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(Main)Child care articles - General safety guidelines - Part 1: Safety philosophy and safety assessment
Child care articles - General safety guidelines - Part 1: Safety philosophy and safety assessment
This document contains the general safety philosophy and a guideline on safety assessment that experts are recommended to use when drafting standards.
It also contains an Annex A with a collection of available anthropometric data and details of the abilities of children from birth to 48 months of age.
The general safety philosophy given in this part is based on the principle that child care articles should be designed to be safe.
Children with special needs have not been taken into account while drafting these guidelines. ISO/IEC Guide 71 can be consulted to ascertain any further requirements to address the hazards and risks associated with children with special needs.
These guidelines do not cover all types of hazards and risks, such as inappropriate use of products, inadequate supervision of children and products used in a non-domestic situation.
Attention is drawn to the importance of ensuring that all other potential hazards relevant to the product are fully addressed e.g. hygiene, the effects of electrical power etc., where other safety standards can apply.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2024
Izdelki za otroke - Smernice o splošni varnosti - 1. del: Varnostna načela in ocena
varnosti
Child care articles - General safety guidelines - Part 1: Safety philosophy and safety
assessment
Artikel für Säuglinge und Kleinkinder - Sicherheitsleitfaden - Teil 1:
Sicherheitsgrundsätze und Sicherheitsbeurteilung
Articles de puériculture - Conseils relatifs à la sécurité - Partie 1 : Principes de sécurité et
évaluation de la sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: FprCEN/TS 13387-1
ICS:
97.190 Otroška oprema Equipment for children
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
FINAL DRAFT
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
June 2024
ICS 97.190 Will supersede CEN/TR 13387-1:2018
English Version
Child care articles - General safety guidelines - Part 1:
Safety philosophy and safety assessment
Articles de puériculture - Conseils relatifs à la sécurité - Artikel für Säuglinge und Kleinkinder -
Partie 1 : Principes de sécurité et évaluation de la Sicherheitsleitfaden - Teil 1: Sicherheitsgrundsätze und
sécurité Sicherheitsbeurteilung
This draft Technical Specification is submitted to CEN members for Vote. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 252.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a Technical Specification. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change
without notice and shall not be referred to as a Technical Specification.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
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© 2024 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. FprCEN/TS 13387-1:2024 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative reference . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 General safety . 7
5 Accident data . 8
6 Hazard and risk assessment . 8
6.1 Introduction . 8
6.2 Methodology . 8
7 Hazard-based standards . 15
7.1 Structure of a hazard-based standard . 15
7.2 Normative section . 15
7.3 Annexes . 15
8 Basic wording for the rationales in the Informative Annex . 15
8.1 General . 15
8.2 Chemical hazards (CEN/TS 13387-2) . 16
8.3 Mechanical hazards (CEN/TS 13387-3) . 16
8.3.1 Entrapment hazards. 16
8.3.2 Hazards from moving parts . 16
8.3.3 Hazards with products designed to fold . 16
8.3.4 Hazards due to inadvertent release of attachment mechanisms . 16
8.3.5 Entanglement hazards . 16
8.3.6 Choking hazards . 16
8.3.7 Suffocation hazards . 16
8.3.8 Ingestion hazards . 16
8.3.9 Hazardous edges and projections . 16
8.3.10 Structural integrity . 17
8.3.11 Protective function . 17
8.3.12 Hazards associated with stability. 17
8.4 Thermal hazards (CEN/TS 13387-4) . 17
8.4.1 Flammability and burning hazards . 17
8.4.2 Hazards from hot and cold surfaces . 17
8.4.3 Hazards from hot liquids or food . 17
8.4.4 Hazards from contact with flames . 17
8.4.5 Hyperthermia and hypothermia . 17
9 Relationship between the requirements in the standard and the safety requirements
in standardization request XXXX . 17
Annex A (informative) Anthropometric data and abilities of children from birth to 48
months . 19
Bibliography . 37
European foreword
This document (FprCEN/TS 13387-1:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 252
“Child care articles”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the Vote on TS.
