Category : Swimming Pool Accidents

CPSC Warns about Bathtub Drowning Incidents Involving Infants

Pool season may be behind us, but it’s not just swimming pools that pose a drowning accident hazard for children.  The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning parents about the high numbers of bathtub drowning incidents that take place every year when children are in bathtubs, bath seats and buckets.

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Wading Pools are a Serious Drowning Hazard

According to a study, wading pools, which are generally believed to be safe for little children, can pose a serious drowning hazard to children.  The study shows a high risk of drowning accidents involving children in these pools.

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Swimming Accident Prevention Tips for Summer

Why you need to pay attention to the swimming accident prevention tips? According to data by the Consumer Product Safety Cushion, more than 200,000 people are injured every year in pool accidents, and these injuries are serious enough to require medical attention.  Additional data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 10 people die every day in unintentional drowning incidents.  That is not even counting the number of people who die in boating accidents every year.  Out of these 10, at least two fatalities involve children below the age of 15.

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High Number of Child Near-Drowning Accidents in Orange County This Year

According to the Orange County Fire Authority, it has attended to more than 20 emergency calls involving child drowning accidents in 2011.  Orange County boasts the dubious distinction of having some of the highest drowning rates in the state.  Many of those drowning accidents involve children.  The summer, Los Angeles swimming pool accident attorneys advise strong precautions and alertness to prevent such accidents.

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CPSC Warns About the Risk of Swimming Pool Accidents from Defective Drain Covers

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of about 1 million pool drain covers because of the risks of entrapment from the use of these covers.  These defective drains do not meet the new standards set by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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37 Fatal Drownings Accidents Across US in 2011

Barely 4 months into the year and Los Angeles swimming pool accident lawyers already have reason to be concerned about pool safety this summer.  According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there have been 37 fatal drowning deaths in 2011.  Besides this, there have been 38 near-drowning incidents recorded from around the country.

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Unsafe Pool Drain Covers Are a Drowning Hazard

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is currently conducting an investigation into the safety of pool and spa drain covers, and California swimming pool accident lawyers have reason to fear that discrepancies in testing protocols may have made these covers a drowning and entrapment hazard.

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CPSC Releases Summer Drowning Accident Data

At least 172 children died across the United States in drowning accidents between the Memorial Day holiday 2010 and the Labor Day weekend.  The Consumer Product Safety Commission has released its annual summer drowning accident data, and California pool accident lawyers have been dismayed to find that the year 2010 has been no different from years past.  Every year, an average of 200 children are killed in pool-related accidents and other drowning deaths.

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CPSC Intensifies Efforts to Prevent Swimming Accidents

It has been one of the worst summers that California swimming pool accident lawyers have seen in recent years.  Halfway into the summer and there has already been 210 drowning and near-drowning incidents involving children across the country.  All of these were swimming accidents.  The numbers have been serious enough for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to intensify its programs to enhance pool safety and prevent such swimming accidents.

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CPSC Launches New Pool Safety Campaign to Reduce Drowning Accidents

Last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission launched a new series of ads as part of its pool safety campaign for summer. They launched just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is partnering with the American Red Cross and the YMCA in these promotional efforts. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has produced a series of public service announcements, urging the need for caution and care in pools during summer.

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