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Playground Safety Questions with Detailed Verified
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Accessible route within playground, ADA/ABA criteria for: Clearance
Ans: 80 inch minimum


Accessible route within playground, ADA/ABA criteria for: Width
Ans: 60 inch minimum


Accessible route within playground, ADA/ABA criteria for: Slope
Ans: 1:16 or 6.24% maximum
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Accessible route in use zones: ASTM requirements
Ans: · Impact attenuating materials for accessible route when it crosses use
zone.

· Area adjacent to transfer platform and play elements intended for parking.
Parking area cannot restrict movement through accessible route.


ADA surfacing exemption
Ans: Protective surfacing is not required where ramps or elevated
walkways connect to the perimeter of play area.


Surfacing within use zone must be installed according to
Ans: ASTM F1292


Signs and Labels: play equipment must contain

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Ans: manufacturer's identification in durable manner, including
community-built equipment.


Federal safety action is overseen by this entity
Ans: CPSC : Provides federal guidelines, has authority to issue project
recalls


State legislation requires adherence to
Ans: ASTM, CPSC


§ Requires agencies to have plan to make all playgrounds installed after
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1990 compliant by March 2015.
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Ans: ADA


ADA § Section________ identified criteria for design, construction, and
alteration of public play areas.
Ans: 1008. Also references compliance with ASTM standards


Name the standard: Standard for Consumer Safety Performance
Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use
Ans: ASTM F1487-17


Name the standard: Impact Attenuation of Surfacing Materials Within the
Use Zone of Playground Equipment
Ans: F1292-17


Name the standard:Guide for ASTM Standards on Playground Surfacing
Ans: F2223-15

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Offers its members 3rd party certification on equipment and surfacing,
providing an assurance to customers that the certified equipment/surfacing
is compliant to standards.
Ans: · IPEMA


Risk vs. Hazard
Ans: o Risk: Freedom to challenge oneself mentally and physically.

§ A child learns by taking risks, by challenging themselves mentally and
physically.

o Hazard: Something that is unknown to the child.
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§ Ex: potential entanglements. We must ensure that every child has the right
to play in an environment free of known hazards.
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Number of children injured and treated in hospital per 100,000 (NEISS,
July 2015)
Ans: § Ages 0-4: 26%

§ Ages 5-9: 51%

§ Ages 10-14: 15%

§ Ages 15+: 8%


ASTM age ranges used in standards
Ans: 2 year-old at the 5th percentile, a 5-yar old at the 50th percentile, and
a 12-year-old at the 95th percentile.


Top causes of playground injury

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