playground powerpoint

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