Safety and possible injury
There can be a wide spectrum of possible injuries during a jump. One may be injured throughout a jump when the safety harness fails, the cord elasticity is miscalculated, or the cord is not properly connected to the jump platform. In most cases this is really a result of human error inside the form of mishandled harness preparation. One more main injury is if the jumper experiences cord entanglement with their body. Other injuries include eye trauma, rope burn, uterine prolapse, dislocations, bruises, whiplash, pinched fingers and back injury.
Age, equipment, experience, location and weight are some in the aspects, and nervousness can exacerbate eye traumas.
In 1997, Laura Patterson, 1 of a 16-member expert bungee jumping team, died of massive cranial trauma when she jumped from your top level in the Louisiana Superdome with improperly handled bungee cords and collided head-first into the concrete-based playing field. She was practising for an exhibition intended to be performed during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXI. The bungee jumping portion with the show was removed through the program and a commemoration of Patterson was added.
Contents
* 1 Bungee jumping History
* 2 Bungee Jumping Equipment
* 3 The highest jump
* 4 In popular culture
* 5 Variations
* 6 Safety and possible injur