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Water park fun can mask hazards

On Behalf of | Jun 20, 2017 | Uncategorized

Water parks can make for refreshing family fun on a hot summer day. After all, who doesn’t love the thrill of speeding down a twisting slide and making that huge splash into the cool water at the end? That’s why approximately 85 million people visited the nation’s 1,300 water parks in 2015.

But in addition to being a huge source of summer fun, water parks can be a place of danger. While most visitors head to the parking lot at the end of the day wet and tired but intact, the lack of national safety oversight, the slipshod design and construction (and spotty inspection) of some park attractions, and the inconsistent enforcement of local and state safety codes inevitably mean that some visitors could get hurt or even killed. In fact, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that more than 4,200 people are taken to emergency rooms each year for scrapes, concussions, broken limbs, spinal injuries and other serious injuries sustained at water parks each year.

Donovan O'Connor & Dodig, LLP, the region’s oldest and largest law firm, has offices located in North Adams, Pittsfield and Bennington, and is engaged in the general practice of law with an emphasis on serious personal injury representation including Social Security claims and workers’ compensation.