Warning: that sewer job off the coast of Galveston nearly cost me my mask seal

I was doing a saturation dive on a sewer outfall pipe near Galveston last month and a piece of broken concrete snagged my hose - if my tender hadn't caught it in 10 seconds, I'd have been dead weight down there. Anyone else had close calls with loose debris on bottom work?

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adams.taylor3d ago

Man, that's terrifying... a snagged hose is nightmare fuel for sure. I had a similar thing happen up in the Gulf of Mexico on a pipeline job, a big chunk of rusted metal got wedged against my bailout bottle. My heart was pounding for like five minutes after.

stella_roberts3d ago

Idk man, the thing that always works for me is just getting real still and taking a second before you move.