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B.C. Declined to Compile School Playground Injury Claims, Releasing a Single 2020-21 Report
Empty swings on a playground. In the one report B.C. released, six of eight falls from height at schools in 2020-21 involved playground equipment such as swings, and nothing had been paid on any fall claim.

B.C. Declined to Compile School Playground Injury Claims, Releasing a Single 2020-21 Report

Asked for B.C. school playground injury claims, the Finance Ministry released one 2020-21 report: six of eight falls from height involved playground equipment.
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Steve Cogbill

Steve Cogbill