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Playground Safety
- CPSC Handbook for Playground Safety [pdf 1,024kB]
- Change to CPSC 2008 Handbook for Playground Safety [pdf 29kB]
- Playground Equipment Compliance Deadline [pdf 12kB]
- Playground Compliance Deadline [pdf 73kB]
- Bike Hazard
- Clothing String Hazard
- Hot Surface Burns
- Lead Paint [pdf 80kB]
- Playground Safety Article
- Playground Publications:
Handbook for Public Playground Safety
Publication Number 325 (CPSC Handbook)
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission November 1997, Date Code: 009711
Available from the Office of Information and Public Affairs, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207
www.CPSC.gov/cpscpub/pubs/325.pdf
Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use Designation: F 1487 - 98
(ASTM Standard), American Society for Testing and Materials, 1998
Available from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Dr., West Conshohocken, PA 19428 (Approx. $45. plus shipping and handling)
www.astm.org