{"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":"SH303: The Structure of This Diving Tragedy Was Not Abnormal. The Scale Was.","slug":"sh303-the-structure-of-this-diving-tragedy-was-not-abnormal-the-scale-was","published_at":"2026-08-12T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/sh303-the-structure-of-this-diving-tragedy-was-not-abnormal-the-scale-was","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/079c61b2-f95c-4cfb-87c6-752e4f41bfd0.mp3","summary":"This episode explores why diving accidents are so often explained by individual mistakes instead of the wider conditions that made those mistakes possible. Using the case of a fatal medication error in healthcare alongside the recent Maldives cave diving tragedy, it examines how hindsight, blame, and our natural tendency to focus on people rather than systems can prevent meaningful learning. The discussion highlights how unsafe practices can become normal when they repeatedly appear to work, and why serious accidents often reveal long-standing weaknesses that existed long before the final event. Rather than asking \"Who is at fault?\", the episode argues that the better question is \"What conditions made these decisions seem reasonable at the time?\"—because understanding those conditions offers the best chance of preventing similar tragedies in the future. Original blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/the-structure-is-normal-the-scale-is-not Links: Martin Anderson’s write-up: https://humanfactors101.com/2022/05/08/is-human-error-a-crime/ Andrzej Gornicki’s Eight Question Review: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/eight-questions-about-maldives-accident Gareth’s blog about accountability: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/we-want-accountability Assumptions and worn paths: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/why-rules-get-broken Consensus is because people don’t want to disagree: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/beyond-the-floor Conditions produce outcomes: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/what-conditions Useful illegality in action: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/why-rules-get-broken Tags: THD-English | THD-Learning, Incidents & Just Culture","meta_description":"This episode explores why diving accidents are so often explained by individual mistakes instead of the wider conditions that made those mistakes possible…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":785,"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/sh303-the-structure-of-this-diving-tragedy-was-not-abnormal-the-scale-was/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/sh303-the-structure-of-this-diving-tragedy-was-not-abnormal-the-scale-was.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}