Playground Safety Inspection

Utilize the Playground Safety Inspection Checklist to assess equipment and surroundings for hazards, ensuring proper maintenance and children safety.

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Playground Safety Inspection

Utilize the Playground Safety Inspection Checklist to assess equipment and surroundings for hazards, ensuring proper maintenance and children safety.

1. Check play equipment for cracks, bending, warps, rusting, or breakage of any components

2. Check wooden slides for splintering wood

3. Check for loose nuts, bolts, and caps or protruding bolts with sharp edges and no caps

4. Check for splintering wood on play equipment, picnic tables, and wooden fences

5. Check for protruding nails on play equipment, picnic tables, and wooden fences

6. Check for rusty equipment and toys accessible to children

7. Check the chains on swings to see that they are securely attached

8. Check for tripping hazards such as exposed footings, roots, rocks, etc.

9. Check for broken supports/anchors

10. Check for poor drainage areas

11. Check for sharp edges and points on toys, fences, play equipment, etc

12. Check to see that all gates on pool fences are latched

13. Check to see that all self-latching devices on gates are functioning properly

14. Are there any entrapment hazards (openings between 3.5" and 9") where a child’s head could get stuck?

15. Are 'S' hooks on swings closed to a gap of less than 0.04 inches (thickness of a dime)?

16. Does the protective surfacing extend at least 6 feet in all directions from the equipment (Use Zones)?