Swing sets can provide countless hours of entertainment and exercise for a young child, but as a parent, safety is your foremost concern. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), around 51,000 children are injured each year on home playgrounds. No, you don’t need to lock your kids indoors until they turn 18, but the following precautions may help reduce their risk of injury.
Protective Surfacing: The CPSC recommends wood chips, double shredded bark mulch, fine sand, or fine gravel to reduce the impact of potential falls. Visit CPSC.gov and search the website for “Home Playground Safety Tips” to determine the exact depth required to reduce the risk of injury due to a fall from a given height.
Exposed Parts: Make sure there are no exposed, moving components that could pinch little fingers.
Guardrails: Include guardrails for platforms above 30”.
Inspect the Swing Set Regularly: Check for splintered woodencomponents, cracks, loose or wornhardware, etc.
Talk to Your Children about Safety: Kids notice things that we adultssometimes overlook—train them tolook for trouble spots and playresponsibly.
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