I've heard many a gory tale about the hidden dangers of our local playgrounds... What was your worst playground accident?
2006-08-29 10:51:41 · 18 answers · asked by bethiswriting 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Other - Games & Recreation
I used to flip myself out of the swings at the local park and one day i didn't get enough rotation so i ended up way short and i landed on my face. I had to have my jaw wired shut for 8 weeks. I have never went near the swings again.
2006-08-29 22:01:51 · answer #1 · answered by sincity usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter. Kids need playground equipment and physical activity should not be limited because of parents worrying about kids getting hurt.
Obesity is a far greater risk than playground equipment. For all the hours kids spend on the stuff there really aren't that many injuries.
2006-08-29 17:57:15 · answer #2 · answered by Beau G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It must have been when i was about 7 or 8. I was on a swing doing loops around the top bar when the chain holding the swing broke as i reached the highest point of the loop. I plummeted into the ground from about 6 meters. I landed on my feet but could barely walk for two or three days. I never tried it again!!
2006-08-29 18:04:08 · answer #3 · answered by bogusman001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was playing soccer on a field in a park with some classmates back in elementary school. someone had left some broken beer bottles lying around randomly, and when i went to slide tackle my opponent my knee went right over a piece. i needed 6 stitches.
another soccer injury from my youth may make it so that i never am able to have children. I was playing the sweeper position (the guy right in front of the goalie) when a forward from the other team kicked the ball into my nuts. the worst part is that he followed through with his foot.
needles to say i was not able to play for the rest of the game.
2006-08-29 18:07:02 · answer #4 · answered by hey_finny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to have swinging high on a swingset and hit the ground hurt with only a few bruises. It may not be the worst. Or spinning around in circles, getting dizzy, on those playground merry-go-rounds, and try to get off, by getting bruises and scrapes. Plus getting pieces of my hair caught in the chains of the swingset.
2006-08-29 17:55:32 · answer #5 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Granted this was back when playgrounds were on asphalt surfaces, BUT, I was on the monkey bars, reached the end and hand slipped off when I fell on the step up bar, hit my nuts then fell backward off it and hit my head on the pavement.
OUCH. Big bump on my head for a few days and a while agonizing in pain on the ground from the nut-shot.
2006-08-29 17:59:31 · answer #6 · answered by Dubberino 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the bad old, pre safety regulations days, I slid down the arm of a swing set & rip my leg open on an exposed bolt. I still have a scar about 8" long and an inch across. This was many years ago.
2006-08-29 18:04:02 · answer #7 · answered by Taffy Saltwater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Falling off the slide, hitting my mouth on the rail (thus chipping two teeth) and breaking my rib on the landing.
I miss playgrounds.
2006-08-29 17:57:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not an injruy, persay, but played a little too long on tire swing after lunch one hot day. Threw up almost immediately after I got off. Ick.
2006-08-29 17:57:44 · answer #9 · answered by BlueEyezz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was playing hopscotch and fell. I ended up with two pebbles in my knee which needed to be surgically removed and then had to get stitches. Don't much remember the pain though.
2006-08-29 18:02:08 · answer #10 · answered by mcrouse59 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