SITE SAFTEY RECOMMENDATIONS
R3.5 – 04
R3.5 - 04.2 SURFACES
All play equipment must be installed over an appropriate impact attenuating safety surfacing material. It is the responsibility
of the playground designer, installer, and operator to ensure that the size, type, and depth of impact attenuating safety
surfacing material used complies with the CPSC Handbook. This impact attenuating safety surfacing material must cover
the entire use zone area to a depth appropriate for the height of play equipment. See the use zones section for specific
dimensions for specific types of play equipment. Please refer to the CPSC “Public Playground Safety Handbook”,
Publication 325 at www.cpsc.gov for more detailed information regarding these issues.
APPROPRIATE
Unitary Safety Surfacing: Pour-In-Place Rubber or Rubber Tiling.
Loose Fill Materials: Bark nuggets, Wood Mulch, Wood Chips, Pea Gravel and Sand.
For the Loose Fill Materials listed, Playcraft recommends a minimum uncompressed depth of 12
in. (9 in. compacted) for equipment with fall heights up to 72 in.
INAPPROPRIATE
Turf, Undisturbed Natural Ground, Undisturbed Compacted Sand, Decomposed Granite, Asphalt,
Concrete, or any other hard surfacing.
R3.5 – 04.3 IMPORTANT ITEMS
During the installation and maintenance process, ensure that:
1
WARNING: Contact burn injuries can occur when metal play surfaces are located in direct sun. To avoid the risk of
such burn injuries the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends in it’s handbook for public
playground safety that metal play surfaces such as stainless steel slides and bare or painted metal crawl tubes
should be located and installed in shaded areas and out of direct sunlight. The proper location of metal play surfaces
must be addressed during the play area planning process.
2
There are no exposed concrete footings to trip over or fall on. The top of all footings must be at or below the bottom
of the layer of impact attenuating safety surfacing material.
3
All bolt threads protruding beyond the nut are cut and de-burred until end is smooth to the touch. Sharp edges and/or
points of any kind must be eliminated. No more than two threads may be exposed beyond the end of the nut.
4
All bolts, screws, set screws, and/or other fasteners are securely tightened. Missing bolts, set screws or other
fasteners must be replaced immediately.
R3.5 – 04.4 PLAYGROUND LAYOUT EXAMPLE
WARNING: No other play structure use
zone shall overlap the lower exit end
use zone of a slide or the front to rear
use zone of a swing.
In most instances, the use zone at the
end of a swing can overlap with other
play equipment use zones.
Please refer to the ASTM guidelines
for additional information.
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7/2/2018
