Special Study: Injuries and Deaths Associated with Children's Playground Equipment

摘要

In support of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) efforts to address playground hazards, Directorate for Epidemiology staff conducted a special study of playground equipment-related injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms from November 1998 through October 1999. Staff also reviewed data on playground-related deaths reported to CPSC from January 1990 through August 2000. Each year, over 200,000 people are treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for injuries associated with playground equipment, with the majority of these injuries involving children under the age of 15 years. Previous analyses of data by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff revealed that deaths and serious injuries resulted from falls, hangings, impact with moving equipment, entrapment and contact with protrusions, pinch points, sharp edges and sharp points.