Surfacing Playground Surfacing Requirements and Injury Reduction Benefits of Risky Play vs Too Much Regulation vs Unintended Consequences It is somewhat of a delicate balancing act between providing enough safety… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kenneth Kutska
Inspection A First Priority Hazard? One of the objectives of playground safety audits is to recognize very serious hazards. Generally speaking a "Class ·1 Hazard" has been defined as one that… Updated Oct 25, 2023 Monty Christiansen
Surfacing Are Our Playgrounds (and Industry-Related Fall Safety Standards) Really Safe? Is it a reasonable expectation of parents that our children are safe when playing on a playground? Safety standards, especially those related to playground… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Michael Baldwin1
Play My Response to The Latest Challenge to Free Play - Today's Headlines In my last column I cited some news headlines that reported a child’s death on a playground and some resulting actions of removing playground equipment to… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Kenneth Kutska
Play The Latest Challenge to Free Play - Today's Headlines I signed up for Google Alerts on various topics of interest to me such as: Playground Safety, Playground Injuries, and Playground Legislation. It is amazing… Updated Oct 21, 2023 Kenneth Kutska
