Usher’s 5-year-old son survived a near-drowning incident involving a pool drain, but each year other kids aren’t so lucky. The suction created by the drains can trap children under the surface or ...

Parents don't think they are dangerous. But spa and pool drains are serious hazards for children. Wednesday morning, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will release a list of hidden hazards ...

A dangerous suction effect can be caused by unsafe drain covers. July 22, 2008— -- Safety experts say yesterday's arrest of a pool contractor in Connecticut could pressure many pool owners and ...

Incidents like the one that severely injured a 6-year-old girl at a wading pool in Minneapolis are unlikely if a newer generation of drain cover is installed, said Tim Shiek, owner of a Fargo pool ...

A silent and powerful force lurks in tens of thousands of public and backyard pools. And the CBS4 I-Team has learned that, despite a new federal law designed to prevent it, the danger remains. CBS4 ...

Members of Congress target regulators they say weakened pool-drain safety law. June 11, 2010 — -- On Thursday, four members of Congress sent letters of protest to the federal commissioners who ...

HOUSTON – In a recent incident that has alarmed parents, an 8-year-old girl died after she was caught in a pool drain pipe at a hotel pool in northwest Houston, raising concerns about the safety ...

It's an accident we hear of too often; a person gets caught in the suction of a pool drain and drowns. A new law went into effect on Thursday to help prevent that tragedy. Last year the state enacted ...

A 6-year-old girl who sat on an open drain in a wading pool lost part of her intestinal tract to the drain’s powerful suction, her family said. Abigail Taylor was injured in the wading pool on June 29 ...

A faulty swimming pool drain cost 6-year-old Abigail Taylor her life. The Edina girl was swimming in a kiddie pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club on June 29, 2007, when she got lodged in an open pool ...

Done properly, it might’ve cost a couple hundred bucks and taken two days to fix the drain in the wading pool at the private Minneapolis Golf Club. Instead, the guy responsible for the repair did it ...