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Prevent Child In-Home Drowning Deaths
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns consumers about hidden drowning hazards for small children in
and around the home. Recent data show that a third as many children under age 5 (an average of about 115 annually) drown
from other hazards around the home as drown in pools.
Many of these deaths are associated with common household products.
For example:
About two-thirds of the drowning deaths in the home, not including pools, occur in bathtubs. Some of these bathtub drowning
deaths happened when children were in bath seats or rings.
5-gallon buckets, often used for household chores, pose a serious threat to toddlers. Their tall, straight sides combined with
their stability make it nearly impossible for top-heavy infants to free themselves when they topple in headfirst. Do not leave
empty containers in yards or around the house where they may accumulate water and attract young children.
Toilets are often overlooked as a drowning hazard in the home. The typical scenario involves a child under 3-years-old falling
headfirst into the toilet. Keep the toilet lid down, and keep young children out of the bathroom when unsupervised. Consider
placing a latch on the bathroom door out of reach of young children.
Spas and Hot Tubs pose another drowning hazard. A solar cover can allow babies to slip into the water while the cover appears
to stay in place, hiding the child. Always secure the safety cover on your spa or hot tub.
Childhood drowning deaths also occur in other containers that are used for liquids, including coolers, sinks, fish tanks and
landscape ponds.
CPSC offers these safety tips to help prevent childhood drowning deaths in and around the home.
NEVER leave young children alone or with young siblings in a bathtub even if you are using a bath seat or ring. Always keep
baby within arm's reach. Children can drown quickly and silently.
Consumers can obtain this and other publication information from the Publications section of CPSC's web site or by sending
your publication request to info@cpsc.gov. This document is in the public domain. It may be reproduced without change in part
or whole by an individual or organization without permission. If it is reproduced, however, the Commission would appreciate
knowing how it is used. Write the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of Information and Public Affairs, 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 or send an e-mail via CPSc's On-Line Form.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury
or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property
damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $800 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to
protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC's work
to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals -
contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30
years.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at
(800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC email subscription list, please go to
https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at
www.cpsc.gov.
Consumer Product Safety Alert
U S Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, DC 20201
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns consumers about hidden drowning hazards for small children in
and around the home. Recent data show that a third as many children under age 5 (an average of about 115 annually) drown
from other hazards around the home as drown in pools.
Many of these deaths are associated with common household products.
For example:
About two-thirds of the drowning deaths in the home, not including pools, occur in bathtubs. Some of these bathtub drowning
deaths happened when children were in bath seats or rings.
5-gallon buckets, often used for household chores, pose a serious threat to toddlers. Their tall, straight sides combined with
their stability make it nearly impossible for top-heavy infants to free themselves when they topple in headfirst. Do not leave
empty containers in yards or around the house where they may accumulate water and attract young children.
Toilets are often overlooked as a drowning hazard in the home. The typical scenario involves a child under 3-years-old falling
headfirst into the toilet. Keep the toilet lid down, and keep young children out of the bathroom when unsupervised. Consider
placing a latch on the bathroom door out of reach of young children.
Spas and Hot Tubs pose another drowning hazard. A solar cover can allow babies to slip into the water while the cover appears
to stay in place, hiding the child. Always secure the safety cover on your spa or hot tub.
Childhood drowning deaths also occur in other containers that are used for liquids, including coolers, sinks, fish tanks and
landscape ponds.
CPSC offers these safety tips to help prevent childhood drowning deaths in and around the home.
NEVER leave young children alone or with young siblings in a bathtub even if you are using a bath seat or ring. Always keep
baby within arm's reach. Children can drown quickly and silently.
Consumers can obtain this and other publication information from the Publications section of CPSC's web site or by sending
your publication request to info@cpsc.gov. This document is in the public domain. It may be reproduced without change in part
or whole by an individual or organization without permission. If it is reproduced, however, the Commission would appreciate
knowing how it is used. Write the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of Information and Public Affairs, 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 or send an e-mail via CPSc's On-Line Form.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury
or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property
damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $800 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to
protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC's work
to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals -
contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30
years.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at
(800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC email subscription list, please go to
https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at
www.cpsc.gov.
Consumer Product Safety Alert
U S Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, DC 20201
| Consumer Product Safety Alert U S Consumer Product Safety Commission Washington, DC 2020 |
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FENCING AND BARRIERS
Barriers include a fence or wall, door alarms for the house, and a power safety cover over the pool. Barriers may
also be used to protect children from accessing hot tubs and spas. Use the following recommendations as a guide
and remember that the more layers of protection you have, the safer your child(ren) will be.
