Strings Can Strangle Children On Playground Equipment:
Safety Alert
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Strings Can Strangle Children On Playground Equipment:
Safety Alert
CPSC Document #5094
Clothing strings, loose clothing, and stringed items placed
around the neck can catch on playground equipment and strangle
children.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has received reports
of deaths when these items became caught on playground equipment,
especially slides and swings. Items included strings on clothing
(such as hoods and attached mittens), loose clothing (such as
scarves and ponchos), and other items (such as jump ropes) placed
around the neck. These items caught on protrusions, open-ended
hooks, gaps, and other parts of playground equipment.
Avoid dressing children in loose or stringed clothing if they
will be on playground equipment.
WARNING!
Clothing strings, loose clothing, and stringed items placed
around the neck can strangle a child.
Never dress a child in loose or stringed clothing if they will be
on playground equipment.
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