While most of us spend considerable time at recess throughout our elementary school years, playgrounds are not immune to the dangers that can lead to injury for young students. There are hundreds of thousands of playground-related injuries among children yearly, which is more than the number of injuries sustained by children in bicycle or car accidents combined. Discuss all your questions about personal injury with a certified lawyer.

Injuries such as dislocations, broken bones, head trauma, traumatic brain injury, and internal organ damage or bleeding are all possible outcomes of playground mishaps.

Playground Accidents and Their Causes

Damaged or poorly designed playground equipment and playgrounds themselves are major contributors to injuries sustained by students playing there. Playground injuries are a frequent occurrence due to many different causes, including:

• Worn-out and corroded metal playground equipment
• Moldy lumber
• the ropes are all frayed up and in disarray
• The presence of protruding nails, screws, or other potentially dangerous objects
• Playground equipment with loose screws or bolts as a result of normal use or poor installation.
• Uncomfortable or unsafe flooring due to lack of padding or safety features
• Failure to properly inspect playground equipment prior to installation
• Lack of adult monitoring and failure to address potentially dangerous behavior or play.

Who Is Responsible When a Child is Hurt on the School Playground?

If your child is hurt on the school’s playground and did not conduct enough inspections and maintenance of the playground equipment, the school may be held financially responsible for your family’s damages. The school may be held liable if a student is injured because a teacher or another adult on campus did not properly supervise them. This is especially true if the injury was brought on because the kid was engaging in risky behavior that a responsible adult on campus might have stopped.

There are schools that actually take their students to nearby parks or playgrounds instead of having them play on school grounds during recess. The park or playground’s owner or manager may be held legally responsible for any injuries sustained there due to the playground’s or playground equipment’s poor condition.

Finally, if your child is hurt on a playground because of a defect in the equipment’s design, manufacture, or assembly, you may be able to seek compensation from the company that made the equipment or the one responsible for building and installing it.