Recommended Safe Fall Zone For Swings

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Recommended Safe Fall Zone For Swings

Post by Tasha_15 » Tue May 19, 2015 8:25 am

In relation to swings, what is the recommended safe fall zone of early childhood setting?

I have been searching for an answer and it continually says that swings are now banned and doesn't say anything about fall zones
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Re: Recommended Safe Fall Zone For Swings

Post by Lorina » Tue May 19, 2015 4:39 pm

Yes, you're right! Swings are banned... Maybe you should add that in your response I also found this:
4.2. Impact-absorbing surfaces
Tested and certified impact-absorbing material is required under all equipment with an external free height of fall of 500mm or more. The material is required to cover a fall zone of 2.5 metres around the equipment (1.9 metres for supervised early childhood centres) (page 20).

Ref: Kids Safe NSW


Hope this helps,

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Re: Recommended Safe Fall Zone For Swings

Post by Tasha_15 » Wed May 20, 2015 7:44 am

Thankyou :)
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