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Playground Safety Group Project

Presented by:

Angie Calita

Carol Craig

Jacqueline Levesque

Theresa McAlister

Statistics

INJURIESBetween 2001 - 2008, an average of 218,851 preschool and elementary children received emergency department care for injuries that occurred on playground equipment.

Source: CPSC October 29, 2009

67% involved falls or equipment failure

8% hazards around but not related to the equipment

7% collisions with other children or the equipment

7% entrapments

11% other

Only 29 injury reports between 2001-2008 mentioned a thermal burn with 4 of the cases requiring hospitalization


Of the Incidents Reported

Thermal Burns

Burn Safety Awareness on Playgrounds

Thermal Burns from Playground Equipment

http://www.cpsc.gov/PageFiles/122121/3200.pdf



Mortality Average age was 6

years; median age was 4 years.

27 deaths were the result of hangings or other asphyxiations

7 deaths were the result of head or neck injuries


Forty Deaths were associated with

playground equipment between 2001-2008

Top Four Equipment Pieces Associated with Injuries

Climbers- 23% Swings- 22% Slides-17% Overhead ladders 9% Source: CPSC October

29, 2009

The National Program for Playground Safety

California’s

Child Care Grade:

2000 2004

C+ C+

http://playgroundsafety.org/sites/default/files/reports/childcare/ca_childcare.pdf



Playgrounds Visited for our Project: Borchard Park,

Newbury Park Ascension Lutheran

Early Learning Center

Tierra Rejada Park, Moorpark

Peach Hill Park, Moorpark

Grading 1-51 the best, 5 the worst

Peach Hill ParkOverall grade: 5

Some of the equipment is:

Not age appropriate Tunnel tube no grip Not enough

protective barriers Wobbly chain can get

pinched

Peach Hill

Tierra Rejada Park

Overall grade: 2 Climbing structure

open in the middlefall zone hazard

Depth of sand may not be adequate

Tierra Rejada

Borchard Park

Overall grade: 1 Age appropriate No fall zone hazards Adequate protective

surfacing No sharp hazards

Borchard Park

Ascension Lutheran

Overall grade: 1 Age appropriate No entrapment

hazards Protective barriers

and guardrails

Ascension Lutheran Early Learning Center

Ascension Lutheran

Asencion Lutheran

Ascension Lutheran

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