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American Caving Accidents: 1998 Accident and Incident Reports On File

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American Caving Accidents


1998 Accident and Incident Reports on File
41 reports on file

Last update: June 09, 2003

Copyright ? 2003 National Speleological Society


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Do not reproduce in any form, electronic or otherwise, without permission.

The current file of reports for 1998 includes the incidents listed below. These reports were published in
the most recent issue of American Caving Accidents in April 2000. If you have information about an
incident which is not listed here, please contact the ACA Editor, Bill Putnam, at putnam@scci.org or use
the online accident report form to report it.

Incidents listed in red italics were not purlished in the 1996-1998 issue of ACA and will appear in the
1999 issue under "Previously Unreported Incidents."

1998 Incidents
Date Cave Location Result Incident Type
15 January Cueva de Horror Mexico no consequence bad air
24 January Saltpeter Cave Kentucky fatality heart attack in cave
31 January Tom Pack Cave Tennessee injury and aid caver fall
14 February My Cave West Virginia injury and aid caver fall
16 February Small Wonder Cave New York no consequence bear encounter in cave
28 February Skagnasty Cave Tennessee aid, no injury illness
14 March Clarksville Cave New York injury and aid rockfall
11 April unnamed cave Indiana injury and aid caver fall, inadequate equipment
25 April Hanors Cave New York aid, no injury stranded, difficulty on rope
26 April Hidden River Cave Kentucky aid, no injury illnes, passed out in cave
3 May Colisimo Cave Pennsylvania injury, no aid rabies exposure from bat contact
19 May Morris Cave Vermont no consequence entrapment
23 May Cumberland Caverns Tennessee aid, no injury illness
25 May Cave Hill Cave Illinois aid, no injury lost, stranded, inadequate equipment
May Hughes Cave Alabama aid, no injury lost
13 June Bowden Cave West Virginia no consequence flooding, brief entrapment
11 July Bartons Cave Pennsylvania injury and aid caver fall
18 July Keyhole Cave New York injury and aid stuck in crevice
18 July Moaning Cavern California injury and aid lost control of rappel
23 July Dislocation Cave Alaska injury and aid caver fall
26 July Blue Spring Cave Tennessee no consequence caver fall
2 August Big Four Ice Caves Washington fatality ice fall
8 August Surprise Cave New York no consequence entrapment, key broke off in lock
11 August Coons Cave Indiana aid, no injury Stranded in pit, inadequate
equipment
5 September Sharps Cave West Virginia injury and aid caver fall
3 October Cassell Cave West Virginia aid, no injury stranded, inadequate equipment
3 October J-4 Cave Pennsylvania injury and aid caver fall
12 October Bowden Cave West Virginia aid, no injury lost

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13 October Neversink Alabama no consequence tree fell into pit while cavers on rope
13 October unnamed sinkhole Florida aid, no injury stranded, fell in sinkhole
19 October Tongue River Cave Wyoming injury and aid caver fall
24 October Pinnacles Cave Nevada aid, no injury stranded on ladder, inexperience
25 October Whitings Neck Cave West Virginia injury and aid caver fall
28 October Spring Hill Saltpeter Cave Tennessee fatality caver fall, inadequate equipment
30 October J-4 Cave Pennsylvania injury and aid caver fall
31 October Pyeatts Cave Arizona aid, no injury illness, exhaustion
October Gabinarraca Cave Costa Rica injury, no aid illness, histoplasmosis
5 November 3-D Maze Cave Virginia injury and aid caver fall
21 November Cumberland Caverns Tennessee fatality illness, heart attack in cave
23 November Torpedo Tube Cave New York no consequence animal trap in cave entrance
28 December Peppersauce Cave Arizona injury and aid caver fall

Cave Diving Accidents and Incidents


1998 Diving Incidents
Date Cave Location Result Incident Type
12 December Wakulla Springs Florida injury, aid decompression sickness

Caving-Related Outside Incidents


1998 Outside Incidents
Date Cave Location Result Incident Type
27 June Windy Mouth Cave West Virginia fatality drowned while hiking back from
cave
February unspecified cave Pennsylvania no consequence body found in cave
3 March unnamed sea cave California fatality swept into sea cave and drowned
17 March unspecified cave Tennessee no consequence body found in cave
22 August unspecified cave Tennessee injury and aid fell off ATV riding back from cave
13 October unspecified cave Vermont no consequence body found in cave

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