Beware of children's accidents caused by playground equipment!

Beware of children's accidents caused by playground equipment!

Playing with the body is important for the child's mental and physical development. Playing using playground equipment (slides, swings, horizontal bars, jungle gyms, etc.) installed in playgrounds such as parks, plazas, schools and childcare facilities, leisure facilities and stores is also an important part of this. On the other hand, 1,518 children's accidents due to playground equipment were reported to the Consumer Affairs Agency, of which nearly 30% (397) of accidents requiring hospitalization or a treatment period of three weeks or more (2009) (For registration from September to the end of December 2015).
In order to prevent accidents, it is assumed that the playground equipment manager will take measures to take safety measures such as "appropriate installation of playground equipment", "inspection", and "easy-to-understand notices such as notes". There are many accidents that can be avoided by watching over.
The Consumer Affairs Agency will make a request to relevant government agencies to prevent accidents caused by playground equipment before the spring, when accidents caused by playground equipment begin to increase, and inform consumers of precautions when letting children play with playground equipment. .
There are various causes for accidents caused by playground equipment, but there are many common points to be aware of. Pay particular attention to the following points.

（１） Protect the target age of facilities and playground equipment.
（２） Parents should be accompanied by infants under 6 years of age.
（３） Pay attention to your child's clothes and belongings.
（４） Let's follow the usage of each playground equipment.
（５） When waiting in line with playground equipment, let's play and do not push or push away people around.
（６） Let's be careful about the weather.
（７） If you find any malfunction or damage to the playground equipment, refrain from using it and contact the administrator.

• Beware of children's accidents caused by playground equipment! （PDF：492KB）(Consumer Affairs Agency)