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"An estimated 3,350 children enter U.S. Hospital emergency rooms each year with injuries associate with falling from, or through bleachers onto the surface below. A licensed professional engineer, registered architect, or company that is qualified to provide bleacher products and services, should inspect the bleachers and provide a written certification that the bleachers are safe to use."
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Consumer Product Safety Review [Spring 2004]
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"A professional engineer or qualifed service personnel shall perform an annual inspection and required maintenance of stands at least biennially."
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National Fire Protection Code 102
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Top Six Potential Bleacher Hazards
- No end rails
- End rails with gaps greater than 4 inches
- Bleacher board damaged and splintering
- Climbable, open aisle way in bleacher system in closed position
- Bleacher understructure is twisted and inoperable
- Bleacher operates unevenly and/or does not fully open
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A Division of
Hussey Seating Company
38 Dyer Street Extension
North Berwick, ME 03906 USA
Tel: 1.800.341.0401
+1.207.676.2271
Fax: +1.207.676.0257
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