DIN EN 1176-1:2016-06

This part of EN 1176 specifies general safety requirements for permanently installed public playgroundequipment and surfacing. Additional safety requirements for specific pieces of playground equipment arespecified 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 playgroundequipment, and at the same time to promote activities and features known to benefit children becausethey 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'splayground equipment although they are not manufactured as such, but excludes those items defined as toysin EN 71 and the Toys Safety Directive.NOTE Adventure playgrounds are fenced, secured playgrounds, run and staffed in accordance with the widely acceptedprinciples that encourage children's development and often use self-built equipment with the exception of thoseitems which have been commercially sourced. This part of EN 1176 specifies the requirements that will protect the child from hazards that he or she may beunable to foresee when using the equipment as intended, or in a manner that can be reasonably anticipated.The use of electricity in play equipment, either as a play activity or as a motive force, is outside the scope ofthis standard. The attention of users is drawn to European and local national standards and regulations whichmust be complied with when using electricity.