This document will supersede CEN/TR 13387-1:2018.
CEN/TS 13387 comprises the following five parts:
— Safety philosophy and safety assessment (CEN/TS 13387-1);
— Chemical hazards (CEN/TS 13387-2);
— Mechanical hazards (CEN/TS 13387-3);
— Thermal hazards (CEN/TS 13387-4);
— Product information (CEN/TS 13387-5).
Introduction
This document is a revision of CR 13387 first published in 1999. It is a non-normative CEN publication
which provides guidance information on common hazards that should be taken into consideration when
developing safety standards for child care articles.
A general safety philosophy and safety assessment methodology is given in Part 1 of these guidelines
together with a collection of anthropometric data.
Chemical hazards are addressed in Part 2. The chemical risk associated with the use of materials for the
construction, coating and/or packaging of child care articles that can affect children’s health are
considered.
Mechanical hazards are addressed in Part 3. “Mechanical hazard” is a general designation for physical
factors which can give rise to injury due to the mechanical properties of products or parts of products.
Thermal hazards are addressed in Part 4. “Thermal hazards” include hazards associated with
flammability and the burning characteristics of materials, contact with hot and cold surfaces, liquids and
food, contact with flames, contact with products that melt on heating and overheating or exposure of a
child to very low and very high temperatures.
Product information which should be supplied with a child care article is addressed in Part 5. “Product
information” covers all the documentation and information that should be supplied to ensure the safe use
of the product and also the safety of the child using the product.
These guidelines deal with hazards that are common to child care articles. They have been drawn-up by
a working group of experts set up by CEN TC 252 with the prime objective of harmonizing the approach
to hazard and risk assessment and injury prevention. The guidelines give recommendations on
preventive safety measures to avoid injuries that could be caused by child care articles. If the child care
article has a protective function, this should be effective; additionally the product itself should cause no
injury to the child.
The standards being drafted by CEN/TC 252 are for child care articles intended for children from birth
to 48 months of age who form a very vulnerable group in society. Up to 18 months of age the development
of the brain, senses, motoric abilities and knowledge takes place through the combined use of sensory
and motor skills, i.e. children learn to see, hear, taste, smell and feel. Their movements are aimed at
achieving familiarity with their environment. As children become older they achieve increased muscular
control and balance. Even up to 48 months of age children are unpredictable in their behaviour. Special
consideration should be given to the fact that these children cannot understand how to avoid risks and
thus are involuntarily exposed to them.
Child care articles constitute a group with large variations between the different products. However many
safety hazards associated with this diverse group of products are very similar. These guidelines identify
many of these safety hazards and give details that enable similar safety principles to be applied to the
drafting of standards across the group of products.
The information given in these guidelines reflects the state of the art at publication. Standards and
regulations will continuously be developed. Other sources can also provide useful information for the
reader.
How to use these guidelines
The safety requirements and test methods given are intended to give guidance and to lead to consistency
when writing safety standards for child care articles. It is recommended to use these guidelines when
drafting standards.
In addition, these guidelines can assist those with a general professional interest in child safety.
The safety requirements detailed do not constitute an exhaustive set that can be applied to all child care
articles. The application to particular products should be evaluated by experts.
In these guidelines rationales are given to explain the potential hazard. Wherever possible, requirements,
test equipment and test methods are given which can be used when drafting standards. Such standards
can contain requirements (expressed by the word “shall”), whereas this document only contains
recommendations (expressed by the word “should”).
CEN/TC 252 is, wherever possible when writing new standards or revising existing standards, drafting
their standards on a hazard based format (see for example EN 16120 and EN 1930).
The different parts of the CEN/TS 13387 series should enable working groups to draft their standards in
a hazard based format by proceeding in the following way:
— identification of the hazards and assessment of the risk;
— definition of the requirements to address an identified hazard and risk;
— definition of relevant test methods to check that the requirements are met;
— provision of an Annex which indicates the rati
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