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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
Source: CPSC October 29, 2009
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
Source: CPSC October 29, 2009
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
Peach Hill
Peach Hill
Peach Hill
Peach Hill
Peach Hill
Peach Hill
Peach Hill
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
Tierra Rejada
Tierra Rejada
Tierra Rejada
Tierra Rejada
Tierra Rejada
Borchard Park
Overall grade: 1 Age appropriate No fall zone hazards Adequate protective
surfacing No sharp hazards
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Borchard Park
Ascension Lutheran
Overall grade: 1 Age appropriate No entrapment
hazards Protective barriers
and guardrails
Ascension Lutheran Early Learning Center
Ascension Lutheran
Ascension Lutheran
Ascension Lutheran
Ascension Lutheran
Ascension Lutheran
Ascension Lutheran
Ascension Lutheran
Asencion Lutheran
Ascension Lutheran
FIN