ASTM F2056-09

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Designation:F2056 −09
Standard Safety and Performance Specification for
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Soccer Goals
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2056; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
Thereareapproximately225000to500000soccergoalsintheUnitedStates.Manyofthesesoccer
goals are unsafe because they are improperly designed, manufactured, or installed (unstable and are
either unanchored or not properly anchored or counter-balanced). These soccer goals pose an
unnecessary risk of tipover to children who climb on goals (or nets) or hang from the crossbar.
The CPSC knows of four deaths in 1990 alone and at least 21 deaths during the past 16 years
(1979-1994) associated with movable soccer goals. In addition, an estimated 120 injuries involving
fallinggoalsweretreatedeachyearinU.S.hospitalemergencyroomsduringtheperiod1989through
1993. Many of the serious incidents occurred when the soccer goals tipped over onto the victim.
Almost all of the goals involved in these tipovers appeared to be homemade by high school shop
classes,custodialmembers,orlocalwelders,notprofessionallymanufactured.Thesehomemadegoals
are often very heavy and unstable.
The majority of movable soccer goals are constructed of metal, typically weighing 150 to 500 lb.
The serious injuries and deaths are a result of blunt force trauma to the head, neck, chest, and limbs
of the victims. In most cases this occurred when the goal tipped or was accidentally tipped onto the
victim. In one case an 8-year-old child was fatally injured when the movable soccer goal he was
climbing tipped over and struck him on the head. In another case, a 20-year-old male died from a
massive head trauma when he pulled a goal down on himself while attempting to do chin-ups. In a
third case, while attempting to tighten a net to its goal post, the victim’s father lifted the back base of
the goal causing it to tip over striking his 3-year-old child on the head, causing a fatal injury.
High winds can also cause movable soccer goals to fall over. For example, a 9-year-old was fatally
injured when a goal was tipped over by a gust of wind. In another incident, a 19-year-old goalie
suffered stress fractures to both legs when the soccer goal was blown on top of her.
1. Scope 1.6 This standard replaces PS 75–99.
1.1 This standard specifies safety and performance require-
2. Referenced Documents
ments aimed at providing for safer use of soccer goals and
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
reducing injuries and fatalities.
F1148 Consumer Safety Performance Specification for
1.2 This standard applies to soccer goals for training and
Home Playground Equipment
competition in outdoor sports facilities and indoor arenas.
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2.2 ANSI Standard:
1.3 This standard addresses the risk of accidental tipover or
ANSIZ535.4Guidelines for the Design and Safety Signs
pullover of soccer goals.
and Labels for Application to Products
1.4 This standard is based upon safety and design require-
2.3 EN Standard:
ments listed in EN 748.
EN 748 Playing Field Equipment—Football Goals—
1.5 This standard applies only to goals whose inside mea-
Requirements and Test Methods Including Safety
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surements are 6 ⁄2 to 8 ft high and 18 to 24 ft wide.
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Committee F15 on Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcom- contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
mittee F15.43 on Soccer Goal Safety. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
CurrenteditionapprovedNov.1,2009.PublishedNovember2009.Lastprevious the ASTM website.
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edition approved in 2000 as F2056–00 was withdrawn in January 2009 and Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., 13th
reinstated in November 2009. DOI: 10.1520/F2056-09. Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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F2056−09
3. Terminology 5.1.3 If the goal, when resting forward on its crossbar at its
midpoint at a distance of 12 in. from the field surface (see Fig.
3.1 Definitions:
1) exerts a static load of less than 60 lb. Tests to be conducted
3.1.1 movable goal, n—any free–standing soccer goal de-
include all attachments such as net, stakes, net ties, etc.,
signed to be moved from field to field or on and off a field
5.1.3.1 The goal shall be weighed using a commercially
before, during, o
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