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BS EN 1176-1:1998:2004 Edition

BS EN 1176-1:1998:2004 Edition

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Playground equipment – General safety requirements and test methods

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BSI 2004 66
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Safety requirements for outdoor and indoor children’s playground equipment, considering risk factors.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
1 BRITISH STANDARD
2 National foreword
4 Foreword
Foreword to amendment A1
Foreword to amendment A2
5 Contents
7 1 Scope
2 Normative references
8 3 Definitions
3.1 playground equipment
3.2 climbing equipment
3.3 playing surface
3.4 free space
3.5 falling space
3.6 free height of fall
3.7 collective use
3.8 crushing point
3.9 shearing point
3.10 ladder
9 Figure 1 Minimum space
10 3.11 stairs
3.12 ramp
3.13 impact area
3.14 grip
3.15 grasp
3.16 entrapment
3.17 minimum space
3.18 obstacle
3.19 family of products
3.20 cluster
3.21 platform
3.22 handrail
3.23 guardrail
3.24 barrier
11 3.25 zone
3.26 not easily accessible
3.27 routine visual inspection
3.28 operational inspection
3.29 annual main inspection
Figure 2 Example of a ladder
12 Figure 3 Example of stairs
Figure 4 Example of a ramp
13 Figure 5 Grip
Figure 6 Grasp
4 Safety requirements
4.1 Materials
14 4.2 Design and manufacture
16 Figure 7 Example of removal of that part of the user load which causes a favourable�effect
Figure 8 Protection against falling
17 Figure 9 Guidance on measurement of height of handrail above standing surface
19 Figure 10 Examples of protection for nuts and bolts
21 Table 1 Requirements for tunnels
Diagram showing included surface gap limit of 30�mm
22 Dimensions of the cylinder for the determination of the free space
23 Determination of the free space; example of a slide
Cylindrical space
24 Free height of fall for different types of use
Extent of the impact area
25 Example of falling space of a platform
26 Example of falling space of a fireman’s pole
27 Examples of commonly used impact attenuating materials and corresponding critical fall heights
29 Examples showing free height of fall
30 Unexpected obstacles
32 5 Test methods and reports
6 Information to be provided by the manufacturer/supplier
6.1 General product information
6.2 Pre�information
33 Figure 19 Examples of ferrules, turnbuckles and double-lug head fittings
34 Figure 20 Example of foundations
6.3 Installation information
35 6.4 Inspection and maintenance information
7 Marking
36 Annex A (normative) Loads
A.1 Permanent loads
A.2 Variable loads
39 A.3 Numbers of users on the equipment
41 Annex B (normative) Method of calculation of structural integrity
B.1 General principles: Limit state
B.2 Load combinations for static analysis
42 B.3 Worked example of the calculation of user loads (without safety factors)
44 B.4 Calculation of forces acting on a swing !seat”
45 B.5 Worked examples for forces acting on a swing (without safety factors)
47 B.6 Calculation of forces acting on the cable of a cableway
49 B.7 Worked example for forces acting on a cableway (without safety factors)
50 Table B.2 Maximum dynamic tensile cable force in�kN
Annex C (normative) Physical testing of structural integrity
C.1 Pass/fail criteria
51 C.2 Test load for equipment
C.3 Load application
C.4 Test report
52 Annex D (normative) Test methods for entrapment
D.1 General
D.2 Head and neck entrapment
Figure D.1 Probes for determination of head and neck entrapment in completely bound openings
54 Table D.1 Probes for assessment of head and neck entrapment in completely �bound�openings
Figure D.2 Test template for assessment of head and neck entrapment in partially bound and V-shaped openings
55 Figure D.3 Method of insertion of the “B” portion of the test template
56 Figure D.4 Method of insertion of the “A” portion of the test template
57 D.3 Entrapment of clothing
Figure D.5 Test device
58 Figure D.6 Position of the test device
59 Figure D.7 Position of the test device on fireman’s pole
60 D.4 Finger entrapment
Figure D.8 Finger rods
Figure D.9 Rotation of the 8 mm diameter finger rod
61 Annex E (informative) Spiral and helical stairs
(informative) Spiral and helical stairs
E.1 All steps on spiral and helical stairs should be of uniform dimensions and should conform to�
Table E.1 Range of dimensions for spiral and helical stairs
E.2 The headroom above the steps should be not less than�1�830�mm when measured vertically above the …
E.3 Handrails should be provided on both sides of the stairs for their entire length and should confo…
62 Figure E.1 Spiral and helical stairs
63 Annex F (informative) Overview of possible entrapment situations
64 Annex G (informative) A�deviations
65 National annex NA (informative)

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