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Diver Loses Fingers on the Dive Ladder

from the January, 2009 issue of Undercurrent  

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If you’ve dived for a number of years, you’re probably very familiar with dive boat ladders swinging freely in the water. There may have been a time when you got your BCD, mask or even your finger stuck or squeezed underneath the ladder when the swells came up. But consider yourself lucky if you just felt a pinch. Ron Lussier (Sausalito, CA) told us about his June trip to Fiji’s Beqa Lagoon Resort, where Linda Rollins, a woman in his dive group, had severe damage done to her fingers by a freeswinging boat ladder. ...