OVP - Personal protecting equipment

This European Standard EN 13819-2 specifies acoustic test methods for hearing protectors. The purpose of these tests is to enable assessment of the performance of the hearing protector as specified in the appropriate product standard.

This European Standard EN 13819-1 specifies physical test methods for hearing protectors. The purpose of these tests is to enable assessment of the performance of the hearing protector as specified in the appropriate product standard.

Modification of annex ZA and addition of an European informative annex

ISO 12402-10 gives guidance for the selection and application of personal flotation devices complying with the other relevant parts of ISO 12402 and immersion suits according to ISO 15027-1 to ISO 15027-3.

This document specifies methods for flame tests to be applied to respiratory protective devices.

ISO 12402-7 specifies the minimum requirements for construction and performance of materials and components of personal flotation devices as well as relevant test methods.

ISO 12402-9 specifies the test methods for personal flotation devices.

ISO 12402-3 specifies the safety requirements for lifejackets, performance level 150. It applies to lifejackets used by adults or children.

ISO 12402-8 specifies the safety requirements and test methods for accessories used for personal flotation devices (PFDs), with regard to the technical provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).

ISO 12402-2 specifies the safety requirements for lifejackets, performance level 275. It applies to lifejackets for adults and children for offshore use under extreme conditions.

ISO 12402-6 specifies the safety requirements and additional test methods for special purpose lifejackets and buoyancy aids (referred to as special purpose devices within ISO 12402-6) in combination with the requirements specified in ISO 12402-2 to ISO 12402-5. It applies to special purpose devices for adults generally and for children younger than six years partially.

ISO 12402-4 specifies the safety requirements for lifejackets, performance level 100. It applies to lifejackets used by adults or children.

ISO 12402-5 specifies the safety requirements for buoyancy aids with a buoyancy of not less than 50 N used in sheltered waters with help and rescue close at hand under such circumstances where more bulky or buoyant devices can impair the user's activity. It applies to buoyancy aids used by adults or children. ISO 12402-5 is not applicable to one-piece suits.

This document specifies minimum performance requirements for protective clothing designed to be worn during firefighting activities. The requirements are detailed in this document covering heat and flame, mechanical, chemical, comfort, visibility, etc.
This document covers the general clothing design, the minimum performance levels of the material used, the methods of test to be used to determine these performance levels, marking and information supplied by the manufacturer.
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This Standard specifies the optical performance requirements for high-visibilty clothing to be worn by adults and by juveniles, and designed for non-professional use. High-visibility clothing for non-professional use is intended to signal the user's presence visually in any daylight condition and, when illuminated by vehicle headlights or search lights in the dark as well as lit up in urban roads.  This standard is not applicable to accessories to be carried by persons or attached to garments.

This document lists terms and definitions related to core terms in the field of smart garments. It is intended to facilitate communications, for example, between organizations and individuals in industry and those who interact with them.

This International Standard specifies methods of test and minimum performance requirements for protective clothing to
be worn in wildland firefighting and associated activities. This clothing is not intended to provide protection during fire
entrapment. This International Standard applies to the general design of the garment, the minimum level of performance for the materials employed and the methods of test to determine these levels.
This International Standard is not applicable to clothing for...view more

This European Standard is applicable to respiratory protective devices except diving apparatus for which the definitions are given in EN 250. This European Standard defines commonly used terms and pictograms of this area.  The object of this European Standard is to achieve a uniform interpretation of these terms and pictograms in order to prevent ambiguous use of them.  EN 135 contains a survey of these terms in the three official languages English, French and German.

