ASTM F462-79(2007)

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Slip-Resistant Bathing Facilities (Withdrawn 2016)

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers the slip resistance of bathtubs and shower structures or combinations, used for bathing or showering, or both, herein referred to as bathing facilities.
1.2 This specification establishes definitions, methods of testing the slip resistance of bathing facilities, and the in-use performance requirements needed to minimize the accidents caused by slipperiness during any reasonable use.
1.3 This consumer safety specification is intended to describe a means to reduce accidents to persons, especially children and the aged, resulting from the use of bathing facilities.
The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Section 8, of this specification. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
WITHDRAWN RATIONALE
This consumer safety specification covered the slip resistance of bathtubs and shower structures or combinations, used for bathing or showering, or both, herein referred to as bathing facilities.
Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee F15 on Consumer Products, this consumer safety specification was withdrawn in July 2016 in accordance with section 10.5.3.1 of the Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees, which requires that standards shall be updated by the end of the eighth year since the last approval date.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 31-Jan-2007
• Withdrawal Date: 10-Jul-2016
• ICS: 91.140.70 - Sanitary installations
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.03 - Safety Standards for Bathtub and Shower Structures

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F462-79(1999) - Consumer Safety Specification for Slip-Resistant Bathing Facilities
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2007

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:F462 −79(Reapproved 2007)
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Slip-Resistant Bathing Facilities
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF462;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginal
adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
Thisconsumersafetyspecificationaddressesthebathtubandshoweraccidentsthataredueinwhole
or in part to the slipperiness of the bathing surface.
In response to the accident analysis and assignment of causes developed and identified for the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission by the Abt Associates, Inc., final report, “A Systematic
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Program to Reduce the Incidence and Severity of Bathtub and Shower Area Injuries,” June 4, 1975,
this consumer safety specification provides a means to reduce accidents in bath and shower units
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caused directly or indirectly by the slipperiness of the bathing surface.
It is not possible to cover, in this consumer safety specification, bath and shower units that are used
in a manner for which they were never intended. Furthermore, children do not always act prudently,
and the motions of the elderly and infirm are not always under complete control. These problems will
be covered in a consumer-education-type publication, designed to describe the hazards of the bathing
area, and suggestions concerning bather’s conduct to reduce these hazards.
This consumer safety specification is written within the current state of the art of bath and shower
technology.
1. Scope if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers the slip resis-
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-
tance of bathtubs and shower structures or combinations, used
tions prior to use.
for bathing or showering, or both, herein referred to as bathing
facilities.
2. Referenced Documents
1.2 This specification establishes definitions, methods of
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
testing the slip resistance of bathing facilities, and the in-use
D459 Terminology Relating to Soaps and Other Detergents
performance requirements needed to minimize the accidents
D799 Specification for Liquid Toilet Soap (Withdrawn
caused by slipperiness during any reasonable use.
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2000)
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1.3 This consumer safety specification is intended to de-
2.2 Federal Specification:
scribe a means to reduce accidents to persons, especially
PS-624g Soap, Toilet, Liquid and Paste
children and the aged, resulting from the use of bathing
facilities. 3. Terminology
1.4 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the
3.1 Definitions:
test method portion, Section 8, of this specification. This
3.1.1 applique—a material affixed to the bathing surface or
standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
sump of a bathtub or shower for the purpose of increasing its
slip resistance.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on
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Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.03 on For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Safety Standards for Bathtub and Shower Structures. contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
CurrenteditionapprovedFeb.1,2007.PublishedJuly2007.Originallyapproved Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
in 1979. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as F462 – 79 (1999). DOI: the ASTM website.
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10.1520/F0462-79R07. The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
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Available from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 4330 East www.astm.org.
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West Hwy., Bethesda, MD 20814, http://www.cpsc.gov. Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, DODSSP, Bldg. 4,
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“Performance Characteristics of Sanitary Plumbing Fixtures,” available from Section D, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5098, http://
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. www.dodssp.daps.mil.
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F462−79 (2007)
3.1.2 bathing—theactofsubjectingall,asubstantialpart,or 3.1.15 textured surface—a bathing surface that contains
a specified part of the body to the action of water in a bathing elevationsordepressions,orboth,orthatincorporatesasecond
facility, with or without soap or bath oil, for purposes of health material for the purpose of improving the slip resistance of the
or cleansing. surface.
3.1.16 water (pure)— the liquid that consists of an oxide of
3.1.3 bathing
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