Children’s Playgrounds

What are Children Playgrounds?

Children’s playgrounds must comply with some contemporary design criteria in order to meet the expectations of people and, most importantly, children, that is, to be both safe and fun.

These can be listed as follows;

Security-Function-Age Grouping-Social Communication-Comfort-Material structure-Maintenance

It is stated that 60% of the accidents in the playgrounds occurred with a fall. It is stated that 40% is caused by the impact of an element or another child while on the move, sharp corners, protruding ends, improper connection apparatus, broken and poorly maintained elements or parts of them, injured floors.

The five main factors in the occurrence of all these accidents are listed below;

The elements in the playground are higher than necessary or they should be designed and placed without age groupings,

The ground in the playground is not suitable, it is torn or some parts of it are removed, there are pieces that cause falling and falling on the ground,

The elements on the playground are neglected, the broken parts are not repaired, there are sharp corners, etc.

No maintenance and repair of playgrounds,

Lack of surveillance and control,

In terms of periodic control, these criteria should be handled individually, examined and reported. As SZUTEST in accordance with the standards of supervision of the children’s playground, are fulfilled in every aspect of our expert staff Turkey has the necessary knowledge and experience. Related standards are listed below.

TS EN 12572-1,2,3

TS EN 1176 -1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11

TS EN 1177

TS EN 1069-1

TS EN 16630

TS EN 15567-1,2

TS 7941

TS 4687

TS 13735

The playgrounds that are neglected and uncontrolled evoke a feeling of abandonment and fear and turn into environments suitable for Vandalism. Regular maintenance and inspection will make the playgrounds safe and will be recovered.