What are Playground Safety Checklists?

A playground safety checklist is a form or template that outlines essential playground safety tasks, reminders, and other work to be done by facility maintenance personnel to ensure that safety hazards are minimized, if not eliminated. Failure to use playground safety checklists may lead to user injury through equipment malfunction and/or misuse.

The Advantages of Using a Mobile Playground Safety Checklist

The primary purpose of a playground inspection is to ensure that they present safe play conditions and that appropriate measures are being taken to reduce the risk of injury to children and other occupants. Having an effective checklist is only one of many factors for adequate playground safety. Safety issues often arise and go unnoticed due to a lack of protocol or faulty implementation.

Traditional playground inspections done by pen and paper lack the efficiency, versatility, and automation of good playground inspection software. By using SafetyCulture (formerly iAuditor), playground safety inspectors can improve their inspection process to get more audits done with less effort. A good mobile app can help streamline maintenance and inspection processes so playground safety is never compromised:

• Never miss a scheduled inspection By setting up a schedule, an effective mobile app can send an automatic email and push notifications to assigned personnel so inspections are done on time, proactively identifying safety hazards and taking timely measures to eliminate them.

• Easily share visual data and evidence Detailed notes are important. But sometimes, a picture is better at conveying context in information. Take pictures of notables such as a rusty metal point on the slide, loose bolts in the seesaw, and other damaged or maldesigned equipment and annotate them. Including visual data helps with accuracy in reporting.

• Assign corrective actions on the go Using the traditional paper checklist for safety inspections require assigned inspectors to contact repairmen through third-party means, e.g., text, call, or email. This may result in communication breakdown due to a lack of timely reception and response. A good mobile app lets inspectors assign actions to responsible personnel so they can be informed of the problem and its priority level in real time.

• Instantly generate and share reports after the inspection Compiling inspection findings in a report and sharing them with the right personnel consists of multiple steps. The longer the process, the higher the likelihood of mistakes and problems due to neglect. Using an effective mobile playground checklist allows inspectors to instantly share digital reports so the responsible person can have access to the information anytime, anywhere.

• No more data loss Keeping records on paper can be costly and time-consuming. Not to mention the effort and space needed to organize and file them for easy access. A good mobile app stores your information via the cloud for easy, portable access.