Playground Safety

Each year, more than 200,000 children go to U.S. hospital emergency rooms with injuries associated with playground equipment. Most injuries occur when a child falls from the equipment onto the ground.

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Balance Beams Climbers Horizontal Ladders/Overhead Rings

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Slides Swings

And use this simple checklist to help make sure your local community or school playground is a safe place to play:

Public Playground Safety Checklist

• Make sure surfaces around playground equipment have at least 12 inches of wood chips, mulch, sand, or pea gravel, or are mats made of safety-tested rubber or rubber-like materials.

• Check that protective surfacing extends at least 6 feet in all directions from play equipment. For swings, be sure surfacing extends, in back and front, twice the height of the suspending bar.

• Make sure play structures more than 30 inches high are spaced at least 9 feet apart.

• Check for dangerous hardware, like open "S" hooks or protruding bolt ends.

• Make sure spaces that could trap children, such as openings in guardrails or between ladder rungs, measure less than 3.5 inches or more than 9 inches.

• Check for sharp points or edges in equipment.

• Look out for tripping hazards, like exposed concrete footings, tree stumps, and rocks.

• Make sure elevated surfaces, like platforms and ramps, have guardrails to prevent falls.

• Check playgrounds regularly to see that equipment and surfacing are in good condition.

Carefully supervise children on playgrounds to make sure they're safe.

source: http://www.cpsc.gov

Act Now! If your child was seriously injured on a public playground as result of defective equipment and/or negligence, you may be entitled to compensation for your child's medical bills and for pain & suffering. For a free lawsuit case evaulation, you can fill out the simple form below for a case review within 24 hours.

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