Safety First Checklist: The Site Inspection System for Play Equipment
WHAT IS THE SAFETY FIRST CHECKLIST?
The Safety First Checklist translates the most up-to-date information on playground safety into an easy-to-use playground equipment inspection system.
The checklist is based on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Guidelines and the PLAY FOR ALL Guidelines.
It includes:
- Modular inspection forms for each play element (swings, slides, climbers, etc.).
- A general site survey
- A surfacing evaluation
- Instructions for making playground inspection tools
ln addition, each section identifies key questions to help you evaluate and improve play area accessibility for users with special needs.
IS THE CHECKLIST COMPREHENSIVE?
The Safety First Checklist is intended to provide a comprehensive list of potential safety hazards. However, due to limitations of current research information and the possibility of unique and unpredictable hazards, many critical inspection decisions should be made on-site by a trained playground inspector. ln addition, some items were too variable to present in a brief checklist format. Some of these include harmful plants (e.g., local toxic species and trees which drop limbs), former site uses (e.9., landfills or locations where hazardous chemicals have been stored or used), etc.
On-going playground safety research will lead to improvements in this Checklist and ultimately in the design of physical environments. For example, current areas of controversy, such as the use of signs, the use of chemical preservatives on play equipment and site adjacencies to freeways and power lines will invariably lead to future revisions of the Checklist. As knowledge in the field of playground safety is always changing, the best protection against play area hazards continues to be a well-trained staff.
Includes information on:
- Site Survey
- Surfacing
- Balance Events
- Bars - Chinning / Turning
- Bars - Parallel
- Climbers
- Climbers - Chain/Rope
- Horizontal Ladders
- Ladders / Stairways
- Linked Structures
- Merry-Go-Rounds / Whirls
- Moving Bridges
- Playhouses
- Ring Trek/Track Rides
- Site Built Equipment
- Slides
- Slides - Bannisters
- Slides - Fire Poles
- Slides - Hill/Rides
- Slides - Spiral
- Slides - Tunnel
- Spring Loaded or Rocking Equipment
- Swings
- Swings - Tire Swings
- Swings - Tot Swings
- Tunnels
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| Description | WHAT IS THE SAFETY FIRST CHECKLIST? The Safety First Checklist translates the most up-to-date information on playground safety into an easy-to-use playground equipment inspection system. The checklist is based on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Guidelines and the PLAY FOR ALL Guidelines. It includes:
ln addition, each section identifies key questions to help you evaluate and improve play area accessibility for users with special needs. IS THE CHECKLIST COMPREHENSIVE? The Safety First Checklist is intended to provide a comprehensive list of potential safety hazards. However, due to limitations of current research information and the possibility of unique and unpredictable hazards, many critical inspection decisions should be made on-site by a trained playground inspector. ln addition, some items were too variable to present in a brief checklist format. Some of these include harmful plants (e.g., local toxic species and trees which drop limbs), former site uses (e.9., landfills or locations where hazardous chemicals have been stored or used), etc. On-going playground safety research will lead to improvements in this Checklist and ultimately in the design of physical environments. For example, current areas of controversy, such as the use of signs, the use of chemical preservatives on play equipment and site adjacencies to freeways and power lines will invariably lead to future revisions of the Checklist. As knowledge in the field of playground safety is always changing, the best protection against play area hazards continues to be a well-trained staff. Includes information on:
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