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the National Parks Association was the first to indicate that safety surfacing was needed under playground equipment.
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The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission first alerted the public to the increasing problem of injuries related to children playing on playgrounds
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Concerned consumers successfully petitioned the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recommend safety standards for playground equipment. Surveys confirmed that playground equipment was near the top of the list of hazardous consumer products.
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After a landmark paper by Lingworth and colleagues on the dangers of playground equipment in 1975, safety standards regarding height and surface type were soon adopted for playgrounds in Europe, Australia, and the United States.
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The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission issued its first set of guidelines for making public playgrounds safer.
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The American Society of Testing and Materials created a task group to develop a standard for playground surfacing.
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The CPSC issued a revised version of the Handbook, with critical changes from the 1981 edition.
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The National Program for Playground Safety was formed.
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California became the first state in the U.S. to institute standards for school playground safety.
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The State PIRGs and other CFA member organizations investigated 1,037 playgrounds in 36 states and Washington, D.C. to determine the current safety conditions of ourpublic playgrounds.
