ASTM F462-79(1999)
(Specification)Consumer Safety Specification for Slip-Resistant Bathing Facilities
Consumer Safety Specification for Slip-Resistant Bathing Facilities
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.
1.4 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.
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Designation: F 462 – 79 (Reapproved 1999)
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
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Slip-Resistant Bathing Facilities
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 462; 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
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 of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-
1.1 This consumer safety specification covers the slip resis-
tions prior to use.
tance of bathtubs and shower structures or combinations, used
for bathing or showering, or both, herein referred to as bathing
2. Referenced Documents
facilities.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.2 This specification establishes definitions, methods of
D 459 Terminology Relating to Soaps and Other Deter-
testing the slip resistance of bathing facilities, and the in-use
gents,
performance requirements needed to minimize the accidents
D 799 Specification for Liquid Toilet Soap
caused by slipperiness during any reasonable use.
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2.2 Federal Specification:
1.3 This consumer safety specification is intended to de-
PS-624g Soap, Toilet, Liquid and Paste
scribe a means to reduce accidents to persons, especially
children and the aged, resulting from the use of bathing
3. Terminology
facilities.
3.1 Definitions:
1.4 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the
3.1.1 applique—a material affixed to the bathing surface or
test method portion, Section 8, of this specification. This
sump of a bathtub or shower for the purpose of increasing its
standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
slip resistance.
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
3.1.2 bathing—the act of subjecting all, a substantial part,
or a specified part of the body to the action of water in a
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on
Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.03 on
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Safety Standards for Bathtub and Shower Structures. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved July 10, 1999. Published May 1979. contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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Available from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
20207. the ASTM website.
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“Performance Characteristics of Sanitary Plumbing Fixtures,” available from AvailablefromStandardizationDocumentsOrderDesk,Bldg.4SectionD,700
the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207. Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Attn: NPODS.
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F 462 – 79 (1999)
bathing facility, with or without soap or bath oil, for purposes 3.1.16 water (pure)— the liquid that consists of an oxide of
of health or cleansing. hydrogen of the ratio one atom of oxygen to two atoms of
hydrogen.
3.1.3 bathing facility—a bathtub, shower structure, or a
combination of a bathtub and shower, designed to restrict or
4. Compliance
contain the flow of water, or both, usually for the bathing use
of one adult or one child at a time.
4.1 No bathing facility shall either by label or other means
3.1.4 bathing surface—the portion of the sump of a bathing
indicate co
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