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102 INCIDENTS AT TRAMPOLINE
PARK SPARKS INVESTIGATION
Council health and safety inspectors are investigating a new
trampoline park following more than 100 incidents at the
Midlothian centre in three weeks.
Ryze in Mayf ield Industrial Estate in Dalkeith opened a
10,000 sq f t park on 23 January. Since then there have been
reports of accidents including a broken neck, back and
other bones.
Ryze said the accident f igure was “better than the industry
norm” and there had been seven serious injuries.
Case Lawrence, Ryze chief executive, said it was “very
important ” to put into context they had had 25,662 jumpers
over the three week period and 102 incidents in that time
was only a 0.39% incident rate.
However, some parents are now warning people about the
dangers at the centre.
Claire McKenna, told the BBC Scotland news website the
f irst aid was “non-existent ” when her husband, Christopher
McKenna, 49, broke his neck at the park on 7 February this
year.
Af ter hearing about Mr McKenna’s story, Laura Bruce-
Wootton told the BBC Scotland news website that she broke
her back at the centre on 31 January.
She said the manager was not there when she was asked
to get up by other male staf f: “I was moved and made to
give details for an incident report before they called an
ambulance, despite being in writhing pain and unable to sit
or stand.
Marion Dickie, 35, from Edinburgh, said her two-year-old
son Anderson sustained a bad break below the knee at the
centre.
Mr Lawrence, from Ryze, said: “This injury incident rate is
right in line with what we see in the US and what we would
expect here.
“It is actually better than the industry norms and we
always see the incident rate decline af ter the f irst few
months as the novelty wears of f and people become more
familiar with the rules and, frankly as our staf f gain more
experience and training.”
“We have never had an injury that was caused by the
equipment or layout of the park. Like other active pursuits,
injuries come from landing awkwardly, or interacting with
another jumper.”
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