Dave Bang Associates monkey bars or other playground climbing apparatus
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Oct 24, 2019. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Oct 24, 2019the latest report was made
- Oct 24, 2019the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- None given: no report names a brand, so the group is named for its maker, Dave Bang Associates
- Maker
- Dave Bang AssociatesMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Monkey bars or other playground climbing apparatusCPSC’s product type: Monkey Bars or Other Playground Climbing Apparatus (code 1244), in Sports and Recreation: Playground Equipment
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| October 2019 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hospital admission 1 CPSC: Injury, Hospital Admission
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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Hospital admission Made Oct 24, 2019, sent to the company Nov 18, 2019, published by CPSC Dec 10, 2019
The product, in the report: The product is a school yard playground including the outdo flooring. The monkey bars were installed by Dave Bang Associates, Mesa , AZ The flooring was installed by Hesscor Inc. Mesa AZ
My 8 year old daughter attends a school in [REDACTED]. While playing on the monkey bars she fell and severely broke her arm. The break required two separate surgeries, one too implant a steel bar and the other too remove the steel bar. The doctor bills have exceeded $100,000.00. I am a licensed structural engineer so I have a background in investigating engineering problems.. [REDACTED], my daughter [REDACTED] leaped from the platform 3ft off the ground to the bars shown in the picture. The top bars are not parallel as are typical on monkey bars. Therefore, she jumped to the third bar which is at an angle. Since the bar is at an angle one of her hands would reach the bar before the other. On typical monkey bars both hands would reach the rung at the same time thus dividing the load evenly between both hands. The first hand would see most of her weight thus causing her to fall from the rung. It is hard to believe that the codes and standard rules for monkey bars ever considered the existing configuration. Yesterday a girl named [REDACTED] broke her arm falling off the ladder to the circular rings. Again demonstrating the floor material is simply to hard. I have felt it and barely deflects. The flooring is a PIP surface and is very hard I don’t think it can attenuate much energy. We know of four other children she knows who have either fractured or broken bones this school year, The school has hundreds of students with about 40 other locations. There are probably many other students who have also been injured.
- Where
- scottsdale, Arizona: School
- Who was involved
- Age 8, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- made or sold by Dave Bang Associates
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Hospital Admission
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Sources
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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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