Fatal Accident in Dutch Swimming Pool Caused by Environmentally Cracked Bolts
Jan Heselmans, Peter Vermeij
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95% confidenceInternational MES research in recreation with focus on sports-recreation. Abstract In November 2011 a 5 month old baby sadly got killed in a Dutch...
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Abstract
Abstract In November 2011 a 5 month old baby sadly got killed in a Dutch indoor swimming pool because 2 speakers and a speaker frame landed on her head. The speakers fell from 5 meters height after a stainless steel bolt was broken due to environmental cracking. Worldwide there have been many incidents, and several accidents, with cracking stainless steels in the swimming pool atmosphere. In 1985 in Switzerland 12 people got killed by a cracked stainless steel elements that caused the collapse of a swimming pool roof. This paper will describe how this accident could happen and what has been done in the Netherlands since 2001, when the entire ceiling and air channels came down in another swimming pool (luckily this occurred during closing time). Further a new document MIS1203-2012 will be discussed: "Materials Selection and Inspection of Fasteners and other Loaded Elements in the Indoor Swimming Pool Atmosphere".
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- CORROSION 2013
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