Show Threat To Sportsmen In most sections of the water sports are strictly a summertime Darcie H. of the Utah Safety warns sportsmen that drowning and other water hazards represent a threat the year WHITE NOTES that statistics recently released by the National Safety Council show that approximately persons drowned in an increase of about over About of these victims were swimming or playing in the The remaining were that persons falling into the water from or from work or recreational White fishing and recreational boating accident fatalities resulted from What is not widely known is that drowning takes many lives in other winter and year-round For example over 11 percent of the winter season snowmobile accident fatalities resulted from Some other non-water sports that claimed drowning victims in 1973 according to Safety Council figures included snow sledding and ice camping and even horse-back drowning is not the only water hazard to sportsmen during the colder White lowring of body temperature by exposure to is always a serious threat to persons immersed in cold even when drowning is In an attempt to prevent or minimize water hazards to sportsmen in fall and the Utah Safety Council offers the following NEVER venture onto frozen streams or regardless of the activity in which you are unless you are certain the surface will sustain your weight and Wear protective clothing and even notation devices where there is any possibility that you might fall or be thrown into a body of KNOW YOUR terrain when sled so that you will not suddenly find yourself on or in a body of |