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March 21, 2008
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Copyright © 2007 National
Speleological Society
All Rights Reserved
Do not reproduce in any form, electronic or otherwise,
without permission.
The current file of reports for 2007 includes the incidents listed below. In some cases the reports are incomplete. If you have information about such incidents or about an incident which is not listed here, please contact the ACA Editor at aca@caves.org or use the online accident report form to report it.
Incidents listed in red are those for which the file is incomplete. The standard information required for an ACA incident summary is listed in the style guide.
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2007 Incidents |
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Date |
Cave |
Location |
Result |
Incident Type |
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6
January |
Fountain
Cave |
Virginia
|
injury,
no aid |
caver
fall |
|
13 March
|
Tennessee
|
injury and aid
|
caver fall, inadequate equipment |
|
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22
March |
Alabama
|
aid,
no injury |
stranded,
inadequate equipment |
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25
March |
XTC
Cave |
New
York |
injury,
no aid |
rockfall |
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21 April
|
West Virginia
|
injury and aid
|
lost, hypothermia
|
|
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28 April
|
Small Mouth Cave
|
Indiana
|
injury and aid
|
caver fall, inadequate equipment |
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30 April
|
Texas
|
fatality
|
drowning
|
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26 May
|
Wyoming
|
aid, no injury
|
stranded
|
|
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26
May |
Sarlacc Cave |
West
Virginia |
injury,
no aid |
rockfall |
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24
June |
Trout
Cave |
Virginia
|
injury
and aid |
caver
fall |
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9 July
|
Camps Gulf Cave
|
Tennessee
|
aid, no injury
|
lost
|
|
13
July |
Schohaire Cave |
New
York |
injury
and aid |
rockfall, broken ankle |
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14
July |
Indiana
|
injury
and aid |
caver
fall |
|
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26
July |
Indiana
|
aid,
no injury |
trapped/stranded
|
|
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3
August |
Arkansas
|
aid
and injury |
caver
fall |
|
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11
August |
Tennessee
|
aid
and injury |
caver
fall |
|
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14
August |
West
Virginia |
aid,
no injury |
lost,
stranded |
|
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21 August
|
Rustys Cave |
Georgia
|
aid, no injury
|
exhaustion
|
|
1 September
|
West Virginia
|
injury and aid
|
caver fall
|
|
|
23
September |
Tennessee
|
aid,
no injury |
difficulty
on rope |
|
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25 September
|
Georgia
|
injury and aid
|
caver fall, broken leg |
|
|
28
September |
Jewel
Cave |
South
Dakota |
injury,
no aid |
caver
fall |
|
7 October
|
Georgia
|
aid,
no injury |
stranded,
inadequate equipment |
|
|
13
October |
Texas
|
aid,
no injury |
lost
|
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| 27 December | Harrison Saltpeter Cave | Tennessee | aid, no injury | lost |
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Cave Diving Accidents and Incidents |
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2007 Diving Incidents |
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Date |
Cave |
Location |
Result |
Incident Type |
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14
February |
Florida
|
fatality
|
out
of air |
|
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19
February |
Florida
|
fatality
|
out
of air |
|
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5
March |
Florida
|
fatality
|
stuck,
out of air, exceeded training |
|
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16 March
|
Madison Blue Spring |
Florida
|
fatality
|
cause unknown
|
| 14 July | The Crack, Withlacoochee River | Florida | fatality | cause unknown |
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Caving-Related Incidents |
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2007 Caving-related Incidents |
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Date |
Cave |
Location |
Result |
Incident Type |
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8 February |
Utah |
aid, no injury |
stranded (not actually a cave) |
|
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11
May |
Texas
|
aid,
no injury |
lost,
stranded |
|
|
11
June |
sea
cave near Owen Point |
British
Columbia, Canada |
aid,
no injury |
trapped/stranded,
washed into sea cave |
Copyright © 2007 National
Speleological Society
All Rights Reserved
Do not reproduce in any form, electronic or otherwise,
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