This standard defines the general requirements and relevant test procedures for glove design and construction, resistance of glove materials to water penetration, innocuousness, comfort and efficiency, marking and information supplied by the manufacturer applicable to all protective gloves.
NOTE   It can also be applicable to arm protectors and gloves permanently incorporated in containment enclosures.
This European Standard does not address the protective properties of gloves and therefore ...view more

This European Standard specifies requirements, test methods, marking and information for protective gloves against heat and/or flame and hands protective equipment against domestic thermal risks.
It should be used for all gloves and hands protective equipment which protect the hands or part of the hand against heat and/or flame in one or more of the following forms: flame, contact heat, convective heat, radiant heat, small splashes or large quantities of molten metal.
This standard is only app...view more

This European Standard specifies the requirements and test methods for ergonomics,
innocuousness, comfort/sizing, restraint, strength, abrasion, impact performance, (bending)stiffness as well as
provisions for marking and instructions supplied by the manufacturer for wrist protectors (hereinafter referred
to as protectors) for all users of snowboard equipment.
lt does not apply to protectors used in roller sports as well as roller sports hockey or alpine skiing.
NOTE 1 The requirements of a clau...view more

This document specifies dimensions and tolerances on factors related to adult human anthropometry
for the preparation of headforms used for the testing of protectors.
In particular, this is given for:
— Anthropometric measurement methods.
— Anthropometric data for head and face dimensions.
— Human test panels.
— Models of headforms

This document specifies the reference test methods for determining the physical optical properties of
personal eye- and face -protectors.
This document does not apply to sunglasses for which the test methods are given in ISO 12311.
Other test methods may be used provided they have been shown to be equivalent.

This document specifies the reference test methods for determining the spherical, cylindrical, prismatic
refractive properties of afocal unmounted lenses and the spherical, cylindrical and prism imbalance for afocal
mounted lenses of protectors.
This document does not apply to any eye and face protection requirement standards which refer to other test
method standards.
Other test methods may be used if shown to be equivalent.

This European Standard specifies general requirements for motorcyclists’ protective garments of Class B: Light-duty abrasion protection garments, which are intended to provide limited protection to the wearer against injury. It does not apply to: motorcyclists’ garments for motorsport competition events organized by a sanctioning body or motorcyclists’ garments, such as those commonly associated with off-road disciplines, unless said off-road use garments have installed impact protection.

This European Standard specifies general requirements for motorcyclists’ protective garments of Class AAA: Heavy-duty protective garments, which are intended to provide limited protection to the wearer against injury. It does not apply to: motorcyclists’ garments for motorsport competition events organized by a sanctioning body or motorcyclists’ garments, such as those commonly associated with off-road disciplines, unless said off-road use garments have installed impact protection.

This European Standard describes some of the test methods for use with EN 17092 Protective garments for motorcycle riders (Part 2 and later parts). It does not apply to: motorcyclists’ garments for motorsport competition events organized by a sanctioning body or motorcyclists’ garments, such as those commonly associated with off-road motocross and similar off-road disciplines, unless said off-road garments have installed impact protection.

This European Standard specifies general requirements for motorcyclists’ protective garments of Class C: Impact protector ensemble garments, which are intended to provide limited protection to the wearer against injury. It does not apply to: motorcyclists’ garments for motorsport competition events organized by a sanctioning body or motorcyclists’ garments, such as those commonly associated with off-road disciplines, unless said off-road use garments have installed impact protection.

This European Standard specifies general requirements for motorcyclists’ protective garments of Class A: Light-duty protective garments, which are intended to provide limited protection to the wearer against injury. It does not apply to: motorcyclists’ garments for motorsport competition events organized by a sanctioning body or motorcyclists’ garments, such as those commonly associated with off-road disciplines, unless said off-road use garments have installed impact protection.

This European Standard specifies general requirements for motorcyclists’ protective garments of Class AA: Medium-duty protective garments, which are intended to provide limited protection to the wearer against injury. It does not apply to: motorcyclists’ garments for motorsport competition events organized by a sanctioning body or motorcyclists’ garments, such as those commonly associated with off-road disciplines, unless said off-road use garments have installed impact protection.

This document specifies the reference test methods for determining the physical and mechanical
properties of protectors.
This document does not apply to any eye and face protection requirement standards which refer to
other test method standards.
Other test methods may be used if shown to be equivalent.

This standard specifies the properties of protective clothing that minimize the risk of its entanglement or drawing-in by moving parts when the wearer is working at or near hazardous moving machines or devices. This standard does not include protective clothing against injuries by special moving machine parts for which specific standards exist, e.g. protective clothing for users of chainsaws.

