{"podcast":{"title":"Counter-Errorism in Diving: Applying Human Factors to Diving","slug":"counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048","podcast_index_feed_id":6626048,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/counter-errorism-thd2/","website_url":"https://www.thehumandiver.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f416e470-ed0a-401d-803f-a8be43fa1be9/37a5d-7a40-d272-a68c-cb85db61006a-podcast-master-3000-3000px.jpg","author":"Gareth Lock at The Human Diver","episode_count":308,"summary":"Human factors is a critical topic within the world of SCUBA diving, scientific diving, military diving, and commercial diving. This podcast is a mixture of interviews and 'shorts' which are audio versions of the weekly blog from The Human Diver. Each month we will look to have at least one interview and one case study discussion where we look at an event in detail and how human factors and non-technical skills contributed (or prevented) it from happening in the manner it did.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T16:23:32.975850+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048"},"episode":{"title":"SH301: Eight Questions About the Maldives Dive Accident","slug":"sh301-eight-questions-about-the-maldives-dive-accident","published_at":"2026-08-01T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/sh301-eight-questions-about-the-maldives-dive-accident","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048","url":"https://www.thehumandiver.com/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a33a1b1e-d354-462f-81c3-bbc28bc2e643.mp3","summary":"This episode examines the deaths of five Italian divers in the Maldives and a Maldivian military diver who later died during the recovery operation, using the tragedy to explore how Just Culture approaches accidents in high-risk environments. Rather than rushing to blame individuals, the discussion walks through the Eight-Question Review framework, which looks first at the wider system: authority, procedures, training, resources, organisational culture, operational norms, and the pressures influencing decisions. The episode highlights how experienced scientific divers can still face hidden competence gaps when moving into technical cave environments, how commercial and research pressures can shape risk-taking, and how safety rules may drift away from everyday practice over time. It also explores the dangers of hindsight bias and why meaningful investigations must focus on understanding how decisions made sense to those involved at the time, not simply judging outcomes after the fact. The central message is that accidents rarely come from one bad decision alone, but from interacting conditions within a wider system—and that real learning only happens when we are willing to ask difficult questions before assigning blame. Original blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/eight-questions-about-maldives-accident Links: Blog about the Chac Mool deaths: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/chac-mool-triple-diving-fatality Further reading on The Human Diver: Change your Language, Change the World They Lost Situation Awareness The Eight-Question Review — LFEO course Tags: THD-English | THD-Learning, Incidents & Just Culture","meta_description":"This episode examines the deaths of five Italian divers in the Maldives and a Maldivian military diver who later died during the recovery operation, using…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1991,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/episodes/sh301-eight-questions-about-the-maldives-dive-accident/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/sh301-eight-questions-about-the-maldives-dive-accident.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}