Standard BNQ 9461-100
Residential Swimming Pools Equipped With a Diving Board - Minimum Water Envelope to Prevent Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries Resulting From Diving From a Diving Board
Since the arrival of swimming pools equipped with a diving board in the back yards of homes in Québec, a large number of accidents have occurred that have unfortunately resulted in cervical spinal cord injuries that have left most victims quadriplegic. Some incidents led to legal disputes between pool users and pool owners, and it became obvious that a standard needed to be developed to ensure user safety and owner liability. The BNQ 9461-100 standard sets out new dimensional and geometric specifications for the minimum water envelope required to provide a safe environment for diving in a residential pool. The standard is for pool professionals and pool owners. It has already made it possible to significantly reduce the number of injuries, and it is already mandatory in some municipalities and districts.
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12710 ANG BNQ 9461-100 Residential Swimming Pools Equipped with a Diving Board - Minimum Water Envelope to Prevent Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries Resulting from Diving from a Diving Board This is a reaffirmation (reapproval) of the edition dated May 25, 2009. 12645 FRN BNQ 9461-100 Piscines résidentielles dotées d'un plongeoir - Enveloppe d'eau minimale pour prévenir les blessures médullaires cervicales résultant d'un plongeon effectué à partir d'un plongeoir Il s'agit d'une reconduction (confirmation) du texte de l'édition du 25 mai 2009.
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Standards committee members
Number of committee members : 12
Jean-Sébastien Boucher Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) - Direction générale de la santé publique Dany Boulanger Fédération du plongeon Ghislain Brisson Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (MAMH) - Direction générale des politiques Christine Fournier CISSS de la Montérégie-Ouest - Centre montérégien de réadaptation Raynald Hawkins Société de sauvetage Éric Lavoie Martin Moineau Aquafab Anne Marie Laurence Paquette Association des commerçants de piscines du Québec - Représentante de l'Association des commerçants de piscines du Québec (ACPQ) Isabelle Perras Piscines Fontaine Guillaume Turcotte SCP Distributors Canada Sandra Vachon Corporation des officiers municipaux en bâtiment et en environnement (COMBEQ) Walter Zelaya Moelle épinière et motricité Québec (MÉMO-Qc) - Fact sheet (French only)
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