Playground safety inspection (AS 4685)
Records routine operational playground inspections against AS 4685 covering equipment, surfacing, entrapments and hazards, with photos and sign-off. A live form your crew fills on their phones, not a Word template you retype on every site.
- Routine operational playground inspections against AS 4685 covering equipment
- Surfacing
- Entrapments
- Hazards
- With photos
- Sign-off
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When you need this form
Routine operational inspections keep public playgrounds defensible. Councils, schools, parks and body corporates run them on a set cycle, checking equipment, surfacing, entrapment gaps, fixings and general hazards. Public liability lives outdoors, and a claim after a fall turns on whether the site was inspected, what was found, and how quickly the hazard was closed out.
Insurers and lawyers read inspection records line by line. A photo of the worn swing shackle, dated and pinned to the playground, is worth more than a tick in a column. Live inspections also stop the cycle drifting: the record shows the interval was kept, and shows the defect went somewhere after it was found.
What good looks like
- Every item of equipment inspected individually, not the playground as one.
- Surfacing checked for depth, coverage and contamination under each fall zone.
- Entrapment, protrusion and pinch points checked at head, neck and finger sizes.
- Defects rated by severity, with the closure or isolation action recorded.
- Photos of each defect plus inspector name, date and site pin.
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Playground safety inspection (AS 4685), answered
Is this a PDF or Word template?
Neither. It is a live form: your crew opens it on their phones, ticks it through, attaches photos and signs on the glass. Every submission is timestamped, GPS-pinned and stored as proof.
How often should playgrounds be inspected?
Routine operational inspections usually run weekly to monthly depending on use and vandalism risk, with more detailed inspections at longer intervals. Set the cycle in writing and keep the record for every visit.
What does a routine playground inspection cover?
Equipment condition and fixings, surfacing depth and coverage, entrapment and protrusion hazards, sightlines, fencing, gates and general hazards such as glass or damaged edging, with defects rated and actioned.
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