Qualifications: We have two National Playground Safety
Institute-certified playground safety inspectors:
Mike Wood and Steve Wagner.
Experience: More than 35 years in the playground industry.
We've done some of the research for you and provided links to
numerous articles, publications, photographs and government
websites to help you learn more about the subject of playground
safety.
CPSI background: Playground safety inspector certification classes
were developed by the National Park and Recreation Association's
NPSI and are based on the Consumer Products Safety
Commission's guidelines for public playground safety.
Playground Safety regulations in Michigan: The Michigan
Legislature passed The Playground Safety Act in 1997 that adopted
CPSC and ASTM guidelines in place at that time. SB0623 of 2007
has been introduced to amend the 1997 Act.
For more information, please follow the Michigan Legislature links
provided on this page.
National Playground Safety Institute:
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Be sure to visit our
Unsafe playgrounds page.
You'll find dozens of photographs
and descriptions that illustrate
the kinds of issues our safety
inspectors will be looking for on
your playground..