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Safety Surfaces
the National Parks Association was the first to indicate that safety surfacing was needed under playground equipment. -
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Playground Safety Developement
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Dangers of Playground Equipment
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission first alerted the public to the increasing problem of injuries related to children playing on playgrounds -
Playground Safety Petition
Concerned consumers successfully petitioned the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recommend safety standards for playground equipment. Surveys confirmed that playground equipment was near the top of the list of hazardous consumer products. -
Study Affects Playground Safety Standards
After a landmark paper by Lingworth and colleagues on the dangers of playground equipment in 1975, safety standards regarding height and surface type were soon adopted for playgrounds in Europe, Australia, and the United States. -
CPSC's first Handbook for Public Playground Safety
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission issued its first set of guidelines for making public playgrounds safer. -
Safe Surfacing
The American Society of Testing and Materials created a task group to develop a standard for playground surfacing. -
CPSC Updated Handbook
The CPSC issued a revised version of the Handbook, with critical changes from the 1981 edition. -
National Program for Playground Safety
The National Program for Playground Safety was formed. -
California School Playground Safey Standards
California became the first state in the U.S. to institute standards for school playground safety. -
Public Playground Safety Check
The State PIRGs and other CFA member organizations investigated 1,037 playgrounds in 36 states and Washington, D.C. to determine the current safety conditions of ourpublic playgrounds.
