CPSI’s we finally did it! We designed our way right over the dark side of the moon. We have made our playgrounds too safe….at least that is what the New York Times is reporting. If one thing that this story highlights it is that you can never make anyone happy. If we want to let [...]
California Title 22 Section65745 address the issue of supervision by referring it over to the CPSC Handbook Publication #325, subsection 6.4. This particular section of the handbook does not address supervision ratios, so that is still left up to your judgment. Title 22 §65745. Supervision. Operators who provide supervision shall do so in accordance with [...]
Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) should not be used in wooden playground structures, but you cannot always get around it. If you do have this substance in your wooden structure, it needs to be sealed pursuant to H&S Code 115775. See the bold section below. Make sure that you do a regular maintenance reapplication of the [...]
Okay, this has not been tested in reality yet, but one could only think that there has got to be a better way to address this issue of using sand and woodchips as playground surfacing protection materials. The issue has been going round and round due to these materials being questioned as to their ADA [...]