The Dangers of Hammocks Designed for Infants and Children

On May 21, 2017, another victim, a 15-year-old Georgia girl, was killed in the same manner. In two additional instances during the spring of 2016, a Connecticut girl and an Arkansas woman died when the trees to which their hammocks were attached collapsed.

In 2017, a Massachusetts woman sued ENO when one of the hammock’s supports, a brick chimney, collapsed on her leaving her paralyzed.ĮNO was sued under similar circumstances in May 2016 when a 13-year-old Iowa girl died after a brick column bearing the weight of the hammock fell on top of her. In recent years, nearly a dozen similar incidents have occurred involving death or paralysis after the main weight bearing supports of hammocks collapsed. The incident is still under investigation. According to investigators, six people were lying evenly on three hammocks that were attached to four free-standing columns when one column fell inward toward them. A masonry column collapsed killing one male student and seriously injuring two other female students. The most recent tragedy occurred on August 29, 2022, on the campus of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Proper installation and use of a hammock can be the difference between life and death, as the following examples detail.

Branches can fall from tree canopies when victims least expect it. Other cases involve strangulation and suffocation. Most recent cases involve hammocks being fastened to structures such as trees or brick columns which later collapsed. Unfortunately, there are a substantial number of cases involving hammock-related injury or death. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), hammocks injure or cause the wrongful death of around 3,000 people in North America each year. They don’t think of the possibility for accidents, let alone serious injury or death. Yet, according to the U.S. When installing a hammock, people are usually looking forward to relaxing with a book.

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