ASTM F2373-11
(Specification)Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Public Use Play Equipment for Children 6 Months through 23 Months
Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Public Use Play Equipment for Children 6 Months through 23 Months
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1.1 This consumer safety performance specification provides safety and performance requirements for various types of public use play equipment such as, but not limited to, composite play structures, climbing structures, to-fro swings, spring rocking equipment, and slides. It is intended to apply to play equipment that is used in places of public assembly, including early care and education facilities, parks, or playgrounds. Public use play areas for children in this age range include both indoor (classroom) settings and outdoor playgrounds. Where appropriate, distinctions will be made between indoor and outdoor settings where there is supervision (for example, a play area that is part of an early care and education facility), and settings with unlimited access (for example, public playgrounds and parks).
1.2 The range of users encompassed by this consumer safety performance specification is the 5th percentile 6 month old through the 95th percentile 23 month old.
1.3 The purpose of this specification is to reduce the potential for life threatening and debilitating injuries.
1.4 Accessory toys attached to play equipment must meet all relevant standards including this consumer safety performance specification.
1.5 Home playground equipment, amusement park equipment, sports equipment, fitness equipment, soft contained play equipment, tricycles, toys, juvenile care products such as, but not limited to, infant swings, play yards, expansion gates, and expandable enclosures, furniture (including child-sized house play furnishings and sand/water tables intended primarily for indoor use), bassinets and cradles, infant walkers, bouncer seats, jumpers, infant stationary activity centers, and infant carriers are not included in the scope of this specification.
1.6 This consumer safety performance specification includes the following sections:
TitleSection Scope1 Referenced Documents2 ASTM Standards2.1 ANSI Standards2.2 Federal Standards2.3 CPSC Documents2.4 UL Standard2.5 European Standard2.6 Terminology3 Materials and Manufacture4 General Requirements4.1 Fasteners4.2 Toxic or Hazardous Substances4.3 Stuffing, Loose Fillers, and Padding Materials4.4 General Requirements5 Compliance Documentation5.1 Small Parts5.2 Asphyxiation Hazard5.3 Performance Requirements6 Head and Neck Entrapment6.1 Sharp Points and Sharp Edges6.2 Protrusions6.3 Entanglement Hazards6.4 Crush and Shear Points6.5 Ventilation6.6 Closures6.7 Suspended Hazards6.8 Requirements for Access and Egress 7 Access and Egress Components That Shall
Not Be Used7.1 Adjacent Platforms7.2 Step Ladders, Stairways, Flexible Access
Components, and Access Ramps7.3 Climbing Equipment Used for Access and Egress 7.4 Handrails and Other Means of Hand Support7.5 Requirements for Platforms, Landings, and Other
Designated Play Surfaces8 Platforms and Similar Surfaces8.1 Adjacent Platforms8.2 Protective Barriers8.3 Equipment Specifications9 Equipment That Shall Not Be Used9.1 Climbing Equipment9.2 Slides9.3 Spring Rocking Equipment Intended for Use Without
Adult Assistance9.4 To-Fro Swings9.5 Structural Integrity and Stability10 General Requirements10.1 Structural Integrity Tests for Rungs, Steps, and
Horizontal Supporting Members10.2 Structural Integrity and Stability Tests for
Platforms and Ramps10.3 Test for Dynamic Strength of Barriers and Handrails10.4 Structural Integrity and Stability Tests for Slides 10.5 Structural Integrity Test for Spring Rocking Equipment10.6 Structural Integrity and Stability Tests for Swings10.7 Play Equipment Use Zones, Non-Encroachment Zones,
and Placement11 General Use Zone Requirements11.1 Exemptions from Use Zone Requirements11.2 General Non-Encroachment Zone Requirements11.3 Use Zones for Play Structures Having No Moving
Components11.4 Use Zones for Slides11.5 Use Zones for Spring Rocking Equipment 11.6 Use Zones and Non-Encroachment Zones for To-Fro Swings 11.7 Su...
