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ASTM F 1918 Document Information:
Title
Standard Safety Performance Specification for Soft Contained Play Equipment
ASTM International
Publication Date:
Mar 1, 2004
Scope:
This safety performance specification provides safety and performance
standards for soft contained
play equipment. Its purpose is to reduce the potential for
life-threatening and debilitating
injuries.
The range of users encompassed by this safety performance
specification is the 5th percentile 2
year old to the 95th percentile 12 year old.
Public playground equipment, home playground equipment, sports
equipment, amusement rides, fitness
equipment not part of the play system, water-related attractions and
devices, and toys and juvenile
products are not included in this specification.
This specification does not address accessibility, except as it
pertains to safety issues not
covered in The Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility
Guidelines (ADAAG).(Footnote 2)
This safety performance specification includes the following sections:
Footnote 2 - More information on federal requirements for play
equipment accessibility may be
obtained from the Office of Technical and Information Services,
Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington,
DC 20004-1111 or at
www.access-board.gov/play/finalrule.htm.
Keywords:
- entanglement
- entrapment
- fire safety
- hazard
- maintenance
- protrusion
- slides
- soft contained play equipment
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