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Playground Safety Training
Tue, Apr 14
|Northwest Service Co-op
Children need safe places to play. Does your city or school have a safe playground for children? Do you or your staff know the most current equipment, surface, and play area compliance standards? Do you meet the ADA (accessibility) standards for playgrounds?
Time & Location
Apr 14, 2026, 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Northwest Service Co-op, 114 1st St W, Thief River Falls, MN 56701, USA
About the event
Each year nearly 200,000 children are treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for playground equipment-related injuries, with an estimated 74% of these injuries involving public playground equipment, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Children need safe places to play. Does your city or school have a safe playground for children? Do you or your staff know the most current equipment, surface, and play area compliance standards? Do you meet the ADA (accessibility) standards for playgrounds?
Cooperative Purchasing vendor, Safety First Playground Maintenance will lead us through a playground safety seminar consisting of the following topics:
• Regulatory Agencies Involved with Playground Safety
• Assessing the Safety of Existing Playgrounds and Hazard Identification
• Selecting a Protective Surface
• Designing a New Playground