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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #134566

Parks & Playgrounds:

Other: Hello, There is currently a safety issue at Sherwood Oaks Park. Below the big blue slide on the playground where the mulch is worn away, there is a large chunk of concrete protruding that several children have been getting injured on. They get to the bottom of the slide and instead of landing in mulch, they're getting scraped up on the concrete chunk. There's also an additional large concrete chunk about 10 feet east of the bottom of the blue slide where mulch should be covering it. An additional note, the swing seats on the swing set there are exceedingly high. High enough that even an adult must jump up to get onto the swing. Children are not able to stop themselves when done swinging because they are set so high. Isn't there an OSHA standard for how what height the swings should be set at? Thanks, Kevin Kevin R. Larson ADCP ISEA Project Lead Expeditionary Systems Engineering JXS Command & Control (C2) Systems JXSP Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bldg 41NW 300 Hwy 361 Kevin.Larson@navy.mil Comm 812-854-4601 Cell 812-296-1817

History

10/7/2013 09:13:24 Closed by Anonymous

I am responding to your on-line comments regarding safety concerns at the Sherwood Oaks playground. On Friday our Operations staff installed rubber padding at the bottom of the slide. While there are no applicable OSHA standards, there are suggested guidelines for a height range in inches from the ground. Our staff also adjusted the swing height. Thank you for bringing these concerns to our attention. Please feel free to contact me should you have further questions or concerns.

10/7/2013 09:13:14 Anonymous contacted Anonymous

I am responding to your on-line comments regarding safety concerns at the Sherwood Oaks playground. On Friday our Operations staff installed rubber padding at the bottom of the slide. While there are no applicable OSHA standards, there are suggested guidelines for a height range in inches from the ground. Our staff also adjusted the swing height. Thank you for bringing these concerns to our attention. Please feel free to contact me should you have further questions or concerns.

10/2/2013 14:49:46 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

10/2/2013 14:49:46 Opened by Anonymous