ASTM F1427-04
(Specification)Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bunk Beds
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bunk Beds
SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes minimum requirements for the design and performance of bunk beds. It also contains requirements for labeling and instructional material.
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to minimize accidents to children resulting from normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of bunk beds. This consumer safety specification is written within the current state of the art of bunk bed technology and does not address bunk beds that are blatantly misused or are used in a careless manner that disregards warning statements and safety instructions provided with each bunk bed.
1.3 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a bunk bed (hereinafter referred to as a bed) is defined as any bed in which the underside of the foundation is over 30 in. (762 mm) from the floor.
1.4 This consumer safety specification does not address bunk beds for institutional use (for example, in prisons, military facilities, dormitories, and so forth).
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.6 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test methods portion, Section 5, 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.
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Designation: F 1427 – 04
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Bunk Beds
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1427; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety specification addresses bunk bed accidents that were identified by the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The CPSC estimates that in 1989, about 34 000 bunk bed-related injuries were treated in U.S.
hospital emergency rooms, and about three fourths of those injured were under the age of 15. Most
of these injuries were minor and were associated with victims who fell from, bumped into, or jumped
from bunk beds. However, there are other less-obvious potentially serious hazards associated with
bunkbeds.Forexample,from1973throughNovember1990,CPSCalsoreceivedreportsof83deaths
ofchildrenlessthan15yearsofageinvolvingbunkbeds.Seventy-fourincidents,including17deaths,
involved children who reportedly became entrapped between the mattress and guardrail; 24 incidents,
including five deaths, involved children who reportedly became entrapped either between the mattress
and bed structure or in the bed end structure; and 18 incidents, including 16 deaths, involved young
children who reportedly became entrapped between the bed and the wall. The CPSC also received
reports of four deaths due to failure of the mattress support, 19 deaths due to falls from bunk beds,
twelve deaths due to strangulation when a belt, rope, or clothing became caught on the bed structure,
and ten deaths due to other or unknown causes.
1. Scope 1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
1.1 Thisconsumersafetyspecificationestablishesminimum
information only.
requirements for the design and performance of bunk beds. It
1.6 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the
also contains requirements for labeling and instructional ma-
test methods portion, Section 5, of this specification: This
terial.
standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
1.2 This consumer safety specification is intended to mini-
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
mize accidents to children resulting from normal use and
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
reasonably foreseeable misuse or abuse of bunk beds. This
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-
consumer safety specification is written within the current state
tions prior to use.
of the art of bunk bed technology and does not address bunk
bedsthatareblatantlymisusedorareusedinacarelessmanner
2. Referenced Documents
that disregards warning statements and safety instructions
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
provided with each bunk bed.
D 3359 Test Methods for MeasuringAdhesion by Tape Test
1.3 For the purpose of this consumer safety specification, a
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2.2 Federal Standards:
bunkbed(hereinafterreferredtoasabed)isdefinedasanybed
16 CFR Part 1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and
in which the underside of the foundation is over 30 in. (762
mm) from the floor.
1.4 This consumer safety specification does not address
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
bunk beds for institutional use (for example, in prisons,
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
military facilities, dormitories, and so forth).
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website.
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Federal regulations 16 CFR Part 1303, 16 CFR Section 1500.48, 16 CFR
Section 1500.49, 16 CFR Part 1501, and 16 CFR Part 1632 are in effect and are
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on administered by the CPSC. These federal regulations are not a part of this safety
Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.30 on specification. This information is offered to all parties so that they know that these
Bunk Beds. federal regulations must be adhered to outside the scope of this safety specification.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2004. Published October 2004. Originally Copies of the regulations may be obtained from The Office of the Secretary, U.S.
approved in 1992. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as F 1427 – 01. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207.
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