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• Check for missing, damaged, or loose swing seats. Check rubber seats for wear, sharp edges/points, scorching, or burn
damage. Repair and replace as needed.
• Check for swing chain wrapped around top rail and if found, unwrap. Replace chains as necessary.
• Check for hard surfaces and correct, including under swings, slides, etc., where loose surfacing may have been kicked away.
Refer to CPSC surfacing requirements.
• Check for surfacing material that is worn or scattered and restore.
• Debris, broken glass, trash, or other foreign objects within or on the play area/equipment should be removed.
• Check for poor drainage areas and repair.
• Check concrete footings to see if they are exposed, cracked, or loose in the ground and repair as necessary.
• Check for lack of lubrication on all moving parts and lubricate as needed.
• Check crush points (exposed mechanisms, junctures of moving components) and eliminate.
• Check for broken support/anchors. Stability in ground, structures should not be easily swayed; connections should be solid
and adequately secured.
• Check all posts in ground for corrosion or rot below grade.
• Check exit areas of slides. The exit area should be no more than 11 inches from the protective surface for slides under 4 feet
high. For slides over 4 feet high, the height of the exit region from the surface should be between 7 and 15 inches.
• Check the surface area around slide exit for erosion and other damage and repair if necessary.
• Check for visible cracks, bending, warping, rusting, or breakage of any component and repair as needed.
• Check for accessible sharp edges or points. Check for protruding bars, bolts, nuts, etc. Eliminate these conditions.
• Check for exposed ends of tubing that should be covered with plugs or caps.
• Check for loose bolts, nuts, etc. and tighten.
• Check for broken or missing rails, steps, rungs, or seats and replace.
• Replace broken springs and seats on spring riders and other similar play events.
GENERAL COMMERCIAL PLAYGROUND SAFET Y GUIDELINES
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