| However, swimming pools are sometimes also the | | | | The large pieces and tiny shards of glass, which |
| site of many unfortunate, painful, and tragic | | | | may be spread all over the place and be hard to |
| accidents, from deep cuts and slips to head | | | | identify, can really cut a person badly in places |
| injuries and drownings. Fortunately, these | | | | other than just the foot, and otherwise harm |
| accidents are all preventable by learning about and | | | | them. If broken glass lands in the pool, the |
| implementing swimming pool safety. One | | | | retrieval and clean-up difficulty as well as the |
| swimming pool safety precaution you should take | | | | danger level increases. |
| is avoiding the use of glass bottles around the | | | | Another potential reason why glass bottles and |
| pool. | | | | swimming pools don't mix is if the glass bottles |
| Having glass bottles, glass cups, and other glass | | | | contain alcohol. While many (if not most) pool |
| dishes near the pool area is a major accident | | | | owners and pool guests enjoy relaxing in the pool |
| hazard, and one of the reasons why swimmers | | | | or near the pool with a nice, cold bottle of beer, a |
| and pool loungers get scraped, cut deeply, or | | | | refreshing rum cooler, or a glass of wine, drinking |
| otherwise injured in and around the pool. Simply | | | | near pools is potentially hazardous. Not only do |
| put, glass bottles and swimming pools don't mix. | | | | you run the risk of having a bottle accidentally |
| Glass bottles and other glass containers, when | | | | broken, which could severely injure somebody |
| used in and near a pool, tend to get scattered all | | | | (including yourself), but drinking too much alcohol in |
| around--on patio tables, on the ground, on the | | | | or near a pool can be dangerous, especially if |
| deck, on the pool edge--after use, and because of | | | | drunkenness occurs as a result, which can cause |
| the activity level associated with swimming | | | | injuries of all kinds, as well as drownings. It's |
| (especially with children running around), it | | | | especially a bad idea to drink a lot near a pool if |
| becomes incredibly easy to break glass bottles | | | | you're in charge of a child or two (or more). |
| and other glass containers. | | | | It's plain to see that glass bottles and swimming |
| So what's so bad about broken glass by your | | | | pools don't mix. So what can you do instead? Use |
| swimming pool? First of all, broken glass--no | | | | plastic cups, bottles, and containers instead of |
| matter where it occurs--is very difficult to clean | | | | glass ones, no matter what you're serving (and |
| up thoroughly. However, it is especially tricky to | | | | drink beer in cans), and keep alcohol consumption |
| clean up by swimming pools, because the | | | | under control, particularly if you're supervising |
| concrete or hard surface will cause the glass to | | | | children. Even when you're glass bottle-free, it's |
| shatter, with large chunks and tiny pieces landing | | | | imperative that children near and in the pool are |
| all over the place, including in the pool. Broken | | | | watched at all times, and that running around the |
| glass near the pool is also incredibly dangerous. | | | | pool is limited, if not prohibited. |