1. Scope
Proper maintenance of the athletic fencing, and in particular a Standard safety inspection check list specific to athletic fencing. The rational is as follows: 1. Improper or non-ongoing maintenance of athletic field fencing places players, spectators and property clearly in harms way. 2. Athletic fencing is subject to ongoing impacts from players, balls, maintenance equipment, weather, vandalism, etc., and as a result, the integrity of the initial installation of the fencing gets compromised creating unsafe playing conditions thus requiring ongoing inspections and corrections of unsafe conditions. 3, There is plenty of case law on the severe human and economic consequences of poorly maintained athletic fields. 4. There has been, for many years, excellent athletic fencing inspection and maintenance practices that will serve as a very good starting point will attract some significant attention to the development of these new Task Group Standards. 5. These Task Groups should attract a wider audience of participation to include not only the manufacturers, but the owner/operators of sports facilities, sport specific organizations, sports official organizations designers and engineers of sports facilities, and perhaps members of the legal profession.
Keywords
Maintenance of Athletic Fencing, Safety Inspection Check List
The title and scope are in draft form and are under development within this ASTM Committee.
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