This part of EN 1176 specifies general safety requirements for public playground equipment and surfacing.
Additional safety requirements for specific pieces of playground equipment are specified in subsequent parts
of this standard.
This part of EN 1176 covers playground equipment for all children. It has been prepared with full recognition of
the need for supervision of young children and of less able or less competent children.
The purpose of this part of EN 1176 is to ensure a proper level of safety when playing in, on or around playground
equipment, and at the same time to promote activities and features known to benefit children because
they provide valuable experiences that will enable them to cope with situations outside the playground.
This part of EN 1176 is applicable to playground equipment intended for individual and collective use by children,
but excluding adventure playgrounds. It is also applicable to equipment and units installed as children's
playground equipment although they are not manufactured as such, but excludes those items defined as toys
in EN 71 and the Toys Safety Directive.
NOTE Adventure playgrounds are fenced, secured playgrounds, run and staffed in accordance with the widely accepted
principles that encourage children's development and often use self-built equipment.
This part of EN 1176 specifies the requirements that will protect the child from hazards that he or she may be
unable to foresee when using the equipment as intended, or in a manner that can be reasonably anticipated.
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EN 1176-1:2008 history
2023EN 1176-1:2017+A1:2023 Playground equipment and surfacing - Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods
2017EN 1176-1:2017 Playground equipment and surfacing - Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods
2008EN 1176-1:2008 Playground equipment and surfacing - Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods
1998EN 1176-1:1998/AC:1998 Playground Equipment - Part 1: General Safety Requirements and Test Methods Ratified European Text
1998EN 1176-1:1998 Playground equipment - Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods (Incorporates Amendments A1: 2002 and A2: 2003)