1 Million Pool Drain Covers Recalled

Yesterday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission initiated a recall of nearly 1 million pool drain covers because they have inaccurate flow ratings.  The commission urged public pools using the recalled covers to close immediately until the covers can be replaced, adding that private pool owners should contact the maker of their drain cover immediately.

Drain covers are meant to keep swimmers, especially children, from becoming trapped underwater because suction forces in a pool can turn drains into a supercharged vacuum that traps a swimmer underwater with hundreds of pounds of force causing serious injury or death.

A 2008 law mandated drain covers in effort to prevent accidents involving swimmers, but an investigation earlier this year found that many of those drain covers were certified by labs using flawed standards.

The manufacturers of the recalled drain covers are: A&A Manufacturing of Phoenix; AquaStar Pool Products of San Diego; Color Match Pool Fittings of Surprise, Ariz.; Custom Molded Products of Tyrone, Ga.; Hayward Pool Products of Elizabeth, N.J.; Pentair Water Pool and Spa of Sanford N.C.; Rising Dragon USA of Sweetwater, Tenn.; and Waterway Plastics of Oxnard, Calif.

For more information about the CPSC’s drain cover investigation, click here to read an earlier Messa & Associates blog post.

The attorneys at Messa & Associates have pursued many cases involving injuries as a result of products with manufacturing and design defects.  We combine our years of experience, thorough research, and the knowledge of highly regarded experts to prepare these cases.  If you or a loved one has suffered a serious injury or death as a result of one of the recalled pool drain covers, please contact us at 1-877-MessaLaw.