Safeplay by Design, Inc.


9666 Sheldon Road       

  Phone and Fax: (916) 689-8636

Elk Grove, CA 95624-9437              

  Cell Phone: (916) 417-2740

   

email: david@spease.com

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Worksheets 2-12 Year Old User Group (Edited 2/23/09)

 

General Worksheets Use one of each appropriate worksheet in this group for each play area. Not all worksheets will be needed for all play areas.

  1. General Information  Name of the owner, name of play area, address of site, age appropriate designation, etc.

  2. Accessibility to the Play Area Evaluation of accessibility From the building or parking lot to the play area

  3. Ground Level Access Rout in Play Area Evaluation of accessibility route within the play area

  4. Transfer Systems on Play Equipment Evaluation of transfer components - Minimum accessibility requirements.

  5. Elevated Access Route on Play Equipment   Evaluation of accessible ramps and landings. All play equipment is not required to have ramps.

  6. Materials  Evaluation of the conditions of the materials and hardware used in the play area.

  7. General Hazards  Evaluation of potential hazardous conditions 

  8. Guardrails and Barriers  Evaluation of guardrails and barriers for suitability in the designated age group.

  9. Platforms  Evaluation of platforms for suitability in the designated age group.

  10. Stairways, Ladders and Handrails  Evaluation of stairways, ladders and handrails for suitability in the designated age group.

  11. Roofs  Does the play area have roofs and do the roofs comply?

  12. Signs and labels  Does the play area have the required and or recommended labels or signs?

  13. Surfacing  Identify the type of surfacing, condition of, and suitability of the surfacing used in the play area.

  14. Surfacing Chart Back page to the Surfacing Worksheet.

Accessibility Worksheets  The Accessibility Guidelines for Play Areas has not been adopted by the Department of Justice so they are not enforceable at this time.  Until standards are adopted, compliance with the Accessibility Guidelines of Play areas is the best guidance in providing a "minimum" level of accessibility in Play areas.

  1. Accessibility of Play Equipment  Evaluation of accessible components as per Accessibility Guidelines for Play areas.  

  2. Accessibility of Play Equipment Chart  Support information for Accessibility of Play Equipment.  

Individual Play Component Worksheets

Each play component in the play area should a separate worksheet.  If there are two slides or two climbers, use a separate worksheet for each. Use the comments section of the worksheet to suggest potential repair or modification options.   When describing play components it is a good idea to use the specific name used by the supplier, it will make communication between the inspector, the owner, the supplier and the installer easier.  Suppliers have different names for the same piece of equipment.  A corkscrew climber can also be called a curly climber or a spiral climber.

Play Equipment Not Recommended  Identification of play equipment not recommended for use in public play areas.

Balance Beams

Bridges

Climbers - 3-Dimentional Nets

Climbers - Stepping Forms

Climbers

Crawl Tubes

Log Roll

Merry-Go-Round

Spring Rocking

Seesaws

Slides

Sliding Poles

Stationary Equipment

Swings, Single Axis

Swings, Rotating

Track Rides

Upper Body Equipment