CPSI 2022/2023 Questions and Answers
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What is CPSC ✔✔A Federal Guideline
What is ASTM ✔✔An International Voluntary Standard
F 1292-17 ✔✔Impact Attenuation of Surfacing Materials Within the Use Zone of Playgro
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CPSI 2022/2023 Questions and Answers
Rated A+
What is CPSC ✔✔A Federal Guideline
What is ASTM ✔✔An International Voluntary Standard
F 1292-17 ✔✔Impact Attenuation of Surfacing Materials Within the Use Zone of Playground
Equipment
F 1951 ✔✔Test method for Accessibility on Safety Surfacing for Playgrounds (Wheelchairs on
loose fill)
F 2075 ✔✔Engineered Wood Fiber Safety Surfacing
F 2223 ✔✔Playground Surfacing
F 2373 ✔✔Playground Equipment for Children Under the Age of 2
F 2479 ✔✔Poured in Place Rubber Surfacing
F 3012 ✔✔Loose Fill Rubber Surfacing
F 2049 ✔✔Standard for Fencing/Barriers for Playgrounds
F 1918 ✔✔Contained Play System
F 1148 ✔✔Residential Play Equipment
Risk V. Hazard ✔✔Known V. Unknown
ASTM Scope ✔✔"Its purpose is to reduce life-threatening and debilitating injuries"
Most Common cause of Injury ✔✔Falls
Most common cause of playground fatalities ✔✔Entanglement
#2 most common cause of playground fatalities ✔✔Falls onto hard underlying surface
#3 most common cause of playground fatalities ✔✔Head and Neck Entrapment
#4 most common cause of playground fatalities ✔✔Impact by loose equipment
#1 contributor to public playground injuries ✔✔Poor Maintenance (#2 is Improper use and poor
supervision)
Priority 1 Hazard ✔✔A readily accessible hazard that would cause an accident which would
result in
-Death
-Brain Damage
-Permanent Paralysis
-Loss of Vision
-Loss of Limb
-Loss of Speech
-Organ Destruction
Hazard priority is based on 3 factors ✔✔1. Possibility
2. Probability
3. Consequence
Possibility ✔✔Is it possible that the users would come in contact with the hazard?
-Accessible by vulnerable users
-In a heavily used area?
-A condition that can become worse easily or quickly?
Probability ✔✔What is the likelihood that a child might have an accident as a result of the
exposure
Consequence ✔✔How serious is the injury that's the most likely consequence of the accident?
Sample Hazard Priority Rating Scale (1-5) ✔✔1. Permanent disability, loss of life or body part
2. Serious injury resulting in temporary disability
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