Anton Henderson |
How To: Get Your Scuba Diving Certification According to the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, more than 500,000 men and women get certified to dive in the open ocean every year. Here's how you can join them. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2009 |
Breathe Deeply A look at innovative rebreathers that let divers stay underwater for hours longer than before. |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2001 |
Medical Problems of Recreational Scuba Diving Recreational scuba diving is defined as pleasure diving to a depth of up to 130 feet without decompression stops. The most common medical problems are simple "squeezes." These can affect your middle ear or face mask during descent... |
| CEO Traveler |
Divers' Paradise Diving in Harbour Village, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, The Caribbean |
AskMen.com
Jason Heaton |
The Dive Watch: Build The Ultimate Watch Collection Unlike that other masculine watch type, the chronograph, a dive watch is almost crude in its simplicity. Built for a singular purpose -- to track elapsed time in adverse conditions -- a dive watch is, by necessity, a big watch and needs no excuse for its boldness. |
Fast Company
September 2000
Bill Breen |
(Really) Risky Business Wes Skiles is one of the leading practitioners of what may be the world's most hazardous sport: underwater cave diving. There is no injury rate for mistakes made in an underwater cave -- only a mortality rate. So why does Skiles keep diving? |
AskMen.com
Jason Heaton |
Seiko SKX007 Dive Watch What sets the SKX apart from so many other cheap dive watches are its pedigree, quality build and true in-house movement. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2011
Tim Beyers |
Cal Dive International Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of Cal Dive International plunged as much as 14% in intraday trading after reporting a worse-than-expected first-quarter loss. |
Sports Illustrated
June 25, 2000 |
U.S. divers face tough road in Sydney Ruiz is Americans' best hope |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Here's How Cal Dive International May Be Failing You Here's the current margin snapshot for Cal Dive International and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Time to Short Open Source? There's still room to swim in the open-source pool if you know where to dive. For investors, that means avoiding hot new IPOs that slap an open-source sticker across a prospectus. |
Salon.com
September 10, 2001
Humberto Fontova |
"The Helldivers' Rodeo" Low on air, hooked to a writhing 300-pound fish and bouncing around 200 feet underwater, even the best spear fishers don't always make it... |
