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Playground Equipment Maintenance Guidelines
Page 6 of 13
Scheduling Maintenance (Continued)
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Monitor changing patterns of use and/or changing site and equipment conditions. Be prepared to
increase routine safety inspections as required. Expect the frequency of more detailed playground
inspections to vary due to changes of season, climate, history of vandalism, intensity of use, type of
equipment and behavioral patterns of the playground users.
Tools Required for Proper Maintenance
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Keep all tools needed to tighten bolts, screws and other connecting hardware and files readily
accessible to the playground supervisor.
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Provide maintenance staff with appropriate tools for cleaning the safety surface, structures, and
walkways.
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Provide a safe ladder for inspecting high placed items such as swing assemblies and roof structures.
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Furnish a lubricating gun and weather resistant lubricants for use in maintaining bearings in moving
components on the playground.
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Store an adequate supply of safety surfacing material nearby for prompt replenishment of the
playground site and for filling "pot-holes" as required.
Frequency of Playground Inspections
The optimum frequency of inspections for a specific playground will vary with intensity of usage, available
supervision, age of the players, vandalism history, seasonal or weather changes and the age and
condition of the play equipment. Only someone very familiar with the site should determine how often
inspections should take place.
As a general rule, someone should be assigned to routinely (usually daily) inspect the playground looking
for any obvious problems. Detailed inspections should be scheduled, periodically (every other day, twice
a week, weekly, biweekly, or monthly) based upon the factors noted above and any historical patterns
that have been observed.
Inspection & Repair Forms
Creating Safety inspection and Repair Work Order Forms
We have included with this manual a separate sheet illustrating sample Playground Maintenance Safety
Inspection Forms. You may photocopy these forms for use by your maintenance staff in performing
periodic inspections of your equipment. Or, you may wish to create your own forms. ln either case, the
playground owner should do the following:
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Establish a simple written form for daily maintenance inspections. Use the sample Daily Playground
Maintenance Safety Inspection Form included with these guidelines as a starting point.
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Establish forms for periodic playground safety inspections (weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly). Select
appropriate (product-specific) topics relating to your equipment from the Suggested Periodic
Playground Maintenance Safety Inspection Points that are listed starting on page 7. Include
inspection points for the site, the structure, and every accessory on the playground. lf an accessory
appears more than once (two Arch Climbers, for example), number the duplicate accessories and
provide a space for the inspection of each item. When developing your forms, include other items that
may be unique to your site or pertinent to local or state requirements.
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Establish a Playground Equipment Maintenance Work Order Form for your maintenance staff to till
out if a problem is noted that cannot be fixed when discovered., The Work Order Form should be
attached to either the daily or periodic inspection checklist for follow up maintenance.
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Instruct the playground inspector to deliver a copy of the Work Order Form to the appropriate
maintenance manager or outside contractor.
WARNING:
lf you feel for any reason that any part of your playground, equipment, or
surfacing, is unsafe, do not allow access to the playground until your concern for safe play has
been satisfied.