American Caving Accidents

2009 Accident and Incident Reports on File
8 incidents on file

Last update: July 21, 2009

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The current file of reports for 2009 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.

2009 Incidents
Date	Cave	Location	Result	Incident Type
2 January	unspecified cave, Putnam County	Tennessee	injury and aid	caver fall, inadequate equipment, hand-over-hand descent
24 January	Pettijohns Cave	Georgia	injury and aid	caver fall
15 February	Stephens Gap Cave	Alabama	injury and aid	caver fall
28 February	Bryant Cave	Alabama	injury and aid	caver fall
15 May	Carter County Saltpeter Cave	Tennessee	injury and aid	caver fall, inadequate equipment, inexperience
22 May	Ten Mile Pit	Tennessee	aid, no injury	stranded, inadequate equipment, inexperience
27 May	Waterworks Cave	Tennessee	aid, no injury	stranded, inadequate equipment
29 June	Ophir Cave	Montana	fatality	fell into pit

2009 Cave Diving Incidents
Date	Cave	Location	Result	Incident Type
24 January	Ginnie Springs	Florida	fatality	cause unknown

2009 Caving-Related Incidents
Date	Cave	Location	Result	Incident Type
31 January	unnamed cave, Greene County	Tennessee	aid, no injury	coon dog rescued from cave

American Caving Accidents

2009 Accident and Incident Reports on File 8 incidents on file

2009 Accident and Incident Reports on File
8 incidents on file