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GENERAL COMMERCIAL PLAYGROUND SAFETY GUIDELINES
Maintaining your playground equipment as well as its surrounding area is essential to minimiz-
ing the risk of injury to users as well as maximizing its useful lifespan. UPlay Today™ STRONGLY
recommends that you follow these Safety Guidelines in conjunction with conducting periodic
maintenance inspections using the accompanying
Playground Maintenance Checklist.
When installing your playground, always consider local conditions. Good common sense works
hand-in-hand with the instructions.
LOCATING YOUR PLAY STRUCTURE:
Comply with the following when choosing the location for your new equipment:
Equipment shall be positioned to eliminate con
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icting traf
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c patterns. As a general rule, allow
at least 6’ of free space around the entire structure, EXCEPT for slide exits, which require a
distance X equal to the highest point of the sliding surface with a minimum of 72 inches and
maximum of 96 inches from the edge of the slide. See Figure 1 below (example: a Wave Slide
from a 6 foot deck requires 6 feet of clear space with resilient surfacing in front of its exit).
Swings must have a minimum of twice the swing beam height of free space in front and behind
them for safe circulation - See
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gure 2 below (example: a swing with an 8 foot high toprail re-
quires 16 feet of free space in front and another 16 feet behind it, for a total of 32 feet). These
minimum areas should be
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lled with the appropriate resilient surface material. Read further for
resilient surfacing recommendations.
If your equipment includes any metal slides, they should be positioned in a shaded area, or at
least be placed to avoid the direct rays of the sun.
Never overlap the safety zones of adjacent equipment. All separate play equipment must have
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Figure 1
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