AS/NZS 4422:1996
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Playground surfacing -Specifications, requirements and test method
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28-03-2023
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05-08-1996
Important note : Users cannot be edited or removed once added to your Multi user PDF.Specifies general requirements for surfacing to be used in children's playgrounds and specific requirements for areas where impact energy attenuation is necessary. It suggests the factors that should be considered when selecting a playground surface and gives a method of test by which the impact energy attenuation can be determined; this test gives a critical fall height for a surface, that represents the upper limit of its effectiveness in reducing head injury when using playground equipment conforming to AS 1924, Parts 1 and 2 or NZS 5828, Parts 2 and 3.
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CS-005
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Standard
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0 7337 0645 2
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| Pages |
11
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Standards Australia
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Superseded
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This Standard gives general requirements for surfacing to be used in children's playgrounds and specific requirements for areas where impact energy attenuation is necessary. It suggests the factors that should be considered when selecting a playground surface and gives a method of test by which the impact energy attenuation can be determined; this test gives a critical fall height (see Clause 4.1) for a surface, that represents the upper limit of its effectiveness in reducing head injury when using playground equipment conforming to AS 1924 Parts 1 and 2 or NZS 5828 Parts 2 and 3.Information on siting, installation and maintenance of playground equipment is given in AS 2155 and NZS 5828.1
First published in Australia as part of AS 2155-1978.
Second edition 1980.
Third edition 1982.
First published in New Zealand as part of NZS 5828.1:1986.
AS 2155-1982 and NZS 5828.1:1986 jointly revised, amalgamated and redesignated in part as AS/NZS 4422:1996.
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