About 275,000 adventure playsets have been recalled due to a weakening of the wood that can cause a fall hazard. 

Adventure Playsets Wooden Play Sets has received more than 1,400 reports of rotting ladders involving 16 injuries that resulted in nine emergency room visits. The injuries include two arm fractures, lacerations, scrapes, and bruises to children younger than 8 years old. Most of the reported injuries occurred when the swing came out of the monkey bar/ swing beam that had rotted.

The company says the plastic coated lumber on the horizontal ladder (monkey bar/swing beam) can weaken over time due to rotting of the whitewood (spruce, pine and fir species), resulting in a fall hazard.

The recall involves wooden play sets with swings, slides and ladders. Each set has an overhead monkey bar ladder that acts as both the monkey bar and swing beam, and an end ladder coated with cranberry or green plastic.

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The instruction manual has the name "Adventure Playsets" and one of the following model numbers printed on the cover:

Durango 1-AP016 and 1- AP018
Yukon 1-AP052

Tacoma 1- AP017 and 1-AP051
El Dorado 1-AP016

Bellevue 1-AP048, and 1-AP012
Dakota 1- AP046

Sherwood 1-AP049
Sedona 1- AP002

Ventura 1-AP008
Madison 1- AP006 and 1-AP015

Belmont 1-AP003

Note: The Bellevue,Tacoma and Durango swing sets were previously recalled due to detaching frames and a fall hazard.

The sets were sold at Walmart, Toys R Us, Academy Sports, Menards, and Mill stores nationwide, and online at Walmart.com, ToyRUs.com, Willygoat.com and through the DMSI catalog from January 2004 through December 2007 for between $300 and $600.

Consumers should immediately stop using the swing sets and contact Adventure Playsets to receive a replacement kit.

For more information, contact Adventure Playsets toll-free at (877) 840-9068 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.adventureplaysets.com. Consumers can also email the firm at custservice@adventureplaysets.com