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BS EN 1176-1:2017

BS EN 1176-1:2017

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Playground equipment and surfacing – General safety requirements and test methods

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BSI 2017 108
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This part of EN 1176 specifies general safety requirements for permanently installed public playground equipment and surfacing. Additional safety requirements for specific pieces of playground equipment are specified in subsequent parts of this standard.

This part of EN 1176 covers playground equipment for all children. It has been prepared with full recognition of the need for supervision of young children and of less able or less competent children.

The purpose of this part of EN 1176 is to ensure a proper level of safety when playing in, on or around playground equipment, and at the same time to promote activities and features known to benefit children because they provide valuable experiences that will enable them to cope with situations outside the playground.

This part of EN 1176 is applicable to playground equipment intended for individual and collective use by children. It is also applicable to equipment and units installed as children’s playground equipment although they are not manufactured as such, but exclude those items defined as toys in EN 71 and the Toys Safety Directive.

It is not applicable to adventure playgrounds with the exception of those items which have been commercially sourced.

NOTE Adventure playgrounds are fenced, secured playgrounds, run and staffed in accordance with the widely accepted principles that encourage children’s development and often use self-built equipment.

This part of EN 1176 specifies the requirements that will protect the child from hazards that they might be unable to foresee when using the equipment as intended, or in a manner that can be reasonably anticipated.

The use of electricity in play equipment, either as a play activity or as a motive force, is outside the scope of this standard. The attention of users is drawn to European and local national standards and regulations which are to be complied with when using electricity.

equipment placed in water and where water can be seen as impact attenuating surfacing is not fully covered by this standard and additional risks are associated with wet environments.

The risk of exposure to excessive levels of UV radiation is not covered in this standard.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
8 European foreword
10 Introduction
11 1 Scope
2 Normative references
12 3 Terms and definitions
19 4 Safety requirements
4.1 Materials
4.1.1 General
20 4.1.2 Flammability
4.1.3 Timber and associated products
4.1.4 Metals
4.1.5 Synthetics
21 4.1.6 Dangerous substances
4.2 Design and manufacture
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Structural integrity
22 4.2.3 Accessibility for adults
4.2.4 Protection against falling
26 4.2.5 Finish of equipment
4.2.6 Moving parts
4.2.7 Protection against entrapment
31 4.2.8 Protection against injuries during movement and falling
40 4.2.9 Means of access
42 4.2.10 Connections
43 4.2.11 Consumable components
4.2.12 Ropes
44 4.2.13 Chains
45 4.2.14 Foundations
46 4.2.15 Heavy suspended rigid beams
47 4.2.16 Bouncing facilities
49 5 Verification of compliance and reports
5.1 General
5.2 Confirming the adequate level of impact attenuation after installation of impact attenuating surfacing
6 Information to be provided by the manufacturer/supplier
6.1 Information to be provided by the manufacturer/supplier of playground equipment
6.1.1 General product information
50 6.1.2 Pre-information
6.1.3 Installation information
51 6.1.4 Inspection and maintenance information
52 6.2 Information to be provided by the manufacturer or supplier of impact attenuating surfacing
6.2.1 Pre-information for impact attenuating surfacing
53 6.2.2 Installation information for impact attenuating surfacing
6.2.3 Inspection and maintenance information for impact attenuating surfacing
54 6.2.4 Identification of impact attenuating playground surfacing
7 Marking
7.1 Equipment identification
7.2 Basic level mark
55 Bibliography
56 Annex A (normative) Loads
63 Annex B (normative) Method of calculation of structural integrity
75 Annex C (normative) Physical testing of structural integrity
77 Annex D (normative) Test methods for entrapment
92 Annex E (informative) Overview of possible entrapment situations
94 Annex F (informative) Illustrations of calculation of free height of fall (FHF)
98 Annex G (informative) Illustration of sieve test
100 Annex H (normative) Procedure for confirming the adequate level of impact attenuation after installation of impact attenuating surfacing
101 Annex I (informative) A–deviations
103 National Annex NA (normative) UK requirements: procedure for confirming the adequate level of impact attenuation after installation of impact attenuating surfacing

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