ASTM F1918-04

Standard Safety Performance Specification for Soft Contained Play Equipment

SCOPE
1.1 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.
1.2 The range of users encompassed by this safety performance specification is the 5th  percentile 2 year old to the 95 th  percentile 12 year old.
1.3 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.
1.4 This specification does not address accessibility, except as it pertains to safety issues not covered in The Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG).
1.5 This safety performance specification includes the following sections:

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 29-Feb-2004
• ICS: 97.200.40 - Playgrounds
• ICS: 97.220.01 - Sports equipment and facilities in general
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.36 - Soft-Contained Play Systems

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F1918-98 - Standard Safety Performance Specification for Soft Contained Play Equipment
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Replaced By: ASTM F1918-10 - Standard Safety Performance Specification for Soft Contained Play Equipment
• Effective Date: 01-Jun-2010
• Referred By: ASTM F2461-23 - Standard Practice for Manufacture, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Aquatic Play Equipment
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1487-21 - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1292-22 - Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surfacing Materials Within the Use Zone of Playground Equipment
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F3313-20 - Standard Test Method for Determining Impact Attenuation of Playground Surfaces Within the Use Zone of Playground Equipment as Tested in the Field
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F2375-09(2017) - Standard Practice for Design, Manufacture, Installation and Testing of Climbing Nets and Netting/Mesh used in Amusement Rides, Devices, Play Areas and Attractions
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F3351-19e1 - Standard Test Method for Playground Surface Impact Testing in Laboratory at Specified Test Height
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F3101-21a - Standard Specification for Unsupervised Public Use Outdoor Fitness Equipment
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F1918 – 04
Standard Safety Performance Specification for
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Soft Contained Play Equipment
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1918; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This safety performance specification provides safety 2.1 ASTM Standards:
and performance standards for soft contained play equipment. E648 Test Method for Critical Radiant Flux of Floor-
Its purpose is to reduce the potential for life-threatening and Covering Systems Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source
debilitating injuries. F1004 Consumer Safety Specification for Expansion Gates
1.2 The range of users encompassed by this safety perfor- and Expandable Enclosures
th th
mance specification is the 5 percentile 2 year old to the 95 F1077 Guide for Selection of Committee F16 Fastener
percentile 12 year old. Specifications
1.3 Public playground equipment, home playground equip- F1292 Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surfacing
ment, sports equipment, amusement rides, fitness equipment Materials Within the Use Zone of Playground Equipment
not part of the play system, water-related attractions and F1487 Consumer Safety Performance Specification for
devices, and toys and juvenile products are not included in this Playground Equipment for Public Use
specification. F1951 Specification for Determination of Accessibility of
1.4 This specification does not address accessibility, except Surface Systems Under and Around Playground Equip-
as it pertains to safety issues not covered in The Americans ment
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With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG). 2.2 Federal Standards:
1.5 This safety performance specification includes the fol- 16 CFR Part 1303—Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and
lowing sections: Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing
Paint
Section
Title Number
16 CFR 1500—Hazardous Substances Act Regulations, in-
cluding Sections:
Scope 1
1500.48—Technical Requirements for determining a
Referenced Documents 2
Terminology 3
SharpPointinToysandotherArticlesIntendedforUseby
General Requirements 4
Children Under 8 Years of Age.
Materials and Manufacture 5
1500.49—Technical Requirements for Determining a
Performance Requirements 6
Requirements for Access/Egress 7
Sharp Metal or Glass Edge in Toys and Other Articles
Equipment 8
Intended for Use by Children Under 8 Years of Age.
Areas Outside Equipment 9
Structural Integrity 10 16 CFR Section 1501— Method for Identifying Toys and
Maintenance 11
OtherArticlesIntendedforUsebyChildrenUnder3Years
Fire Safety 12
of Age Which Present Choking, Aspiration or Ingestion
Evacuation 13
Figures Annex A1 Hazards Because of Small Parts
Americans With Disabilities Act, Public Law 101–336:
28 CFR 35 Title II, Subtitle A
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This safety performance specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM
28 CFR 36 Title III, Appendix A
Committee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcom-
mittee F15.36 on Soft-Contained Play Systems.
Current edition approved March 1, 2004. Published April 2004. Originally
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approved in 1998. Last previous edition approved in 1998 as F1918 – 98. DOI: For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
10.1520/F1918-04. contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
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Moreinformationonfederalrequirementsforplayequipmentaccessibilitymay Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
be obtained from the Office of Technical and Information Services, Architectural the ASTM website.
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and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000, Code of Federal Regulations, available from U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20004-1111 or at www.access-board.gov/play/finalrule.htm. Washington, DC 20402.
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36 CFR Part 1191 Americans with Disabilities Act Acces- 3.1.16 netting, n—an open work fabric made of threads,
sibility Guidelines (ADAAG) cords, or mono filament fibers woven or knotted together at
regular intervals.
2.3 Other Standards:
3.1.17 net, webbing, n—a lattice of webbing sewn or
UL Standard 94 Test for Flammability of Plastic Materials
otherwise affixed together at overlapping conjunctions.
for Parts, Devices, and Appliances
3.1.18 non-climbable net or mesh, n—anetormesh,suchas
UL Standard 1975 Fire Tests for Foamed Plastics Used for
metal, fabric, or synthetic material, that is not intended
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