This handbook is intended for use by childcare personnel, school oficials, parks and recreation personnel, equipment purchasers and installers, playground designers, and any other members of the general public (e.g., parents and school groups) concerned with public playground safety and interested in evaluating their respective playgrounds. Discover how ASTM playground standards guide heights, spacing, surfacing, and age groups to keep play safe, fun, and compliant. Learn about ASTM playground standards and how they ensure playground safety.
Discover key guidelines for design, maintenance, and compliance to keep play areas safe for children. 1.1 This consumer safety performance specification provides safety and performance standards for various types of public playground equipment and dimensional requirements for their clearance and use zones. The National Program for Playground Safety aligns our research and best practices with national guidelines, standards, and regulations to ensure safe, quality, and inclusive playground spaces.
When assessing playground or outdoor environments, we recommend that purchases be made only from manufacturers that meet guidelines and standards. This standard guide covers standards for selecting and specifying surface systems for under and around playground equipment which must provide at a minimum enough impact absorption as required which should protect the user from experiencing a serious head injury resulting from a fall. CPSC created its playground safety guidelines as a detailed working blueprint to help local communities, schools, day care centers, corporations, and other groups build safe playgrounds.
This Handbook includes technical safety guidelines for designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining public playgrounds. To highlight some of the most important safety issues for parents and community. Several Playground Equipment Safety Standards have been developed by ASTM International (ASTM), defining safety specifications for playground equipment in an effort to make playgrounds safer for children.
These standards address safety specifications for home and public playground equipment, trampolines, soccer goals, and inflatable play devices. More specifically, there are a few specifications pertaining to playground equipment that playground owners and operators should familiarize themselves with: ASTM F1487-21: Public use play equipment for Children 2. Choosing safe playground equipment and putting playground safety standards first is easy when you work with Playworld.
Our team understands the latest playground safety standards and can help you design a safe play area for all children. We take into consideration surfacing needs, appropriate equipment types for those who will be using it, shade, and more.
