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
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
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
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
