Aspen will take steps to improve the safety of a metal slide at a city park after a 4-year-old girl received second-degree burns recently while playing at Herron Park. The city will either build a ...

Metal is a particularly good conductor of heat, so metal slides heat up quickly, and easily transfer that heat to the skin upon contact, health and safety experts say. The Consumer Product Safety ...

The coming week is going to be hot, and playground equipment in sunlight may be scorching. “Just like you would a bottle, you’re testing (playground equipment) with the back of your hand” before ...