Install a fence or other barrier, completely around the pool. If the house is part of the barrier, the doors and
windows leading from the house to the pool should be protected with an alarm and/or the pool should have a
power safety cover. Most common house alarms have a door chime feature that can be activated with an audible
that sounds when a door is unexpectedly opened.
The fence or other barrier should be at least 4 feet high. It should have no foot or hand-holds that could help a
young child to climb it. If the fence is chain link, then no part of the diamond-shaped opening should larger than
1-3/4 inches and there should be slats installed.
If there are horizontal bars they should be on the pool side of the fence and should be small enough to keep
children from getting their feet in the openings.
Door Alarms
Install an alarm that can be temporarily turned off by an adult for a single opening of the door by using a keypad
or switch that is out of a child's reach. It should be placed high on all doors leading from the house to the pool.
Power Safety Covers
Power safety covers over the pool may be used in combination with door alarms. A power safety cover should
meet the requirements of the ASTM pool cover standard that addresses labeling requirements and performance.
ASTM requires that a cover withstand the weight of two adults and a child to allow a rescue should an individual
fall onto the cover. The standard also requires quick removal of water from the cover. A young child can drown
in just inches of water. A power safety cover is a motor powered barrier that can be placed over the water area.
Motor-driven covers easily open and close over the pool. When the power safety cover is properly in place over
the pool, it provides a high level of safety for children under 5 years old by inhibiting their access to the water.
Above-Ground Pools
For above ground pools, the ladders or access points should be totally removed when not in use or completely
enclosed by a barrier which prevents entry by children.
Instruct baby sitters and alternate caregivers about potential pool hazards to young children and about the use
of safety, rescue, and protective devices, such as door alarms and latches.
Emphasize the need for constant supervision.
Never leave a child unsupervised near a pool. During social gatherings at or near a pool, appoint a "Designated
Water Watcher" to protect young children from pool accidents. Adults may take turns being the "watcher."
When adults become preoccupied, children are at risk.
If a child is missing, Check the pool first. Seconds count in preventing death or disability.
Do NOT allow a young child in the pool without an adult.
Do NOT consider young children to be drown proof because they have had swimming lessons. Children must be
watched closely while swimming.
Do NOT use flotation devices as a substitute for supervision.
Learn CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). Babysitters and other caretakers, such as grandparents and older
siblings, should also know CPR.
Keep rescue equipment by the pool. Be sure a telephone is poolside with emergency numbers posted
nearby.
Remove toys from in and around the pool when it is not in use. Toys can attract young children to the pool.
NEVER prop open the gate to a pool barrier.
of safety, rescue, and protective devices, such as door alarms and latches.
Emphasize the need for constant supervision.
Never leave a child unsupervised near a pool. During social gatherings at or near a pool, appoint a "Designated
Water Watcher" to protect young children from pool accidents. Adults may take turns being the "watcher."
When adults become preoccupied, children are at risk.
If a child is missing, Check the pool first. Seconds count in preventing death or disability.
Do NOT allow a young child in the pool without an adult.
Do NOT consider young children to be drown proof because they have had swimming lessons. Children must be
watched closely while swimming.
Do NOT use flotation devices as a substitute for supervision.
Learn CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). Babysitters and other caretakers, such as grandparents and older
siblings, should also know CPR.
Keep rescue equipment by the pool. Be sure a telephone is poolside with emergency numbers posted
nearby.
Remove toys from in and around the pool when it is not in use. Toys can attract young children to the pool.
NEVER prop open the gate to a pool barrier.
We have arranged with a Certified Life Guard to give
lessons to toddlers and infants. As soon as he is
available we are going to set up schedules for
lessons. Check back for more information on lessons.
lessons to toddlers and infants. As soon as he is
available we are going to set up schedules for
lessons. Check back for more information on lessons.
Infant Swimming Resourses has class that teach
infants how to survive submerssions. For more
Info contact: Gail Russell
ISR at 702-567-8188 or visit her website at:
www.myspace.com/swimmingkids
There is also a video of ISR techniques at:
www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8356521
infants how to survive submerssions. For more
Info contact: Gail Russell
ISR at 702-567-8188 or visit her website at:
www.myspace.com/swimmingkids
There is also a video of ISR techniques at:
www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8356521
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