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Safer Playgrounds for Young Children. ERIC Digest.
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Hendricks, Charlotte M. – 1993
Each year, almost 200,000 children are treated at hospital emergency rooms for injuries occurring on playgrounds. At this time, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has established voluntary guidelines for equipment and surfacing, but there are no required standards regarding the manufacture or installation of equipment and resilient…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Equipment Evaluation