美国消费品安全委员会与ASTM 11月5日发布地上泳池梯强化标准：首次设定儿童防护性能与测试方法，2020至2025年涉梯儿童溺亡报告128起
华盛顿报道—美国消费品安全委员会（CPSC）11月5日与 ASTM International 共同宣布，针对地上便携式泳池的自愿性安全标准已经强化，首次为「儿童防护型」泳池梯设定具体的性能要求与测试方法。据委员会发布，修订后的标准旨在堵住一个安全缺口：年幼儿童可能在无人看护时经泳池梯爬入后院泳池。
委员会称，溺水是美国1至4岁儿童的第一位死因，预防儿童溺水已列为该委员会的最高优先事项之一。委员会给出的事件数据是：2020年至2025年间，共报告128起5岁以下儿童溺水死亡事件，其中泳池梯据报或被认为被用于进入地上或便携式泳池；委员会2026年6月已就儿童防护泳池梯批准一项请愿。委员会还回顾，2025年7月其曾促成约500万个地上泳池的召回，原因是相关设计缺陷可让儿童在梯子被移走后仍能爬入池中，已有多起儿童溺水死亡与之关联。
据发布，新要求由委员会与行业及标准专家协作制定，制定过程参考了事件数据以及关于幼儿身体尺寸与攀爬能力的研究，采用的标准为 ASTM F2666 修订版。委员会提醒，儿童防护设备只是防溺水的其中一层，公众可在 PoolSafely.gov 查阅防溺水信息。本标准为自愿性产品标准，并非自动适用于所有泳池的新联邦法规。
CPSC and ASTM Announce Stronger Standard for Above-Ground Pool Ladders on November 5: First Child-Resistance Performance Tests, With 128 Ladder-Related Child Drowning Reports From 2020 to 2025
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on November 5, alongside ASTM International, a strengthened voluntary safety standard for above-ground portable pools that establishes, for the first time, specific performance requirements and test methods for child-resistant ladders. According to the Commission, the revised standard addresses a safety gap that can allow young children to gain unsupervised access to backyard pools.
The Commission said drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages one through four in the United States, and that preventing childhood drowning has become one of its highest priorities. Its incident figures cite 128 reported fatal drowning incidents involving children under five between 2020 and 2025 in which ladders were reported or believed to have been used to enter above-ground or portable pools; in June 2026 the Commission granted a petition concerning child-resistant pool ladders. The release also recalls that in July 2025 CPSC secured the recall of approximately five million above-ground swimming pools following multiple reported child drowning deaths associated with a design flaw that allowed children to climb into pools even after the ladder was removed.
Working with industry and standards experts, CPSC helped establish the requirements drawing on incident data and research concerning young children's physical dimensions and climbing abilities, under the revised ASTM F2666 standard. The Commission notes that child-resistant equipment provides only one layer of protection against drowning and directs the public to PoolSafely.gov for drowning prevention information. The standard is a voluntary product standard, not a new federal law applying automatically to every pool.
来源：美国消费品安全委员会
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图片来源：图：带梯子的地上泳池。（Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0） / Photo: An above-ground swimming pool with a ladder. (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)
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