Some 1,500 children's deaths occur each year due to drowning, and for each of these drowning deaths there are six to ten near-drownings occur each year. These near drownings quite often result in horrible injuries such as permanent brain damage. Even though backyard swimming pools are the greatest culprits in these cases nearly one in five drownings take place in a public pools where certified lifeguards are on duty.
Drowning and brain damage, however, are not the only injuries sustained in water parks and swimming pools. Other injuries include cuts, abrasions and broken bones. There are a lot of hard and sometimes sharp edges made of cement and often jagged plastic which children can get hurt on. If they are allowed to run and break other pool safety rules, the liability can fall on the shoulders of the lifeguards and other safety monitors that work for the water parks. Some of these injuries are actionable and can be used in filing suit against these public places.
It is crucial that lifeguards be able to adequately supervise and monitor their area of responsibility within a short period of time: approximately 30 seconds. When this is not possible, the water park or pool has not employed enough lifeguards to ensure the safety and orderly conduct of those at the facility. Most accidents that occur and injuries that are sustained occur because of inadequate numbers of employees. Without enough trained monitors making sure the rules are followed, that children are the right height and age for slides, and don't push and shove while waiting for turns, the number of injuries increase, and consequently, so do the number of lawsuits as well.
Another concern for water parks and public pools is the potential for waterborne illnesses to be contracted. June of 1998 saw dozens of children in the Atlanta water park who contracted E. coli. One of those children even died because of it. The cause of the spread of these bacteria was more than likely diarrhea. Though the chlorine used in water parks kills most germs immediately, bacteria from fecal matter can survive for days in a pool before the chlorine sufficiently kills it.
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