In the late 1990s, I met a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI) candidate by the name of Dwight Curtis. This young man was very interested in conducting his Ph.D. research on the parks side of…
…ts that our children are safe when playing on a playground? Safety standards, especially those related to playground safety surfaces, play a huge role in answering this question. But are the safety st…
…ated injuries? This should be the most important playground safety question that we are asking today. And to answer this question a battle must be waged on two different battlefields. First, we …
Playground Safety came to public attention in the 1970’s. By 1981 the Consumer Product Safety Commission had developed playground safety guidelines. In the nineties, the American Standard for Testing …
Heightened awareness of playground safety has progressed rapidly in just the last 20 years. Among equipment manufacturers, safety awareness is evidenced by one-piece designs for spiral slides, which r…
…ho have and will continue to use the contents of Playground Safety Is No Accident (PSINA) as a guide for training staff to inspect and maintain safer playgrounds, we are pleased to announce the new 6t…
…or, met to discuss the feasibility of creating a playground safety-training program, to complement the playground safety standards and guideline efforts of the American Society of Testing and Material…
…re is not one, but two influential documents for playground safety. One is a guideline published by a federal agency, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission; the other is a volunta…
In 1997, the National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) began sponsoring the National Playground Safety Day every April. Its purpose was to raise awareness of playground safety across the nation. A…
Just where are we going with today’s playground safety? Throughout the playground industry, the issue of safe playgrounds has always been a priority topic and naturally so. Having fun in a safe enviro…
The formal history of playground safety in the United States goes back to 1974. The first efforts to do something about playground safety were initiated by the U.S. government through the U.S. Co…
Do playground safety standards make a difference in reducing injuries and enhancing child development? In an article published in the December 2005 issue of Today's Playground, the author of the prese…