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Lifeguards Didn't Respond Accordingly, Cal-OSHA Says

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A state agency found that a 4-year-old boy who died at an amusement park pool was floating for 39 seconds before a lifeguard responded.

Cal-OSHA released its accident report Friday that followed an investigation into the death of Carlos Flores, who drowned July 12 in the Great Barrier Reef Wave Pool at Great America.

The report determined that Flores was floating for 39 seconds, and that lifeguards were supposed to follow the "10/20 Rule." The rule states that if a lifeguard sees someone in trouble, they must respond in 10 seconds, and that they must reach the person within 20 seconds.

It also found that four of the six lifeguards had been on stands for more than 1 ½ hours, and one of the the four had been on a stand for two hours. The lifeguards are supposed to spend only one hour at a time on the stand.

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