Expertise
Children's Safety
Children are often involved in accidents at school, on the playground, and with consumer products. We evaluate how age-related factors, supervision, playground equipment and product design contribute to injuries to children.
School and classroom safety
Dismissal of young students
- School bus safety
- Science lab explosions and burns
- Field trips
- Organized sports
- Classroom supervision
- Safety of classroom activities
- Adolescent behavior
Playground equipment
- Falls from heights
- Playground surfacing materials
- Adequacy of supervision
- Maintenance
Children's use of age-appropriate equipment
- Equipment design
- Equipment standard of care
Children and traffic
- Age appropriate capabilities and limitations
- Behavior
- Perception
- Memory and learning
- Driver expectations
- Visibility
- Conspicuity of children