Last update: February 18, 2007
Copyright © 2001, 2005 National Speleological Society
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Do not reproduce in any form, electronic or otherwise, without permission.
The current file of reports for 2001 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.
2001 Incidents |
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| Date | Cave | Location | Result | Incident Type |
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January 31 |
Sides Cave |
Kentucky |
injury and aid |
caver fall |
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February 10 |
Nutty Putty Cave |
Utah |
aid, no injury |
stuck |
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February 11 |
Kula Kai Caverns |
Hawaii |
injury and aid |
caver fall |
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February 24 |
Rattling Cave |
Tennessee |
injury and aid |
caver fall, equipment failure |
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February 27 |
Redman Cave |
Arizona |
fatality |
drowned, inadequate equipment |
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March 8 |
Rattling Cave |
Tennessee |
aid, no injury |
stranded on rope, exhaustion |
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March 10 |
Alexander Cave |
Arkansas |
injury, no aid |
caver fall, cut hand |
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March 17 |
Nutty Putty Cave |
Utah |
aid, no injury |
stuck |
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April 7 |
Bowden Cave |
West Virginia |
injury and aid |
caver fall |
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April 27 |
Blue Spring Cave |
Tennessee |
injury and aid |
dislocated shoulder |
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May 3 |
unnamed cave at Purgatory Chasm |
Massachusetts |
aid, no injury |
stuck |
| May 26 | Resumidero la Joya | Mexico | injury and aid | caver fall |
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June 2 |
unnamed pit |
New Brunswick |
injury, no aid |
rockfall |
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June 23 |
Carpenter-Swago Cave | West Virginia | aid, no injury | stranded in [it |
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June |
Earthquake 90 Cave |
Tennessee |
fatality |
jumped or fell into |
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July 4 |
unnamed Lancaster County cave |
Pennsylvania |
fatality |
rockfall entrapment |
| July 15 | Pettijohns Cave | Georgia | injury and aid | caver fall, climbing hand-over-hand |
| July 15 | Road Cut Cave | Kentucky | injury and aid | caver fall |
| July 28 | Bowden Cave | West Virginia | aid, no injury | flood entrapment |
| July 28 | Pettijohns Cave | Georgia | aid, no injury | exhaustion, hypothermia |
| August 12 | Hopkins Chocolate Cave | California | injury and aid | caver fall, inadequate equipment |
| August 14 | Lick Creek Cave | Montana | injury and aid | caver fall, descending hand-over-hand |
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September 1 |
Cass Cave |
West Virginia |
aid, no injury |
stranded in pit, inadequate equipment |
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September 1 |
Lost Creek Siphon |
Montana | no consequence | equipment problem |
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September 1 |
My Cave |
West Virginia |
aid, no injury |
stranded in pit |
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September 9 |
John Browns Cave |
West Virginia |
aid, no injury |
lost, stranded, inadequate equipment |
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September 15 |
unspecified pit cave |
Indiana |
injury and aid |
caver fall, no belay or safety at pit lip |
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October 3 |
Pinnacles Cave |
Nevada |
aid, no injury |
trapped, stranded |
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October 6 |
Lost Creek Siphon |
Montana | no consequence | caver fall |
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October 6 |
Skunk Cave |
Iowa |
aid, no injury |
stuck in crevice |
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October 7 |
Gage Caverns |
New York |
aid, no injury |
stuck in crevice |
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October 20 |
Bowden Cave |
West Virginia |
fatality |
illness, apparent heart attack |
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October |
unspecified cave |
Kentucky |
injury and aid |
rockfall entrapment |
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December 2 |
Lost Creek Siphon |
Montana |
injury, no aid |
difficulty on rope, frostbite |
| December 3 | Lechuguilla Cave | New Mexico | injury, no aid | twisted ankle |
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December 15 |
Tumbling Rock Cave |
Alabama |
fatality |
illness, heart attack in cave |
| December 21 | Sistema Purificacion | Mexico | injury, no aid | caver fall, broken leg |
Cave Diving Accidents and Incidents |
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2001 Diving Incidents |
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| Date | Cave | Location | Result | Incident Type |
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February 18 |
Royal Springs |
Florida |
two fatalities |
inadequate equipment |
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February 26 |
Cenote Escondido |
Mexico |
fatality |
inadequate equipment, inexperience |
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February 26 |
Clarksville Cave |
New York |
fatality |
stuck at constriction |
| March 1 | Andros Blue Hole | Bahamas | fatality | cause unknown |
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May 5 |
Emerald Sink |
Florida |
fatality |
inadequate equipment |
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May 7 |
Devils Ear Spring |
Florida |
fatality |
out of air |
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June 23 |
Ginnie Springs |
Florida |
fatality |
intoxication, no equipment |
| August 5 | Great Blue Hole | Belize | fatality | cause unknown |
| October 26 | Jackson Blue Spring | Florida | fatality | cause unknown |
Caving-Related Incidents |
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2001 Caving-related Incidents |
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| Date | Cave | Location | Result | Incident Type |
| February 14 | Emisine Cave | Hawaii | injury, no aid | fell on hike to cave, cut hand |
| April 24 | unspecified lava tube near Hilo | Hawaii | fatality | fell into entrance, stuck head-down |
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Do not reproduce in any form, electronic or otherwise, without permission.