Lethal accidents - Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 86
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products.

Lethal Accidents - Years:

Year 2005:	6
Year 2008:	80

Lethal Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:

All Of Body:

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus
10 YOM HAD WITNESSED GRAND MAL SEIZURE AND FELL FROM *** SUBARACHNOID B LEED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/01/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus
PT FELL OFF MONKEY BARS, AT SCHOOL, & WENT INTO ARREST, PT HAD BEEN RUN NING IN GYM CLASS . PT INTUBATED AT SCENE. DX: FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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