BS/EN 71-8-2018 pdf download.Safety of toys Part 8 : Activity toys for domestic use.
4.3 Entrapment (see A.7)
4.3.1 Entrapment olhead and neck
Activity toys shall be constructed so that any openings do not create head and neck entrapment hazards either by head first or feet first passage.
Hazardous situations in which this type of entrapment can be encountered Include the following:
— completely bound openings through which a user may slide feet first or head first:
— partially bound or Yshaped openings:
— other openings (e.g. shearing or moving openings).
a) Accessible completely bound openings with a lower edge more than 600 mm above ground, or above any other surface which is of such a size that it will support a child, shall be tested in accordance with 6.5.1 (head and neck entrapment in accessible completely bound openings). Probes C (see Figure 17) or E (see Figure 19) shall not pass through any opening unless It also allows the passage of the large head probe D (see Figure 18).
b) Accessible completely bound openings, that allow the free passage of probe C (see FIgure 17). when tested according to 6.5.1 (head and neck entrapment In accessible completely bound openings) shall have no parts that converge In the downward direction at an angle of less than 600 if the lower edge is 600 mm or more above the ground (Vshaped opening).
c) Partially bound and Vshaped openings with an entrance at 600 mm or more above the ground, or above any other surface which Is of such a size that It will support a child, shall be constructed so that either
1) the opening is not accessible as defined in Figure 22 (method of insertion of the 8 portion of probe F), when tested according to 6.5.2.3 a) (head and neck entrapment in partially bound and V.shaped openings); or
2) If the opening Is accessible at a position of 600 mm or more above ground when tested In accordance with 6.5.2.3 a) (head and neck entrapment In partially bound and Vshaped openings), depending on the angular orientation range of the opening (see Figure 20. checking all insertion angles to determine range), it shall conform to the following:
I) Range 1: (probe F (see Figure 21) centre line ± 45° from vertical): when the probe F apex contacts the base of the opening, the depth of the opening shall be less than the length of probe F to the underside of the shoulder section.
ii) Range 2: (probe F centre line from horizontal to + 450); when the probe F apex contacts the base of the opening, the depth of the opening shall be less than the ‘A’ portion of probe F. If the depth of the opening is greater than the ‘A’ portion of probe F all parts of the opening above the A portion shall also allow insertion of the shoulder section of probe F or probe D (see Figure 18).
lii) Range 3: No probe test requirements.
d) Non-rigid members (for example ropes) shall not overlap If. by doing so, they create openings that do not conform to the requirements for completely bound openings.
e) Openings between flexible parts of suspended bridges and any rigid side members shall not be less than 230 mm in diameter under the most onerous condition of loading. Both loaded and unloaded situations shall be considered;
1) Swing devices with suspension ropes hanging from a crossbeam shall not create a head and neck entrapment in the area of the starting and sliding sections of slides. For adjustable means of suspension, the most onerous length shall be used.
4.3.2 Entrapment of clothing and hair
a) Slides. fireman’s poles and roofs shall be constructed so that hazardous situations in which clothing or hair can be entrapped are not created. Such situations may be created by:
1) gaps or V-shaped openings in which parts of clothing can become entrapped while, or Immediately before, the user Is undergoing a forced movement:
2) protrusIons; and
3) spindles/rotating parts.
When tested according to 6.6 (toggle test), entrapment of the toggle or chain shall not occur.BS/EN 71-8-2018 pdf download.
BS/EN 71-8-2018 pdf download
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