53 Female Diver Accidents in 3 Years

The Jeju Fire Safety Headquarters has issued a safety accident advisory for Haenyeo, sea women divers, and asked them to be cautious about accidents.

According to the Jeju Fire Safety Headquarters, female divers have suffered 53 safety accidents in the last three years.

Among those accidents, heart arrest took the most part, which accounted for 41.5%.
By age, female divers aged 70 or older accounted for the most at 73.6%.

The headquarters said that 60.3% of the accidents occur during the first half of the year and plan to strengthen responses to the accidents by issuing the advisories,
cooperating with related organizations
and being put on alert.

In addition, the safety headquarters plan to promote first aid education with visiting female divers in cooperation with professional instructors in volunteer firefighting squads.



해녀 안전사고 3년간 53건…주의보 발령

제주소방안전본부가
해녀 조업 안전사고 주의보를 발령하고
각별한 주의를 당부했습니다

소방안전본부에 따르면
최근 3년 동안 발생한 해녀 안전사고는 53건으로
심정지가 41.5%로 가장 많았고
연령별로는 70살 이상이 73.6%로 높게 나타났습니다.

특히 해녀 안전사고의 60.3%가
상반기에 발생하고 있다며
안전사고 주의보를 발령하고
유관기관 공조체계와 출동태세 등 대응을 강화할 방침입니다.

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