PowerScape slides or sliding boards
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jun 25, 2013. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Jun 25, 2013the latest report was made
- Jun 25, 2013the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- PowerScape
- Maker
- GametimeMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Slides or sliding boardsCPSC’s product type: Slides or Sliding Boards (code 1242), in Sports and Recreation: Playground Equipment
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| June 2013 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Emergency room Made Jun 25, 2013, sent to the company Jul 3, 2013, published by CPSC Jul 25, 2013
The product, in the report: GameTime PowerScape Plus playground feature; purple slide
On June 8, 2013, I took my 4 1/2 year-old son to a school/community playground where we met two of his friends. He and his friends proceeded to play on the GameTime PowerScape Plus play structure. Eventually they gravitated toward one of the slides, and they climbed, slid, and repeated this sequence on the slide. During the course of one of these “cycles,” I and the two other accompanying adults watched as my son fell from the 90 inch high platform at the top of the slide and landed flat on his back on the wood-chip covered surface, An additional adult witness told us that he saw my son trip on his way to the slide, try to hang on, and then fall. The paramedics came and recommended that I take him to the ER for a more thorough evaluation, where he checked out without head, back, or spinal cord trauma; while he had the wind knocked out of him and exhibited some signs of shock, he escaped this incident with hardly a bruise (likely thanks to a recently replenished wood-chip base, according to a contact at the school). I went back to the scene of his fall the very next day and took photos. I then discovered a diagonal step across the platform at the top of the slide, inches from the opening that leads to a 7 1/2 foot drop-off. There is an opportunity for crowding at the top of the slide, and the close proximity of these two features (slide and spiral climber) increases the risk of a fall. After witnessing my son’s accident first-hand, I am very concerned that this tripping hazard near an unprotected opening from an elevated platform is in violation of the safety regulations that this manufacturer claims to follow and poses a hazard for children of all ages.
- Model
- I don’t know
- Bought from
- I don’t know
- Where
- Saint Paul, Minnesota: Place of Recreation or Sports
- Who was involved
- Age 4, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand PowerScape, made or sold by Gametime
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
CPSC’s disclaimer
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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