Strangulation
The leading cause of playground equipment-related fatalities is strangulation, and the majority of these deaths occur on home playgrounds. Strangulation resulting from entanglement or entrapment is the primary cause of playground equipment-related fatalities, accounting for nearly 56 percent of the deaths. The total annual cost of playground equipment-related injuries among children ages 14 and under was estimated to be $6.8 billion in 2003.