Playground Injuries Fact Sheet

 

Playground injury data is typically taken from children arriving at a hospital emergency room for treatment. This information provides an opportunity to review your playground and analyze problem areas where most injuries occur.

Where Children Get Injured:

• About 45% of playground-related injuries are severe-fractures, internal injuries, concussions, dislocations and sometimes even amputations (Tinsworth 2001).

• 75% of nonfatal injuries related to playground equipment occur on public playgrounds such as schools and day care centers.

• Unfortunately a small percentage of playground injuries result in death. (70%) of injuries resulting in deaths occur on home playgrounds.  When children die as a result of playground injuries, 56% of the time it is from strangulation and 20% of the time it is a result of falls to the surfacing.    Read on.......