16 CFR § 1301.7 - Test procedures.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1301.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1301.7 - Test procedures."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1301.7"
section_name: "Test procedures."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1301"
part_name: "BAN OF UNSTABLE REFUSE BINS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 8, 9, 86 Stat. 1215-1217, as amended, 90 Stat. 506; 15 U.S.C. 2057, 2058."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 30300, June 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1301"
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# 1301.7 Test procedures.

(a) The refuse bin shall be tested by applying forces as described in paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) of this section one after the other.

(1) A horizontal force of 70 pounds (311 N) shall be applied at a point and in a direction most likely to cause tipping, and

(2) A vertically downward force of 191 pounds (850 N) shall be applied to a point most likely to cause tipping. (See Figure 1.)

(b) These forces shall be applied separately and the bin shall not tip over under the application of either action cited above in paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2).