Customer Support: 131 242

  • Shopping Cart
    There are no items in your cart
We noticed you’re not on the correct regional site. Switch to our AMERICAS site for the best experience.
Dismiss alert
Celebrate World Standards Day. Save 10% with code WSD2026 until 31 Oct. Save now

AS/NZS 4422:1996

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

View Superseded by

Playground surfacing -Specifications, requirements and test method

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF 1 User , PDF 3 Users , PDF 5 Users , PDF 9 Users

Language(s)

English

Published date

05-08-1996

Superseded date

28-03-2023

Superseded by

AS 4422:2016

$91.21
Including GST where applicable
Summarise this standard

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.

Committee
CS-005
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7337 0645 2
Pages
11
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes
UnderRevision

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.

⚠

A newer version of this standard is available.

View Current Edition
$91.21
Including GST where applicable