Playground Safety – August 2010
In the early 1970s, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was petitioned by citizens groups to advise and publish safety standards for public playground equipment. Until that time, no universal data were readily available to assist playground operators in assessing the suitability of playground products. The general lack of safety data up to that [...]
August’s Playground of the Month
Mid-Atlantic Sports, LLC, recently installed an Eagle Play Structures commercial playground for the South End Baptist Church in Frederick, Maryland. The church’s new Tot Lot includes maintenance-free Poly Sleeve posts and massive 48” square decks. The composite structure features a rock climb; two commercial, rotationally-molded slides; a roof; an ADA transfer station; and a ground-level imaginative store panel [...]
