With the recent advent of recreational trampoline parks throughout the U.S. has come heightened concern with regards to their overall safety. People of all ages are permitted into the park, the primary activity often involving catapulting and flipping into massive foam pits. At present, no government safety regulations have been established ensuring security in the parks. Among other dangerous risks, allowing multiple people to jump on a trampoline at the same time poses several hazardous risks. One person can cause the other to jump at abnormally high and uncontrollable levels, preventing one another from landing in a safe manner. Jumpers also run the risk of crashing into each other. Recent accidents prove that inexperienced jumpers propelling themselves into foam pits are in danger of breaking several vital bones, including the neck, back and collar bones, sometimes resulting in death. One such incident involving a 30-year-old man occurred just this past February, when, according to witnesses, the man attempted to flip into a foam pit and subsequently landed in an extremely awkward manner. He suffered severe spinal cord injuries leading to serious brain damage, and ultimately died after spending three days in the hospital. While it is unclear as to his exact jumping motion (some claim he was trying to do a double front flip while other contend he was diving in backwards), the foam pit has since been shut down.
