ASTM F1487-01e1

Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety performance specification provides safety and performance standards for various types of public playground equipment. Its purpose is to reduce life-threatening and debilitating injuries.
1.2 The range of users encompassed by this consumer safety performance specification is the 5th percentile 2-year-old through the 95th percentile 12-year-old.
1.3 Home playground equipment, amusement park equipment, sports equipment, fitness equipment intended for users over the age of 12, and soft contained play equipment are not included in this specification.
1.4 This consumer safety performance specification includes the following sections: TitleSection NumberScope1Referenced Documents2Terminology3Materials and Manufacture4General Requirements5Performance Requirements6Requirements for Access/Egress7Equipment8Public Use Playground Layout9Accessibility10Installation11Structural Integrity12Maintenance13Labeling14FiguresAnnex A1
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only. Note 1--The conversion factor from inch-pound to metric units is 1 in. = 25.4 mm, and 1 lb = 0.45359 kg. Note 2--See for figures referenced throughout this specification.Note 3--General dimensional tolerances for this specification (unless otherwise noted) are as follows: DimensionTolerance X in.± 0.5 in.X.X in.± 0.05 in.X.XX in.± 0.005 in.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jun-2001
• ICS: 97.200.40 - Playgrounds
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.29 - Playground Equipment for Public Use

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F1487-01 - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Replaced By: ASTM F1487-05 - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use
• Effective Date: 15-Aug-2005
• Referred By: ASTM F3351-19e1 - Standard Test Method for Playground Surface Impact Testing in Laboratory at Specified Test Height
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F381-16 - Standard Safety Specification for Components, Assembly, Use, and Labeling of Consumer Trampolines
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2075-20 - Standard Specification for Engineered Wood Fiber for Use as a Playground Safety Surface Under and Around Playground Equipment
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2223-19a - Standard Guide for ASTM Standards on Playground Surfacing
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F406-22 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1918-21 - Standard Safety Performance Specification for Soft Contained Play Equipment
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2373-11(2017) - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Public Use Play Equipment for Children 6 Months through 23 Months
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2090-21 - Standard Specification for Window Fall Prevention Devices With Emergency Escape (Egress) Release Mechanisms
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1292-22 - Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surfacing Materials Within the Use Zone of Playground Equipment
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2006-21 - Standard Safety Specification for Window Fall Prevention Devices for Non-Emergency Escape (Egress) and Rescue (Ingress) Windows
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• 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: 10-Jun-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2085-19 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2001
• 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: 10-Jun-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 1487 – 01
Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for
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Playground Equipment for Public Use
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1487; 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.
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e NOTE—Figure A1.21 was editorially corrected in December 2001.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety performance specification establishes nationally recognized safety standards
for public playground equipment to address injuries identified by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC).
During 1999 the CPSC estimated that about 156 000 victims were treated in U.S. hospital
emergency rooms for injuries associated with public playground equipment. About three fourths of
these injuries resulted from falls, primarily to the surface on which the equipment was located. Other
hazard patterns involved impact by swings and other moving equipment and contact with protrusions,
pinch points, and sharp edges. Fatalities reported to the CPSC resulted from falls; entanglement of
clothing or similar items on equipment; entanglement in ropes tied to or caught on equipment; head
entrapment; impact by equipment that tipped over or otherwise failed; and impact by moving swings.
This consumer safety performance specification does not eliminate the need for supervision of
children on public playground equipment. It is intended to minimize the likelihood of life-threatening
or debilitating injuries, such as those identified by the CPSC.
There has been significant harmonization of this performance specification and CAN/CSA-Z614.
1. Scope
Referenced Documents 2
Terminology 3
1.1 This consumer safety performance specification pro-
Materials and Manufacture 4
vides safety and performance standards for various types of
General Requirements 5
Performance Requirements 6
public playground equipment. Its purpose is to reduce life-
Requirements for Access/Egress 7
threatening and debilitating injuries.
Equipment 8
1.2 Therangeofusersencompassedbythisconsumersafety Public Use Playground Layout 9
Accessibility 10
performance specification is the 5th percentile 2-year-old
Installation 11
through the 95th percentile 12-year-old.
Structural Integrity 12
1.3 Home playground equipment, amusement park equip- Maintenance 13
Labeling 14
ment, sports equipment, fitness equipment intended for users
Figures Annex A1
over the age of 12, and soft contained play equipment are not
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
included in this specification.
as standard. The values given in parentheses are for informa-
1.4 This consumer safety performance specification in-
tion only.
cludes the following sections:
Title Section Number
NOTE 1—The conversion factor from inch-pound to metric units is 1
in. = 25.4 mm, and 1 lb = 0.45359 kg.
Scope 1
NOTE 2—See Annex A1 for figures referenced throughout this specifi-
cation.
NOTE 3—General dimensional tolerances for this specification (unless
otherwise noted) are as follows:
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on
Dimension Tolerance
Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.29 on
X in. 60.5 in.
Playground Equipment for Public Use.
X.X in. 60.05 in.
Current edition approved June 10, 2001. Published August 2001. Originally
X.XX in. 60.005 in.
published as F 1487 – 93. Last previous edition F 1487 – 98.
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F 1487 – 01
2. Referenced Documents UL 969 Standard for Safety: Marking and Labeling Sys-
tems
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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2.5 CSA Standards:
D 2240 Test Method for Rubber Property—Durometer
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CAN/CSA-Z614 Children’s Playspaces and Equipment
Hardness
F 698 Specification for Physical Information to be Provided
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3. Terminology
for Amusement Rides and Devices
F 846 Guide for Testing Performance of Amusement Rides
3.1 Descriptions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
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and Devices 3.1.1 accessible, adj—relating to a part or portion of the
F 853 Practice for Maintenance Procedures forAmusement
playground equipment, (1) capable of being contacted by any
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Rides and Devices body part, or (2) accessible to and usable by persons with
F 893 Guide for Inspection of Amusement Rides and De-
disabilities.
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vices 3.1.2 accessible playground, n—playground equipment
F 1004 Consumer Safety Specification for Expansion Gates
area, that, when viewed in its entirety, may be approached, and
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and Expandable Enclosures entered and provides a range of play opportunities an
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