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DOF Subsea fined over Ichthys diving horror

UPSTREAM energy contractor DOF Subsea has been fined $945,000 and a further $97,500 in costs for criminal negligence relating to a horror diving accident in 2017 which left deep sea divers with brain damage.

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DOF Subsea has been fined by a Perth magistrates court. Image from DOF.

The incident occurred at the Inpex operated Ichthys gas fields offshore northern Australia where DOF Subsea had employed saturation divers to repair pipelines hundreds of metres underwater. It was...

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