Public Playground Safety Handbook [PDF, 3.72MB]

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) created a Handbook for Public Playground Safety as a detailed working blueprint to help local communities, schools, day-care centers, corporations, and other groups build safe playgrounds. This handbook includes technical safety guidelines for designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining public playgrounds. There is also a Public Playground Safety Checklist that highlights some of the most important safety issues for parents and community groups.

ASTM F355 - 10a Standard Test Method for Impact Attenuation of Playing Surface Systems and Materials

ASTM International is one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world and is a trusted source for technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services. Designers, program directors and members of an agency’s facilities planning team can use this method, adopted in 2010, to test the properties of playing surface systems and materials.