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Swimming Pools and Beaches
  • Post signs about the risk of overexposure to the sun.  Encourage employees to protect themselves by using sunscreen, hats, shirts, sunglasses and shade and to be role models for pool users.
  • Be sure that lifeguards have umbrellas or shade structures to protect them.
  • Encourage employees to wear hats and shirts when on duty.  Sell broad-brimmed hats and UV-filtering sunglasses at the refreshment stand.
  • Allow the use of suitable protective clothing in the pool.
  • Encourage pool users to bring and wear shirts and hats.
  • Sell low-priced SPF 15 or higher (water resistant or very water resistant) sunscreen at the refreshment stand or front office.
  • Provide employees with SFP 15 or higher sunscreen and urge its use.
  • Ensure sufficient shade for all users.
  • Allow users to leave in the middle of the day and return later without an additional admission fee.
  • Encourage employees to clean the pool early in the morning or late in the day.
  • Change any rules that prevent people from being adequately protected.

Action plan:

Erect a protective roof to shade the kiddie pool and its surrounding concrete.  A steel frame covered with dark blue canvas will provide sun protection for waders and watchers alike, so adults sitting at the edge of the pool as well as their toddlers are shielded.

 
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