Playground Facilities for Children
KCL inspects the safety of playground facilities installed in public places and provides testing and inspection services on hazardous elements in children’s play areas under the Act on the Safety Control of Children’s Amusement Facilities.
Playground for children
- Post Installation inspection (Article 12 of the Act): Inspection to ensure the safeness of playground facilities
- Regular inspection (Article 12 of the Act): Inspection on the maintenance of playground that received installation inspection
- Safety investigation (Article 16 of the Act): Diagnosis of playground facilities that may be hazardous
- Safety education (Article 20 of the Act): Safety education for safety managers in charge of playground facilities
Artificial turf
- Artificial turf filler / mats / shock absorption pads / system testing
- KS M 3888-1 school sports facilities: Artificial turf
- Field testing and evaluation on artificial turf system
- FIFA Quality Concept for Football Turf
Elastic pavement material
- KS F 3888-2 (School Athletic Facilities - Artificial Turf): Playground facilities
- SPS KSSF1A1-1944: Shock absorbent floor materials for children’s playground facilities
< Rubber chips> Density, residue on sieve (granularity), heavy metal, T-VOCs, PAHs
< Urethane binder> Non-volatile content, density, viscosity, NCO group content
< Elastic pavement material> Tensile strength, elongation percentage, tensile stress, lightness, accelerated artificial - exposure, shock absorbency, vertical distortion, slip resistance, etc.
Testing & inspection on toxic environmental factors in children’s activity areas
- Article 23 of the Environmental Health Act and Article 16 of its Enforcement Decree: Complied with environmental safety criteria in children’s play areas
- Coatings: Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr6+, formaldehyde, TVOC, toluene
- Wood: Creosote oil, CCA, CCFZ, CCB preservatives
- Synthetic Rubber Flooring: Pd, Cd, Hg, Cr6+
- Sand, soil: Pd, Cd, Hg, Cr6+, As, parasites(eggs)
