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John Schneble (Jschneble)
New member
Username: Jschneble
Post Number: 1
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 8:49 am: |       |
Our department recently had the safety and potential liabilty surrounding the the rope climb in P.E. classes brought to us. The basic question was how safe is it for a student to be climbing 20-30 feet up in the air with no safety precautions in place other than a mat. I was wondering if any other P.E. professionals have been faced with this dilema and what have they done to ensure the safety of their students??? |
Celeste Denier
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 6:14 am: | |
Good question. My 12 year old son fell off the rope climb in middle school on dec 22. He came down on the knot and dislocated his ankle 90 degrees, broke both the inner and outer ankle bones and had two screws put in. He will be returning to school on Monday, half day. Only had a 1" mat on the floor. Shouldn't there be some sort of safety precautions for these pre-teen children. They do not have the upper body strength that a 15 year old would have. I am going to go to the school board soon and ask them if they have looked at this. Maybe noone else has been hurt, but all it takes is one fall for serious injury. thanks for any input. |
D Peter Birkett (Dpb1)
Junior Member
Username: Dpb1
Post Number: 4
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 6:49 pm: | |
You might want to check under "fall protection" at the OSHA site. That's www.osha.gov |
Jim Clairmont (2talll)
Junior Member
Username: 2talll
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 7:53 am: | |
I only have my rope, cargo net and ladder attached to basketball hoop standards so they go no higher than 9 feet with 2 inch mats underneath. Even then, accidents can happen. I had a girl Wedensday fall off the cargo net when her foot and hand slipped at the same time- and she's one of the better climbers having climbed practically 100 times since that is what she chooses to do when we have climbing classes and free choice classes. She was only half way up the net, but she tried to catch/brace herself by putting her hand down. She landed with all her weight on her arm and broke her wrist and her elbow.
Accidents can happen ANYWHERE- The teacher that ran the summer program I used to work at had a child suffer the same injuries (except worse breaks) doing the mile run- the kid tripped over his own foot and tried to catch himself and landed with all his weight on his arm.
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Billy Reamer (Wreamer)
New member
Username: Wreamer
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 3:04 pm: | |
We had some concerns at my school and have gone to the maximum height allowed for playground equipment. I think it's about 7-9 feet but I'm not totally sure. The school I was previously at placed high jump mats at the base and that seemed to work really well. |
