State Standards are introduced for ensuring ice slides security in Russia

UFA, 24 January 2017. /Bashinform News Agency, Gulfiya Akulova/. Since February 1, national standards on safety requirements for operation of winter slides are enacted in Russia in order to reduce the risk of hazard. It is reported by the State Regional Centre for Standardization, Metrology and Testing in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

The standard applies to slides made of wood, ice or a combination thereof. Slides operation safety and requirements to minimize the risks for visitors and passers-by are established. Also the standard specifies requirements for materials used in the production of slides, installation processes, operational documentation, maintenance personnel, information availability and its content for visitors, maintenance and repair of slides. The standard is developed by JSC "Design and Production Enterprise "Zircon", approved by order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart).

The integral feature of the winter months - ice slides - often become the cause of tragic accidents. Thus, in December 2016 in Ufa a schoolgirl received various injuries, having rolled down the slide right under the wheels of the car. In early January, a five-year boy died in hospital from injuries sustained in a collision with the other children on the slide. The police now investigate into the cases. In Chebarkul the Chelyabinsk region a child fell from the height of an ice structure, which had no side fences.