Water safety prevents injuries, drownings

As the summer continues, Oklahoma families are spending their time in the water to keep cool. In effort to help prevent injury and drowning, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) encourages the public to use caution and practice water safety.

In Oklahoma, there were 296 drowning deaths reported from 2015-2018. Among adults, the most common places for drowning were natural bodies of water s…