On August 25th I posted the story of an entrapment of a 3 year old girl in Key Biscayne, Florida. The Miami-Dade Health Department has released its invertigative findings below:
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MDCHD Investigation Key Colony Pool Entrapment Case… Continue reading →
On a Friday in June, our client drained a residential swimming pool to perform a routine acid wash. The home had been in foreclosure and the new purchaser wanted the pool to look great when she arrived with her four children the next day. Our service technician was not inexperienced … Continue reading →
A Pennsylvania woman was rushed to the hospital for treatment of burns to her head, ears and eyes on June 24, 2009 after mixing pool chemicals in the backyard of her home. The homeowner claimed that she had been maintaining her pool just fine for the past 20 years. On … Continue reading →
A toddler was bitten by a rattlesnake Saturday at a swimming pool at Roaring River State Park near Cassville, Missouri.
Two-year-old Miller Reid was exiting the swimming pool when he was bitten by a pygmy rattle snake, which was under the lip of the pool.
The pool was evacuated and … Continue reading →
It took jackhammers and concrete cutting saws to free a 3 year old girl from a 2″ vacuum suction pipe in Key Biscayne, Florida Monday as a news helicopter captured the rescue. All turned out well for the toddler, who was reported recuperating in the hospital.
Link to video… Continue reading →
A pool builder client of ours recently replastered a pool. The job went well and at the end of the day he intended to wash the remaining plaster dust off of the customer’s driveway. When he went to use the garden hose, however, he discovered that the main water fill … Continue reading →
On Wednesday, August 19th, one of our Bakersfield, California pool techs went to his last pool account of the day, tied a rock around his leg and stepped into the deep end of his customer’s pool. He was found by the home owner late that afternoon. News outlets are reporting … Continue reading →