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