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High-Frequency Playground Inspection

Frequent inspections help staff identify trash, damaged equipment, inadequate surfacing, and other playground hazards.

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A worn, rusty S-hook at the top of a swing gives way, and a child tumbles to the ground.

Another child falls from a climber onto a surface where mulch hasn’t been replenished in more than a year.

Still another child happily playing with friends slips on the playground and is cut on broken glass.