2022 California Standards for Accessible Design Guide (effective January 1, 2023)

1607A.9 Loads on handrails, guards, grab bars, and seats.

1607A.9.2 Grab bars, shower seats and accessible benches.

Grab bars, shower seats and accessible benches shall be designed to resist a single concentrated load of 250 pounds (1.11 kN) applied in any direction at any point on the grab bar, shower seat, or seat of the accessible bench so as to produce the maximum load effects. [DSA-AC] See Chapter 11A, Section 1127A.4, and Chapter 11B, Sections 11B-609.8, 11B-610.4 and 11B-903.6, for grab bars, shower seats and dressing room bench seats, as applicable.