Don't let younger children "fold wings" on dangerous trampolines

Source: Guangming.com-Commentary Channels2019-12-04 11:36

According to surging news reports, on December 1, an 8-year-old girl Xinxin (pseudonym) suddenly fell on a trampoline and fell into a coma while playing a trampoline at an outdoor playground in Quanzhou, Fujian. When she was taken to the hospital, the doctor issued a notice of illness. As of the time of the report, Xinxin was still on vital signs to maintain vital signs in the intensive care unit. The doctor said that the lower body paralysis rate is very high after waking up.

The tragedy happened, it is sighing. No one wants to see that young girls can no longer live and grow as normal as everyone else. However, the accident is even more regrettable because it is not only a simple accident, but an inevitable under the accumulation of risks. As the saying goes, you don't know when the accident happened, but it will happen someday.

In recent years, trampoline has become a "net red" amusement project. In addition to trampolines in outdoor playgrounds, special trampoline halls have been successively established in various places. The experience is more exciting and more attractive to teenagers and children. But combing related reports in recent years, it is not difficult to find that trampoline-type projects have frequent accidents, and the risks are too great to be ignored. According to a report by China Youth Daily in July this year, an 18-year-old girl who had just taken the college entrance examination in Baoding, Hebei, fell backwards from a height of more than 3 meters while playing a trampoline, causing multiple fractures in the lumbar and thoracic spine. There are many more such examples. This is undoubtedly a warning to the public: a project cannot be considered safe because it is hot and the related equipment and principles are simple. In this regard, even adults cannot be lucky, let alone children whose physical functions have not yet matured.

At the same time, behind the booming scene of the trampoline project cooking oil and blooming everywhere, it is the status quo of the lack of regulation in the development of related industries and the lack of protection awareness of operators and managers. According to China's Special Equipment Safety Law, local quality supervision departments are only responsible for supervising “manned large-scale amusement facilities with a designed maximum operating linear speed greater than or equal to 2 meters per second, or operating heights higher than or equal to 2 meters from the ground”. The trampoline is considered a game item, and the law does not clearly specify the regulatory department, scope and responsibilities. According to the division of powers and responsibilities, the tourism, health, market supervision, and city management departments all have management obligations, but in fact each department is negligent in supervision. Therefore, the victim's rights protection path is unavoidable, not only cannot resolve disputes over rights and responsibilities, but also cannot put pressure on businesses to promote their services. The lack of relevant laws and regulations and the absence of supervision have undoubtedly provided soil for the brutal production of trampolines.

In practice, some managers are also very lacking in security awareness. Some trampoline businesses do not provide the most basic safety protection at all. Even simple devices such as seat belts are not enough to rule out various predictable risks. You know, consumers who participate in trampoline events are not professional athletes. Many people only play occasionally and lack experience in using trampolines. Therefore, they must do their best to design safety redundancy.

More importantly, not all sports are suitable for children. Sports that allow children to participate must be specially designed for the physical and mental characteristics of children. Playgrounds should also implement differentiated open policies for consumers of different ages. Most entertainment facilities are designed with adults as the standard. They are not suitable for children to participate in, and businesses cannot take risks for the sake of profit. Even if the trampoline is specially designed for children, there should be sufficient restrictions on the physical data such as age, height and weight of the participating children.

Adults should also make basic predictions about the risks of children playing in recreational facilities such as trampolines. Some parents can't stand the begging of their children, or are paralyzed when they see other children enjoying it. Children participating in trampoline activities are getting younger and younger, but parents are accustomed to it, thinking that there is no problem with children participating, regardless of the hidden risks. Waiting for an accident or injury to occur before repenting is not helpful at all. The news mentioned that in the playground where the accident happened in Quanzhou, during the interview, some parents brought a 3-year-old girl to play. I hope that this situation will not happen again in the future.

Risks may be everywhere, but avoiding risks and avoiding foreseeable harm are the rational choices people should have. The “Internet celebrity” movement is getting more and more popular, but public opinion can not contribute to the flames. Instead, we should fully publicize the relevant risk prevention measures, and make efforts to call for the establishment of corresponding legislation and regulations for children's entertainment facilities, and establish supervision channels specifically for children's entertainment safety. For example, clarify the regulatory responsibilities of various departments for such equipment, from qualification inspection, license application to operation supervision, and form a series of complete supervision channels, so that consumer rights protection and regulators can enforce laws, and businesses must comply with laws. . For trampoline activities attended by minors, the management personnel shall ask the guardian to sign a high-risk knowledge letter, clarify the possible risks of the project, and prevent children who do not meet the requirements from participating.

In any case, it is the consciousness and responsibility of every adult not to let children "fold wings" due to dangerous sports.