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Designation:F2373 −11
Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for
Public Use Play Equipment for Children 6 Months through
1
23 Months
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2373; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 1.6 This consumer safety performance specification in-
cludes the following sections:
1.1 This consumer safety performance specification pro-
Title Section
videssafetyandperformancerequirementsforvarioustypesof
Scope 1
public use play equipment such as, but not limited to, compos-
Referenced Documents 2
ite play structures, climbing structures, to-fro swings, spring
ASTM Standards 2.1
ANSI Standards 2.2
rocking equipment, and slides. It is intended to apply to play
Federal Standards 2.3
equipment that is used in places of public assembly, including
CPSC Documents 2.4
early care and education facilities, parks, or playgrounds.
UL Standard 2.5
European Standard 2.6
Publicuseplayareasforchildreninthisagerangeincludeboth
Terminology 3
indoor (classroom) settings and outdoor playgrounds. Where
Materials and Manufacture 4
appropriate, distinctions will be made between indoor and General Requirements 4.1
Fasteners 4.2
outdoorsettingswherethereissupervision(forexample,aplay
Toxic or Hazardous Substances 4.3
area that is part of an early care and education facility), and
Stuffing, Loose Fillers, and Padding Materials 4.4
settings with unlimited access (for example, public play- General Requirements 5
Compliance Documentation 5.1
grounds and parks).
Small Parts 5.2
Asphyxiation Hazard 5.3
1.2 Therangeofusersencompassedbythisconsumersafety
Performance Requirements 6
performance specification is the 5th percentile 6 month old
Head and Neck Entrapment 6.1
through the 95th percentile 23 month old.
Sharp Points and Sharp Edges 6.2
Protrusions 6.3
1.3 The purpose of this specification is to reduce the
Entanglement Hazards 6.4
potential for life threatening and debilitating injuries. Crush and Shear Points 6.5
Ventilation 6.6
1.4 Accessory toys attached to play equipment must meet
Closures 6.7
Suspended Hazards 6.8
all relevant standards including this consumer safety perfor-
Requirements for Access and Egress 7
mance specification.
Access and Egress Components That Shall 7.1
Not Be Used
1.5 Home playground equipment, amusement park
Adjacent Platforms 7.2
equipment,sportsequipment,fitnessequipment,softcontained
Step Ladders, Stairways, Flexible Access 7.3
play equipment, tricycles, toys, juvenile care products such as, Components, and Access Ramps
Climbing Equipment Used for Access and Egress 7.4
but not limited to, infant swings, play yards, expansion gates,
Handrails and Other Means of Hand Support 7.5
and expandable enclosures, furniture (including child-sized
Requirements for Platforms, Landings, and Other 8
house play furnishings and sand/water tables intended primar- Designated Play Surfaces
Platforms and Similar Surfaces 8.1
ily for indoor use), bassinets and cradles, infant walkers,
Adjacent Platforms 8.2
bouncer seats, jumpers, infant stationary activity centers, and
Protective Barriers 8.3
infant carriers are not included in the scope of this specifica- Equipment Specifications 9
Equipment That Shall Not Be Used 9.1
tion.
Climbing Equipment 9.2
Slides 9.3
Spring Rocking Equipment Intended for Use Without 9.4
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Adult Assistance
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on
To-Fro Swings 9.5
Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.29 on
Structural Integrity and Stability 10
Playground Equipment for Public Use.
General Requirements 10.1
Current edition approved Aug. 15, 2011. Published October 2011. Originally
Structural Integrity Tests for Rungs, Steps, and 10.2
approved in 2005. Last previous edition approved in 2008 as F2373–08. DOI:
Horizontal Supporting Members
10.1520/F2373-11.
