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Article: When playtime goes wrong.
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- Trial
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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Thousands of kids are injured on playgrounds every year despite readily available safety standards. Those responsible can be held liable.
Parents think of a playground as a safe haven for their children, but more than 200,000 children are seen in emergency rooms each year as a result of playground injuries. Seventy-five percent of these injuries occur on public playgrounds, and 75 percent are caused by falls. Thirty-six percent are classified as severe. At least 15 children die each year due to playground injuries, mostly caused by falls to hard surfaces, strangulation by entanglement, and head entrapment.(1)
These injuries are not confined to a few ...