Residential Swimming Pools Equipped with a Diving Board - Minimum Water Envelope to Prevent Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries Resulting from Diving from a Diving Board

Designation Number:
BNQ 9461-100
Standard Type:
Consensus SDO Standard
Standard Development Activity:
Reaffirmation
ICS code(s):
97.220.10
Status:
Proceeding to development
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Scope:

SCOPE

This standard specifies the dimensional, geometric and physical properties with which the water envelope surrounding a diving board in a residential swimming pool, diving boards and out-of-water clearances shall comply to provide a safe environment for the practice of recreational diving from a diving board in a residential setting, in order to prevent cervical spinal cord injury.

PURPOSE

This standard applies to residential swimming pools with one or more diving boards.

Project need:

The systematic review determined that the standard could be reaffirmed.

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