Play Park Safety Maintenance Checklist
Routine maintenance is a way of managing risks in a community’s play areas. Protect patrons from costly accidents by demonstrating the community’s standard of care while you lower your liability. It simply makes good economic sense to maintain the equipment and extend the life of your organization’s investment.
MaintainX
07/21/2022
Play Park Safety Maintenance Checklist
Routine maintenance is a way of managing risks in a community’s play areas. Protect patrons from costly accidents by demonstrating the community’s standard of care while you lower your liability. It simply makes good economic sense to maintain the equipment and extend the life of your organization’s investment.
Date of Inspection:
General Hazards and Equipment Deterioration
Equipment footings are not exposed, cracked, or loose.
No sharp edges or unsafe protrusion (check metal corners, bolts, etc.).
No exposed mechanisms, junctions of moving parts or component posing possible pinch or crush points.
The bolts, screws, nuts, etc. are not missing and are tightly connected.
Connectors are not broken or cracked.
All joints are secure (Check slide and jungle gym).
The steel is not rusted, cracked, bended, warped, or broken.
All moving parts are well lubricated and not excessively worn (check swings and see-saws).
No splintered, cracked, or otherwise deteriorated wood (check areas where chains or rails thread through the wood and where contacts the ground).
The equipment paint is not damaged peeled, cracked or vandalized.
Specific Equipment Hazards
All slide supports/anchors are intact and secure
There is no exposed metal on swing seats.
The seats in the see-saw have no sharp edges and tightly connected.
The sandbox is securely bounded and clean (check carefully for dangerous materials such as broken glass, nails, sharp or rusted metal etc.).
Surrounding Area and Protective Surfacing around Equipment
Protective surfacing material is adequately deep and has not deteriorated.
Park border is intact, undamaged. Wall has no loose bricks, stones, etc.
No roots, rocks, or other objects are causing tripping or injury hazard.
Miscellaneous
Grass is being mowed regularly.
Water sprinklers are going on during day.
Park lights are on at night.
There is no litter in the park and trash cans are emptied regularly.
Pathways are kept clean and clear.
Benches are in usable condition.
Source: MaintainX (Community Member)