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Playground Safety

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Tell me, mum, who is actually allowed to control playgrounds?

If we looked on the Internet at "www.frag-mutti.de", we would probably not get ....

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How to test safety surfacing on playgrounds?

Methods of test for determination of impact attenuation in accordance with DIN EN 1177:2018 (impact attenuating playground surfacing)

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How much legislation do playgrounds need?

A discussion.

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Playground safety The never-ending story - told constantly anew?

There is no safer place than a children's playground! A bold assertion or reality?

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Let the water flow! In playgrounds? Safety guaranteed? For sure!

Everybody knows the reservations of operators, landscape architects and, finally, parents. Yes, water entails risks. However, ultimately there are standards and regulations that govern the use and handling of water as a potential play element.

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From a roller sports facility to a skatepark - The evolution of DIN EN 14974

The establishment of safety standards in the field of roller sports has been a long and fraught process: when the DIN standard for roller sports facilities - at this time still under DIN 33943 – was published in 1995, roller sports had just experienced their first boom. Unlike other sports such as football and tennis, for which there had been clear requirements and safety regulations due to their history, popularity and status as mass-participation activities, roller sports were truly in their infancy at this time with regard to sports facility safety requirements.

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DIN 18034 "Playgrounds and Open Play Spaces" - What to expect from the newly revised DIN 18034

DIN 18034 9/2012 "Playgrounds and Open Play Spaces" is now being revised, mainly as a result of the regular review and revision process for standardisation.

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DIN EN 1177:2018 Impact Attenuating Playground Surfacing – Test Methods for Determining Impact Attenuation


Fall protection surfaces vary in terms of cost, minimum installation thickness and cleaning and care requirements. It should be noted that the most important property of these surfaces is the safety-related shock absorption. This is the surface's ability to reduce the impact energy that occurs when a child falls from a piece of play equipment. It prevents a critical, even life-threatening, injury.

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Jump to it – increasing safety in trampoline parks by means of regulation

Children and youngsters rushing here and there, screams of pleasure, high spirits and laughter ‒ as soon as a trampoline park opens its gates, it takes no time at all until the visitors arrive.

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Poisonous plants on playgrounds

It is important to be able to experience nature. We need to be able to allow our children to discover through their own senses how things taste, smell and feel. And there is nothing that children enjoy more than playing outdoors in a natural...

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Changes for German child day care centres ‒ the regulations of public sector accident insurers

Child day care centres provide facilities for teaching and the socialisation of children at quite different stages of development across a relatively wide age range. In Germany, they come in the form of crèches for children aged less...

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Changes and updates to EN 1176

An interview with Andreas Strupp (Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Wood Technology, Department of Quality Assurance, Product Safety and Standards at eibe Produktion + Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG, FLL/BSFH accredited playground inspector per DIN SPEC 79161, Chairman of the Standards Committee NA Sport 112-07-01 AA 'Playground equipment')

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Law and play: product liability and organizational responsibility

Playground equipment manufacturers bear great responsibility for the safety of their products. Violations of the specific manufacturers’ duties may not only result in serious consequences for children, but also in considerable product liability risks....

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The requirements for the safety of network playground equipment

Whenever the subject of safety comes up, the emotions come into play. Sentiments such as fear, trust and the willingness to face up to risk determine the extent of security that each individual will feel to be appropriate in given circumstances...

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Official standards, EC-type examination and their effect on the safety of playgrounds

The development of playground equipment standards

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Challenges, adventures, games and sports - but always taking into account the necessary safety

The playground at Silcherplatz in Heilbronn

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Impacts on and Effects of the Vorarlberg Playground Law

Six years ago in the Austrian Federal State of Vorarlberg, the playground law came into effect. It’s time to have a closer look at the effects this law has had.

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Playground inspections: extravagant and unnecessary requirements?

For more than 30 years, generally recognised provisions that apply to technical products, such as the standards relevant to playgrounds, have been in place. But who decides how the relevant requirements are to be applied? What do the operators of playgrounds and leisure facilities need to do? Is there anyone who will explain to them what is required of them as operators? Why is it necessary at all for operators to undertake inspections, maintenance and repair work? Recent developments and some examples.

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German standard DIN 79161: Playground inspection - Qualification of playground inspectors

At long last…

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Aspects of fall protection surfacing

One of the most important factors when constructing a new playground is to ensure that the correct surfacing is used. The first thing is to make sure that the fall protection surfacing does what it is meant to do and thus conforms to the requirements of the German version of standard EN 1176 part 1.

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Keep play areas legally sustainable

In recent decades there have been ongoing discussions regarding the planning of play areas – But all of the resultant developments neglected to address one particular aspect of play area planning for a long time: The correct assessment of play areas in development plans.

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Much ado about nothing – Noise emissions from biking and skate parks

Notes on the application of VDI guideline 3770

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Necessity of the use of shock-absorbing surfacing materials for various outdoor and indoor applications

We know from crash tests that the severity of an injury does not always correlate with the maximum strain at the measuring point, hence for example with the impact-induced acceleration of the head. In order to be able to describe...

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EPDM mulch surfacing for a “green classroom”

Meller Melos GmbH donated an EPDM surface covering to the IGS Melle school complex in Spring. The centrepiece of the installation, which bears the name “green classroom” within the larger school complex, is a sheltered, circular spot underneath the shade of some trees, and which has been covered with EPDM mulch material.

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St. Sebastian: from a Church to a Day-care Centre

In Münster, St. Sebastian offers an alternative to the demolition of a former church.

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Revised standard DIN 18034 published

Standard DIN 18034 “Playgrounds and outdoor play areas – Requirements for planning, construction and operation” was published in September 2012.

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Exercise is the key to healthy growth

Children have a natural need for movement - right from the moment they are born. Their movements allow them to experience and understand their environment. Cognition, emotion and motor activity are closed linked to each other, which means that movement in the sense of the actual activity of moving is much more than just a change in position of the body and is of great significance for the overall personal development of a child.

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Healthier thanks to fitness trails?

Fall prevention in the community.
Physical activity promotes lifelong health. Particularly later on in life, abilities and skills relevant to everyday life are improved by exercise.

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Is grass still suitable as fall protection today?

The discussions which have been provoked by the use of this surface in European playgrounds!

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Creative play ideas with Euroflex EPDM and Design Slabs

Childhood as an important stage in human development does not evolve by itself but needs to be sensibly shaped by parents, teachers and the social milieu.

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New BSW multi-purpose sports flooring brings cost benefits

To ensure plenty of active fun on multi-purpose game courts, BSW, the Bad-Berleburg-based manufacturer of sports and leisure flooring, has developed a surface whose ease of installation brings considerable cost savings: Regupol kombi play.