This European Standard specifies supplementary acoustic test methods for hearing protectors. The purpose of these tests is to enable assessment of the hearing protector performance as specified in the appropriate product standards.

This International Standard establishes minimum performance, classification, and labelling requirements
for protective clothing worn by operators handling liquid pesticide products as well as re-entry workers. Pesticide
handling includes application of diluted formulations, mixing and loading, and other activities such as cleaning
of contaminated equipment and containers. Protective clothing covered by this International Standard
includes, but is not limited to, shirts, jackets, trousers, covera...view more

This document specifies the test method for the determination of the resistance of protective glove materials to Degradation by dangerous chemicals with continuous contact.

This standard specifies a method of test for the slip resistance of PPE footwear. It is not applicable to special purpose footwear containing spikes, metal studs or similar. Footwear claiming ‘ slip resistance’ would be deemed an item of personal protective equipment.

This European Standard specifies the Sweating Torso as a method to
measure the coupled heat and mass transfer through protective clothing
in fire fighters’ specific conditions.
NOTE The Sweating Torso is developed to perform highly reproducible
laboratory tests for heat and mass transfer on clothing systems under
controlled conditions which are closely correlated to real conditions. The
Sweating Torso is a cylinder with the same size as a human trunk. The
layers of the measurement cylinder are ...view more

This Standard specifies a test method for the penetration resistance of gloves that protect against
dangerous chemicals and/or micro-organisms.

This European standard describes a thermophysiological model (thermal
human simulator) that uses the output data of the first part to obtain
physiological heat load criteria that predicts the (maximal) duration of
work in the protective clothing in fire fighters’ relevant conditions.
NOTE The human simulator method using the Sweating Torso (i.e.
coupling of the instrumented manikin with a thermo-physiological
feedback model) is validated for different scenarios by comparison to
human subject tri...view more

This part of ISO 11393 specifies the requirements and test methods for gloves that are intended to provide protection against cuts by a hand-held chain-saw, including requirements for identification, marking and information for the user. The method for measurement of protective coverage, the apparatus and the test method for assessing resistance to cutting, and the ergonomic assessment are specified. An informative
annex on risk analysis, glove ergonomics and glove selection is provided.

This part of ISO 11393 defines the design and specifies the requirements and test methods for leg protectors which offer protection against cutting from a hand-held chainsaw, including requirements for identification, marking and information for the user.

This part of ISO 11393 specifies requirements and the test methods to be used to assess the resistance of gaiters to cutting by hand-held chain-saws and other properties. A requirement and a test method for assessing the strength of underfoot straps of gaiters is also included.
This part of ISO 11393 is applicable to gaiters which are to be used in conjunction with safety footwear with a steel toecap complying with ISO 20345 design “C” or “D”,. These gaiters shall be designed to be used only in ...view more

This part of ISO 11393 specifies requirements for the protection offered by upper body protectors against cutting by a hand-held chain-saw.
It also specifies the procedures for sampling and pre-treatment of upper body protectors, the measurement of the protective coverage, the apparatus and test methods for assessing resistance to cutting, and the practical performance test for evaluating ergonomic properties.

This document specifies practical performance tests for respiratory protective devices, except for diving apparatus. The purpose of these tests is to subjectively assess certain properties, characteristics and functions of the device, when worn by test subjects in simulated practical use, which cannot be assessed by tests described in other standards.

This European Standard specifies the procedure for testing particle filter penetration for respiratory protective devices.

This document specifies requirements and test methods for non-metallic toecaps, intended to function
as components of PPE footwear (e.g. as described by ISO 20345 and ISO 20346).

This Standard specifies requirements and test methods for the metallic inserts with resistance against mechanical perforation, intended to function as components of PPE footwear (e.g. as described by EN ISO 20345, EN ISO 20346 and EN ISO 20347).

This Standard specifies requirements and test methods for the non-metallic inserts with resistance against mechanical perforation, intended to function as components of PPE footwear (e.g. as described by EN ISO 20345, EN ISO 20346 and EN ISO 20347).