Publicité
WARNING
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Read and Follow All Safety Information
and Instructions. Keep for future
reference. Failure to follow these
warnings and instructions can result in
serious injury or death to users,
especially children.
WARNING
Prevent Drowning
Children under 5 are at highest risk for drowning.
Closely watch children who are in or near this pool.
WARNING
No Diving
You can break your neck and be
paralyzed!
WARNING
Stay away from drains & suction fittings
If drain or suction outlet cover is missing or broken, your hair, body, and
jewelry can get sucked into drain. You could be held under water & drown!
Do not use pool if drain or suction outlet cover is missing or broken.
Prevent Young Children From Drowning:
Install fencing or approved barrier around all sides of pool.
State or local laws or codes may require fencing or other
approved barriers.
Check state or local laws and codes before setting up pool.
Drowning occurs silently and quickly. Assign an adult to
supervise pool and wear provided water watcher tag.
Keep children in your direct sight when they are in or near pool
and when you are filling and emptying pool.
When searching for a missing child, check pool first, even if you
think your child is in the house.
Pool presents a drowning hazard even during filling and
draining of the pool. Maintain constant supervision of children
and do not remove any safety barriers until the pool is
completely empty and stowed away.
Refer to the list of barrier recommendations and guidelines as
described in CPSC Publication No.362.
Assign an adult to be responsible for watching children in the
pool. Give this person a "water watcher" tag and ask that they
wear it the entire time they are in charge of supervising children
in the pool. If they need to leave for any reason, ask this person
to pass the "water watcher" tag and the supervision
responsibility to another adult.
Locate pumps and filters in such a way that children cannot
climb on them to gain access to pool.
If you have a ladder, refer to the ladder's manual for
instructions.
If you have a pump, refer to the pump's manual for instructions.
Prevent Young Children From Gaining Access to Pool:
Remove pool ladders before leaving pool. Toddlers can climb
ladder and get into pool.
Position furniture away from pool so that children cannot climb
WARNING
Electrocution Risk
Keep all electrical lines, radios,
speakers, and other electrical devices
away from pool. Do not place pool
near or under overhead electrical lines.
and gain access to pool.
When leaving pool, remove floats and toys from pool that might
attract a child.
Be Prepared to Respond to an Emergency:
Keep a working phone and list of emergency numbers near
pool.
Become certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) so you
can respond to an emergency.
Electrocution Risk:
Keep all electrical lines, radios, speakers, and other electrical
devices away from pool.
Do not place pool near or under overhead electrical lines.
Suction Risk:
Replacement pump should never exceed the maximum flow
rate marked on the suction fitting.
For further safety tips check out the following websites:
www.homesafetycouncil.org
http://www.safety-council.org/info/child/water.html
www.safekids.org
www.nspi.org
Safety Barrier Guidelines for Residential Swimming Pool
Section I: Outdoor swimming pool
An outdoor swimming pool, including an inground,
aboveground, or onground pool, hot tub, or spa, should be
provided with a barrier which complies with the following:
1. The top of the barrier should be at least 122 cm (48 in)
above grade measured on the side of the barrier which
faces away from the swimming pool. The maximum vertical
clearance between grade and the bottom of the barrier
should be 10 cm (4 in) measured on the side of the barrier
which faces away from the swimming pool. Where the top of
the pool structure is above grade, such as an aboveground
pool, the barrier may be at ground level, such as the pool
structure, or mounted on top of the pool structure. Where
the barrier is mounted on top of the pool structure, the
maximum vertical clearance between the top of the pool
structure and the bottom of the barrier should be 10 cm
(4 in).
2. Openings in the barrier should not allow passage of a 10 cm
(4 in) diameter sphere.
3. Solid barriers, which do not have openings, such as a
masonry or stone wall, should not contain indentations or
protrusions except for normal construction tolerances and
tooled masonry joints.
4. Where the barrier is composed of horizontal and vertical
members and the distance between the tops of the
horizontal members is less than 114 cm (45 in), the
horizontal members should be located on the swimming
pool side of the fence. Spacing between vertical members
should not exceed 4.4 cm (1-3/4 in) in width. Where there
are decorative cutouts, spacing within the cutouts should
not exceed 4.4 cm (1-3/4 in) in width.
5. Where the barrier is composed of horizontal and vertical
members and the distance between the tops of the
horizontal members is 114 cm (45 in) or more, spacing
between vertical members should not exceed 10 cm (4 in).
Where there are decorative cutouts, spacing within the
cutouts should not exceed 4.4 cm (1-3/4 in) in width.
6. Maximum mesh size for chain link fences should not exceed
4.4 cm (1-3/4 in) square unless the fence is provided with
slats fastened at the top or the bottom which reduce the
openings to no more than 4.4 cm (1-3/4 in).
7. Where the barrier is composed of diagonal members, such
as a lattice fence, the maximum opening formed by the
diagonal members should be no more than 4.4 cm
(1-3/4 in).
8. Access gates to the pool should comply with Section I,
Paragraphs 1 through 7, and should be equipped to
accommodate a locking device. Pedestrian access gates
should open outward, away from the pool, and should be
self-closing and have a self-latching device. Gates other
than pedestrian access gates should have a self-latching
device. Where the release mechanism of the self-latching
device is located less than 137 cm (54 in) from the bottom
of the gate, (a) the release mechanism should be located on
the pool side of the gate at least 7.5 cm (3 in) below the top
of the gate and (b) the gate and barrier should have no
opening greater than 1.3 cm (1/2 in) within 45.7 cm (18 in)
of the release mechanism.
4
Publicité
