A man residing in Gatineau, Quebec, suffered significant lung injuries while performing shock treatment on his swimming pool, a procedure involving a rapid increase of chlorine levels in the water. The treatment resulted in an explosion, which led him into a state of induced coma.
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According to officials, four people were injured over the past weekend when a decorative helicopter structure, suspended from the ceiling, fell into a pool at the DreamWorks Water Park in American Dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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Investigation revealed an accidental mix-up of muriatic acid and chlorine in a pool’s piping to be the reason for the Oct. 7, 2022, incident where seven children were hospitalized post swimming in a pool at YMCA Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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The province of Manitoba has warned property owners who rent out their private pools of fines up to $672 resulting from a breach of provincial regulations around public and private pools, as the province receives complaints from the public and neighbours about backyard pool rentals.
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Building, renovating, and servicing pools and spas/hot tubs is a dangerous occupation and one that puts workers in close contact with potentially hazardous situations daily. Machinery, tools, water, electricity, chemicals, and confined spaces are all common in the workplace for those in the aquatics industry. No matter the company’s size—whether a large firm with hundreds of employees or an entrepreneur operating out of their truck—the importance of safety at work is equal.
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The gas hit me like a ton of bricks. I couldn’t breathe,” said Donald MacLenna after a dangerous chlorine accident at St. Catherines, Ont.’s Lion Dunc Pool in 2012. Bathers were enjoying the pool when a worker accidently poured 90 L (23.7 gal) of chlorine into a tank containing muriatic acid.
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