SG 090/25
Significant revision to consumer safety performance specification for playground equipment for public use, ASTM F1487-25, has been published.
In June 2025, ASTM International released a revised consumer safety performance specification for playground equipment for public use, designated as ASTM F1487-25. This standard establishes updated safety and performance standards for a wide variety of public playground equipment, including dimensional criteria for clearance and use zones. The goal is to reduce the risk of life-threatening or debilitating injuries, such as those identified by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The standard defines public-use playground equipment as, “play structure for use in play areas of schools, parks, child-care facilities, institutions, multiple-family dwellings, private resorts and recreation developments, restaurants, and other areas of public use.”
The latest version of standard includes the following changes:
- New definition added for ‘fully enclosed structure’
- Updated exemptions for suspended components
- Revised handrail height specification for wheelchair-accessible ramps
- Added requirements for fully enclosed tube slides
- Added requirements for fully enclosed structures
- Added requirements for roofs that are an integral part of a fully enclosed structures
- Added structural members of rotating equipment on components subjected to lateral loads
- Added figures A1.68 to A1.72
The standard was developed by ASTM subcommittee F15.29 on Playground Equipment for Public Use and approved on April 15, 2025.
A copy of the standard can be purchased at: ASTM Website
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