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Be careful of safety accidents involving water play equipment during the summer - there are many cases of accidents due to careless use of water play equipment

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With the summer vacation season in full swing, the National Agency for Technology and Standards (Director Jin Jong-wook, hereinafter referred to as the National Agency for Technology and Standards) and the Korea Consumer Agency (Director Yoon Soo-hyun, hereinafter referred to as the Consumer Agency) called for caution regarding the recent increase in safety accidents involving water play equipment.

Over the past five years (2019-2019) In 2023), there were a total of 290 water play product safety accidents reported to the Consumer Harm Surveillance System (CISS)* of the Korea Consumer Agency, showing an increasing trend** since 2020.* Consumer Harm Surveillance System (CISS): Nationwide in accordance with the Framework Act on Consumers A system that collects, analyzes, and evaluates risk information through 112 risk information submission agencies, including 58 hospitals, 52 fire departments, and 2 related organizations, and 1372 consumer counseling centers.

** Risk reports by year (cases): ('19) year) 82 cases → ('20) 46 cases → ('21) 48 cases → ('22) 56 cases → ('23) 58 cases��

Surfboard and water ski safety accidents occur in people in their 20s and 30s. By frequent accident item, 'surfboard' safety accidents accounted for 182 cases, accounting for 62.8% of the total, 'water skis' 58 cases (20.0%), 'goggles and flippers' 16 cases (5.5%), and 'life-saving tubes' 11 cases.

Cases (3.8%) appeared in that order. There was a noticeable difference in the age range of accident occurrence by product, with half of the safety accidents involving products for active water play such as 'surfboards' and 'water skis' occurring in people in their '20s and 30s'. It accounted for more than 100 people, and many safety accidents occurred in people under 10 years old with products used for safe water play, such as 'swimming glasses' and 'life-saving tubes.' ��

There are many cases of accidents due to careless use of water play equipment. As a result of analyzing the types of safety accidents, the most common accidents (189 cases (66.5%)) were caused by 'physical shock such as hitting' water play equipment while playing in the water, and 'accidents caused by physical shock such as hitting' water play equipment while playing in the water were the most common. Accidents involving slipping or falling followed with 51 cases (18.0%). In addition, there were reports of safety accidents such as accidents where the elastic cord of swimming goggles bounced and caused damage to the eyes, and safety accidents caused by water leaks while attempting to dive while wearing a snorkeling mask.

In particular, there have been cases overseas where children have died from drowning due to wearing arm ring jackets (arm tubes) incorrectly, so consumers need to be especially careful when using arm ring jackets (arm tubes). Injury caused by collision with surfboard when surfing (head heat injury, chest fracture, finger cutting, etc.) eyeball injury caused by elastic rope when wearing water glasses §hitting a tube while swimming causes eyeball bleeding Thermal injury around the eyes, wear a snorkeling mask, try to dive, report the danger of safety accident caused by water leakage, report that the α Anling jacket (arm tube) is improperly worn (buoyancy tube is located on the back), the face is locked underwater, after the child drowning accident, play with water supplies safety accident Proper use and compliance with safety rules can be prevented, so in order to play safely in the summer, GB staff and consumers should be familiar with the use of water products before playing in the water and check for abnormalities.

 "Safety equipment for children when playing with water (life jackets) Put on the pipe, etc.) with the guardian, be careful not to go too deep when snorkeling When playing in the water, you should pay attention to the collision accidents around you. * (water glasses, snorkeling masks, etc.) use the water depth touched by the forefeet, check whether the water glasses and diving masks are close to the face and do not leak (life jackets, pipes, etc.) make sure there is no air leakage or sufficient buoyancy.

In order to prevent safety accidents of playing with water products in summer, the two sides plan to produce and distribute safety precautions while playing with water (see enclosure 3) and publicity posters containing codes for the safe use of playing with water products (see enclosure 4).