Crockerz Castles would like to extend there sympathies to the little girl and her family who lost her life recently. This is definitely a shock to us all! While it was widely reported this was an incident involving a "Bouncy Castle" it has now been confirmed this was a piece of equipment very different in design to the inflatables we (and most of the industry) offer.
The is not a lot more we can say at this sad time, however blow is a link to an initial statement issued by the HSE for your information.
guidance-note-for-trade-associations.pdf
And now we have further clarification, the following is a statement available on the PIPA web site home page. PIPA are the certificating body for our inflatable testing in the UK.
"The investigation into the tragic incident on 1 July is ongoing.
It has been established that the unit involved in this incident was a sealed air trampoline. This type of equipment is normally inflated with an air compressor and then sealed so there is not air flow in or out. The mode of failure has not been identified and investigations continue. This design is not covered by the scope of the British/European standard (BS EN 14960) for inflatable play equipment and not covered by the PIPA scheme.
A bouncy castle has a blower connected to keep the unit inflated as it is designed for air to escape through the seams of the equipment. This is covered by the British/European Standard (BS EN 14960) and covered by the PIPA scheme.
- The government has not banned the use of bouncy castles.
- PIPA is unaware of any bouncy castle exploding as these types of units are designed to permanently leak air
- The PIPA scheme covers equipment within the scope of BS EN 14960
It is estimated there are 23 million uses of inflatable play equipment in the UK every year. Bouncy castles are used across the world and therefore can encounter hotter temperatures than those in the UK".
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