Form No. SJ-BH-318S-880E-M
READ THIS PAGE FIRST BEFORE ASSEMBLING & USING THIS PRODUCT
IMPORTANT: Please save this instruction and information sheet in the
event that the manufacturer has to be contacted.
SAFETY & MAINTENANCE INFORMATION
CAUTION: If you are not familiar with construction, please use a qualied
general contractor to install. Improper installation may cause injury. Swinging
with the ROPE CLIMBER SWING involves an inherent risk that can cause
serious injury or even death. ROPE CLIMBER SWING is more dangerous
than a regular swing. Head injuries and strangulation is possible and can
cause brain injury. Use with caution. Purchaser and users assume all risk,
responsibility, and liability for use of the ROPE CLIMBER SWING, including
any resulting loss or damage to persons or property. Do not install home
playground equipment over concrete, asphalt, packed earth, grass, carpet,
or any other hard surface. A fall onto a hard surface can result in serious
injury or death to the equipment user. To prevent serious injury, cautionary
statements shall be included which warn that children must not use the
equipment until properly installed. Bliss Hammocks, Inc. assumes no liability
arising from the use and application of this product and specically disclaims
any and all consequential and incidental damages.
MAINTENANCE:
At the beginning of each play season:
• Tighten all hardware.
• Lubricate all metallic moving parts per manufacturer's instructions.
• Check all protective coverings on bolts, pipes, edges, and corners.
Replace if they are loose, cracked, or missing.
• Check all moving parts including swing seats, ropes, cables, and
chains for wear, rust, or other deterioration. Replace as needed.
• Check all moving parts including swing seats, ropes, cables, and
chains for wear, rust, or other deterioration. Replace as needed.
• Check metal parts for rust. If found, sand and repaint using a
non-lead-based paint meeting the requirements of 16 CFR 1303.
• Check all wood members for deterioration and splinters. Sand down
splinters and replace deteriorating wood members.
• Reinstall any plastic parts, such as swing seats or any other items that
were removed for the cold season.
•
Rake and check depth of loose ll protective surfacing materials to prevent
compaction and to maintain appropriate depth. Replace as necessary.
Twice a month during play season:
• Tighten all hardware.
• Check all protective coverings on bolts, pipes, edges, and corners.
Replace if they are loose, cracked, or missing.
• Rak
e and check depth of loose ll protective surfacing materials to prevent
compaction and to maintain appropriate depth. Replace as necessary.
Once a month during play season:
• Lubricate all metallic moving parts per manufacturer's instructions.
• Check all moving parts including swing seats, ropes, cables, and chains for
wear, rust, or other deterioration. Replace as needed.
At the end of each play season or when the temperature 32°F
• Remove plastic swing seats and take indoors or do not use.
• Rake and check depth of loose ll protective surfacing materials
to prevent compaction and to maintain appropriate depth.
Replace as necessary.
Owners shall be responsible for maintaining the legibility
of the warning labels.
OPERATING INFORMATION: Observing the following statements and
warnings reduces the likelihood of serious or fatal injury.
Instruct children not to walk close to, in front of, behind, or between
moving items. Instruct children not to twist swing chains or ropes or loop
them over the top support structure since this may reduce the strength of
the chain or rope. Instruct children not to swing an empty swing. Instruct
children not to use the equipment in a manner other than intended.
Make sure children do not get off equipment while it is in motion. Instruct
children not to attach the item to the playground equipment that is not
specically designed for use with the equipment, such as, but not limited
to, jump ropes, clothesline, pet leashes, cables and chain as they may
cause a strangulation hazard. Make sure to dress children with well-tting
and full foot enclosing footwear. Examples of inappropriate footwear are
clogs, ip ops, and sandals. Never add extra length to chain or rope.
The chains or ropes provided are the maximum lengths designed for
the swinging elements(s). Do not use around vehicles or power lines.
Recommending on-site adult supervision for children of all ages, Warning
the owner to teach children to sit in the center of the swings with their full
weight on the seats, Warning the owner to instruct children not to climb
when the equipment is wet, Warning the owner to verify that suspended
climbing ropes, chain, or cable cannot be looped back on itself. Warning
the owner to instruct children to remove their bike or other sports helmet
before playing on the playground equipment.
DISPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS: Disassemble and dispose of the playground
equipment in such a way that no unreasonable hazards will exist at the
time the equipment is discarded. Follow all local disposal requirements.
CONSUMER INFORMATION SHEET FOR PLAYGROUND
SURFACING MATERIALS
The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that
about 100,000 playground equipment related injuries resulting from falls
to the ground surface are treated annually in the U.S hospital emergency
rooms. Injuries involving this hazard pattern tend to be among the
most serious of all playground injuries, and have the potential to be
fatal, particularly when the injury is to the head. The surface under and
around the playground equipment can be a major factor in determining
the injury causing potential of a fall. It is self evident that a fall onto
a shock-absorbing surface is less than likely to cause a serious injury
than a fall onto a hard surface. Playground equipment should never be
placed on hard surfaces such as concrete of asphalt and while grass may
appear to be acceptable, it may juicily turn to hard packed earth in areas
of high trafc. Shredded bark, wood chips, nd sand or ne gravel are
considered to be acceptable shock-absorbing surfaces when installed and
maintained at a sufcient depth under and around playground equipment.
Table 1 lists the maximum height from which a child would not be
expected to sustain a life-threatening head injury in a fall onto different
loose-ll surfacing materials if they are installed and maintained at depths
of 6, 9, and 12 inches. However, it should be recognized that all injuries
due to falls cannot be prevented no matter what surfacing material is used.
It is recommended that a shock-absorbing material should extend
a minimum of 6 ft. In all directions from the perimeter of stationary
equipment such as climbers and slides. However, because children may
deliberately jump from a moving swing, the shock absorbing material
should extend to the front and rear of a swing a minimum distance of 2
times height of pivot point measured from a point directly beneath the
pivot on the supporting structure.
ROPE CLIMBER SWING
BH-318S
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