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priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Title Section
Structural Integrity and Stability Tests for 10.3
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Platforms and Ramps
1.11 This international standard was developed in accor-
Test for Dynamic Strength of Barriers and Handrails 10.4
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
Structural Integrity and Stability Tests for Slides 10.5
Structural Integrity Test for Spring Rocking Equipment 10.6
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Structural I
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Designation:F2373–08 Designation: F2373 – 11
Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for
Public Use Play Equipment for Children 6 Months through
1
23 Months
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2373; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 This consumer safety performance specification provides safety and performance requirements for various types of public
use play equipment such as, but not limited to, composite play structures, climbing structures, to-fro swings, spring rocking
equipment, and slides. It is intended to apply to play equipment that is used in places of public assembly, including early care and
education facilities, parks, or playgrounds. Public use play areas for children in this age range include both indoor (classroom)
settings and outdoor playgrounds. Where appropriate, distinctions will be made between indoor and outdoor settings where there
is supervision (for example, a play area that is part of an early care and education facility), and settings with unlimited access (for
example, public playgrounds and parks).
1.2 Therangeofusersencompassedbythisconsumersafetyperformancespecificationisthe5thpercentile6montholdthrough
the 95th percentile 23 month old.
1.3 The purpose of this specification is to reduce the potential for life threatening and debilitating injuries.
1.4 Accessory toys attached to play equipment must meet all relevant standards including this consumer safety performance
specification.
1.5 Home playground equipment, amusement park equipment, sports equipment, fitness equipment, soft contained play
equipment, tricycles, toys, juvenile care products such as, but not limited to, infant swings, play yards, expansion gates, and
expandableenclosures,furniture(includingchild-sizedhouseplayfurnishingsandsand/watertablesintendedprimarilyforindoor
use), bassinets and cradles, infant walkers, bouncer seats, jumpers, infant stationary activity centers, and infant carriers are not
included in the scope of this specification.
1.6 This consumer safety performance specification includes the following sections:
Title Section
Scope 1
Referenced Documents 2
ASTM Standards 2.1
ANSI Standards 2.2
Federal Standards 2.3
CPSC Documents 2.4
UL Standard 2.5
European Standard 2.6
Terminology 3
Materials and Manufacture 4
General Requirements 4.1
Fasteners 4.2
Toxic or Hazardous Substances 4.3
Stuffing, Loose Fillers, and Padding Materials 4.4
General Requirements 5
Compliance Documentation 5.1
Small Parts 5.2
Asphyxiation Hazard 5.3
Performance Requirements 6
Head and Neck Entrapment 6.1
Sharp Points and Sharp Edges 6.2
Protrusions 6.3
Entanglement Hazards 6.4
Crush and Shear Points 6.5
Ventilation 6.6
Closures 6.7
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.44 on Play Equipment
for Children Under Two.
Current edition approved JuneAug. 15, 2008.2011. Published July 2008.October 2011. Originally approved in 2005. Last previous edition approved in 20072008 as
F2373–078. DOI: 10.1520/F2373-08.10.1520/F2373-11.
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Title Section
Suspended Hazards 6.8
Requirements for Access and Egress 7
Access and Egress Components That Shall 7.1
Not Be Used
Adjacent Platforms 7.2
Step Ladders, Stairways, Flexible Access 7.3
Components, and Access Ramps
Climbing Equipment Used for Access and Egress 7.4
Handrails and Other Means of Hand Support 7.5
Requirements for Platforms, Landings, and Other 8
Designated Play Surfaces
Platforms and Similar Surfaces 8.1
Adjacent Platforms 8.2
Protective Barriers 8.3
Equipment Specifications 9
Equipment That Shall Not Be Used 9.1
Climbing Equipment 9.2
Slides 9.3
Spring Rocking Equipment Intended for Use Without 9.4
Adult Assistance
To-Fro Swings 9.5
Structural Integrity and Stability 10
General Requirements 10.1
Structural Integrity Tests for Rungs, Steps, and 10.2
Horizontal Supporting Members
Structural Integrity and Stability Tests for 10.3
Platforms and Ramps
Test for Dynamic Strength of Barriers and Handrails 10.4
Structural Integrity and Stability Tests for Slides 10.5
Structural Integr
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