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Playground Equipment and Surfacing

BSI Child Care and Safety standards cover a range of products to be used by children and by adults caring for children. Published by the British Standards Institution, many of these standards are for products such as carriers, cradles, cots, and other devices designed for holding a child. Other standards address products like cutlery or toys, where the child itself is handling the product. Looking outside of the home, playground equipment and surfacing is a key focus in child safety standards efforts, along with foodstuffs, and personal flotation devices designed for use with children.

BS EN 1176-1:2017

Playground equipment and surfacing. General safety requirements and test methods (British Standard)

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BS EN 1176-2:2017

Playground equipment and surfacing. Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for swings (British Standard)

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BS EN 1176-3:2017

Playground equipment and surfacing. Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for slides (British Standard)

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BS EN 1176-4:2017

Playground equipment and surfacing. Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for cableways (British Standard)

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BS EN 1176-5:2019

Playground equipment and surfacing Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for carousels (British Standard)

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BS EN 1176-6:2017

Playground equipment and surfacing. Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for rocking equipment (British Standard)

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BS EN 1176-7:2020

Playground equipment and surfacing Guidance on installation, inspection, maintenance and operation (British Standard)

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BS EN 1176-10:2008

Playground equipment and surfacing. Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for fully enclosed play equipment (British Standard)

This document is applicable to fully enclosed play equipment intended for installation inside and outside buildings, for children up to 14 years old, see 3.1. The purpose of this document is to provide additional safety requirements covering particulars of these structures, such as exits and escape routes, visibility, external "climbability", containment walls/netting in relation to safety area, ignition resistance, specific equipments/components, impact-attenuating surfaces, signage, specific inspection and maintenance.

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BS EN 1176-11:2014

Playground equipment and surfacing. Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for spatial network (British Standard)

This European Standard specifies additional safety requirements for spatial networks intended for permanent installation for use by children. This European Standard is not applicable to artificial climbing structures, which are used for training for sports activities, e.g. alpinism.

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