Inspections

BS8409 and the Health and Safety Executive recommended that indoor play areas should have at least one independent annual inspection each year. The new European standard 1176-10 includes...

5.5 The instructions for maintenance shall include advice or statements on the following...

e) That an annual inspection shall be carried out by a competant person with knowledge or experience in the type of facility, to audit proceedures and identify long term problems giving special attention to "sealed for life" parts

Annual Reports are likely to indicate:

1. Compliance with standards and notification of major failures where these are related to accidents and an assessment of
   risk given
2. Notification of faults and suggested remedial action
3. An indication of the risk

Here is a list of indoor annual inspectors and their contact details. All of these inspectors have passed the RPII (Register of Play Insectors International) qualification and are certified as competant to inspect indoor play areas. The PPA recommends using someone from this list for your annual inspection.