Sioux Falls, S.D., officials are proposing a designated viewing area and other safety improvements at a park where a 5-year-old drowned three months ago. Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken has recommended that Falls Park implement viewing platforms, railings, additional safety …
The number of reported fatal child drownings in swimming pools involving children younger than 5—the most vulnerable population—has decreased 17 percent nationwide since 2010, according to a report released last month by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Despite …
A Democratic lawmaker whose district includes an apartment pool where a 6-year-old boy drowned says it might be a good idea for legislators to look at bolstering regulations to make such pools safer. “We need to know why children die …
Thousands of public pools in cities and towns nationwide will be taking a fresh look at their safety systems after federal regulators changed course Wednesday on measures required to keep swimmers, especially children, from getting trapped in pool drains. The …
A swimming pool company president charged in a Connecticut boy’s 2007 drowning pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminally negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, for not installing a state-mandated safety device. David Lionetti had been charged with manslaughter, which could have carried a …