Laserfiche WebLink
AD DTION A LREA SON SFOR PLAY G IOU ND <br /> SURFACEEVOW11ON <br /> A. Safety Standards for Public or School Playgrounds and Parks <br /> Along with many other safety playground standards, the Standard Specification for I pact Attenuation of <br /> Surface Systems Under and Around Playground Equipment, ASTM F1292 was first published in 1991. While <br /> testing methods and evaluations are very complex, below is a sim plified definition of the ASTM F1292 Standard: <br /> • Gmax and Head Injury Criterion (HIC) are the criteria of injury risk with attenuation material on the <br /> ground for children aged 3 to 14 years old. <br /> ° G-max is defined as the maximum acceleration of a missile during an impact, <br /> expressed in G units. <br /> • HC defined: A specific integral of the acceleration-tim e history of an im pact, and <br /> determines the relative risk of head injury. <br /> The fatal limit of G-max is defined to be 200 G and that of the HIC is 1,000. When one of them reaches their respective <br /> lim it, the injury has the potential to becom e a fatal one. Although it has been said that F1292 should be improved, this <br /> specification has been conventionally applied as the standard evaluation method for loose-fill and playground surfacing <br /> materials since its inception and was renewed in 2013. <br /> It should be kept in m ind that the ASTM F1292 Standard Specification for Im pact Attenuation of Surface Systems <br /> Under and Around Playground Equipm ent are the m inim um standards recom m Ended and that these standards are <br /> recom m ended not to keep children from being hurt, but to keep children from incurring fatal injuries from falls. <br /> B. Continued Improvement of Playground Designs and <br /> Age Appropriate Play Areas <br /> In addition to safety concerns/regulations and required accessibility guidelines, today's playground trends <br /> of more natural looking and feeling surface options, creating better play experiences for children and increasing outdoor <br /> play timewEre additional drivers of safety surface evolution beyond unitary rubber surfaces and PIP options. <br /> Isom <br /> 1' <br /> Eno <br /> MOO W <br /> 1 <br /> Y <br /> • w E <br />