ASTM_F_2461_-_09.pdf

Designation:F246109Standard Practice forManufacture,Construction,Operation,and Maintenance ofAquatic Play Equipment1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2461;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This practice covers information for manufacture,construction,operations and maintenance of aquatic playequipment and provides safety performance standards forvarious types of public aquatic play components and aquaticplay composite structures.1.2 Inclusions:1.2.1 Climbableandclimb-resistantaquaticplaycomponents,composite aquatic play structures,user controls,water sprays,fountains,and slides that occur on wet decks andwading,swimming or leisure pools.The play componentsspecified herein occur for use in aquatic play areas.1.2.2 Play equipment,fall zones,use zones for wet decks,wading pools,swimming pools and leisure pools.1.2.3 This standard is intended to apply to Aquatic PlayEquipment that is located in and around re-circulated andpotable water recreational facilities.Such facilities include butare not limited to amusement parks,theme parks,water parks,family entertainment centers,municipal swimming pools andmunicipal parks.1.2.4 Waterslides 6 ft in height or smaller.1.3 Exclusions:1.3.1 Playground equipment that does not have an entry oran exit onto or into a wet deck,wading pool,swimming poolor aquatic recreation pool.1.3.2 Home playground or home pool equipment or playequipment as scoped in Consumer Safety Performance Speci-fication F1148 and ANSI/NSPI-5.1.3.3 Waterslides as scoped in Practice F2376-081.3.4 Flotation devices used on water slides or in swimmingpools.1.3.5 Swimming pools as specified by ANSI/NSPI-1 orANSI/IAF-9.1.3.6 Products or facility elements specifically designed toprovide access to and from pools for people with disabilities.1.3.7 Water rides such as log flumes,raft rides,inner tuberides,waterslides or other attractions where the participant sitsin a vehicle or is physically propelled or moved by or withwater.1.3.8 Sports equipment,fitness equipment,and divingequipment.1.4 Compliance:1.4.1 Where water is indirectly or directly added or appliedto Consumer Safety Performance Specification F1487-07Aplay equipment,the equipment shall comply with this standard.Where a requirement for compliance to a section of theConsumer Safety Performance Specification F1487-07A stan-dard is required by this standard,the section number ispreceded with the standards designation.1.4.2 Soft contained play structures with aquatic play com-ponents shall comply with Safety Performance SpecificationF1918-04 except as modified by this standard.1.4.3 Aquatic play components and composite play struc-tures represented,as complying with this safety performancestandard shall meet all applicable requirements specifiedherein.Anyone representing compliance with this standardshall keep such essential records as are necessary to documentany claim that the requirements within this standard have beenmet.1.5 This standard includes the following sections:ScopeSection 1Referenced DocumentsSection 2TerminologySection 3Manufacturing and MaterialsSection 4DesignSection 5Performance RequirementsSection 6Operator ResponsibilitiesSection 7Manufacturer/DesignerResponsibilitiesSection 8Installer ResponsibilitiesSection 91.6 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard.The values given in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provided for information onlyand are not considered standard.(The conversion factor frominch-pound to metric units is 1 in.=25.4 mm,and 1 lb=4.4482 N.)1.7 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is the1This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F24 on AmusementRides and Devices and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F24.70 on WaterRelated Amusement Rides and Devices.Current edition approved March 15,2009.Published May 2009.DOI:10.1520/F2461-09.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2F770 Practice for Ownership,Operation,Maintenance,andInspection of Amusement Rides and DevicesF853 Practice for Maintenance Procedures for AmusementRides and Devices(Withdrawn 2014)3F1148 Consumer Safety Performance Specification forHome Playground EquipmentF1193 Practice for Quality,Manufacture,and Constructionof Amusement Rides and DevicesF1292 Specification for Impact Attenuation of SurfacingMaterials Within the Use Zone of Playground EquipmentF1487 Consu