86 AW Playground Inspection Checklist

Reference: Consumer Product Safety Commission Playground Handbook.

Surfacing

• Make sure surfaces around playground equipment have at least 12 inches of wood chips, mulch, sand, or pea gravel, or are mats made of safety-tested rubber or rubber-like materials.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Check that protective surfacing extends at least six feet in all directions from play equipment. For swings, be sure surfacing extends, in back and front, twice the height of the suspending bar.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

General Hazards

• Make sure spaces that could trap children, such as openings in guard rails or between ladder rungs, measure less than 3.5 inches or more than 9 inches.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Ensure protective caps are securely installed and equipment is free of sharp edges or damage.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Make sure elevated surfaces, like platforms and ramps, have guardrails to prevent falls.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Equipment is free of potential clothing entanglement hazards.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Equipment is free of pinch, crush, shearing points or exposed moving parts.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Looking for tripping hazards; i.e. exposed concrete footing, tree stumps, and rocks.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Deterioration of Equipment

• Equipment and playground area free from presence of rot, rust, cracks and splinters.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Equipment safely anchored.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Security of Hardware

• Check for dangerous hardware, like open "S" hooks or protruding bolt ends.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Equipment Use Zones

• Make sure play structures more than 30 inches high are spaced at least 9 feet apart.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Drainage Systems

• Playground area free from drainage problems.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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