safety & standards
Every product Playcraft manufactures is designed with safety, quality and durability in mind.
Playcraft's experienced design team continually develops new products while refining existing ones with the latest materials and CAD/CAM - computer-aided drafting and manufacturing technology. After design and fabrication, each new product is tested for conformance with safety and performance standards for public playground equipment by the American Society of Testing Materials International (ASTM F1487) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) .
The American Society of Testing & Materials International (ASTM) is one
of the largest voluntary
standards development organizations in the world, a trusted
source for technical standards for materials, products,
systems, and services.
Known for their high technical quality and market relevancy, ASTM standards have an important role
in the information infrastructure
that guides design,
manufacturing
and trade in the global economy.
In 1993, ASTM published
Standard
Consumer Safety Performance
Specifications for Playground
Equipment
for Public Use, designated as F1487-93. The standard was reprinted in 1995 and 1998
and revised in 2001 and 2005 with the new designation
F1487-05. The ASTM establishes minimum
acceptable
performance
specifications for everything
from access components to surfacing.
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC)
is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or
death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency’s
jurisdiction. The USCPSC is committed to protecting consumers
and families
from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or
can injure children. The USCPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such
as playground equipment - contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths
and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years. The USCPSC’s
Handbook for Public Playground Safety is a key reference tool for the playground
industry,
including specifications for the use of playground equipment and recommendations concerning
age-related designs
and play components.
All of Playcraft's products meet or exceed the design and safety guidelines found in the ASTM F1487 and USCPSC publications for playground equipment designed for public use.
We also offer a wide range of accessible equipment designed to meet the latest guidelines
developed
by the Federal Access Board. For detailed information on these guidelines,
please feel
free to contact
us at 1-800-333-8519. You can also contact the U.S. Architectural
and Transportation
Barriers
Compliance
Board at 1-800-872-2253 or visit them online at www.access-board.gov