Standards
Personal protection equipment
It is the responsibility of the employer to ensure that personal protection equipment used in the workplace is CE marked and provides appropriate protection at all times against the risk the employee is exposed to.
The employer is responsible for your safety at work
Employers are also responsible for ensuring that personal protection equipment is available where it is needed and that necessary training is given. Regular controls of personal protection being used should be made and immediate measures should be put in place if mandatory personal protection equipment is not being utilised. The employer is also responsible for procedures for storing, maintaining, repairing and replacing personal protective equipment and for ensuring that the personal protective equipment is in a good hygienic condition.
Our product managers are available for advice concerning correct choice of protective equipment.
PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT STANDARDS
PERSONAL HEAD-PROTECTION
EN 397
Industrial safety helmets
EN 50365
Electrically insulating helmets for use on low voltage installations
EN 14052
High performance industrial helmets
EN 812
Industrial bump caps
PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
EN 341
Personal fall protection equipment – Descender devices for rescue
EN 353
Guided fall arresters
EN 354
Personal fall protection equipment – Lanyards
EN 354
Personal fall protection equipment – Lanyards
EN 358
Personal protective equipment for work positioning and prevention of falls from a height – Belts for work positioning and restraint and work positioning lanyards
EN 360
Personal protective equipment against falls from a height – Retractable type fall arresters
EN 361
Personal protective equipment against falls from a height – Full body harnesses
EN 362
Personal protective equipment against falls from a height – Connector.
WORKWEAR STANDARDS
EN ISO 340 and EN ISO 13688
Protective clothing – General requirements
EN ISO 11612
Protective clothing – Clothing to protect against heat and flame
EN ISO 14116
Protective clothing – Protection against flame – Limited flame spread materials
EN ISO 11611
Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes
IEC 61482
Protective clothing against the thermal hazards of an electric arc
EN 13034
Protective clothing against liquid chemicals – limited protective performance against liquid chemicals
EN 1149
Protective clothing – Electrostatic properties
EN ISO 20471
High visibility clothing
EN 342
Protective clothing – Ensembles and garments for protection against cold
EN 343
Protective clothing – Protection against rain
EN 14404
Personal protective equipment – Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position
HEARING PROTECTORS
EN 458
Hearing protectors – Recommendations for selection, use, care and maintenance – Guidance document
EN 352
Hearing protectors
EN 13819-1
Hearing protectors – Testing – Part 1: Physical test methods
RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
EN 136
Respiratory protective devices – Full face masks – Requirements, testing, marking
EN 140
Respiratory protective devices – Half masks and quarter masks – Requirements, testing, marking
EN 143
Respiratory protective devices – Particle filters – Requirements, testing, marking
EN 14387
Respiratory protective devices – Gas filter(s) and combined filter(s) – Requirements, testing, marking
EN 14594
Respiratory protective devices – Continuous flow compressed air line breathing apparatus – Requirements, testing, marking
EN 149
Respiratory protective devices – Filtering half masks to protect against particles – Requirements, testing, marking
EN 12941
Respiratory protective devices – Power filtering devices incorporating a helmet or a hood – Requirements, testing, marking
EN 12942
Respiratory protective devices – Power assisted filtering devices incorporating full face masks, half masks or quarter masks – Requirements, testing, marking
EN 403
Respiratory protective devices for self-rescue – Filtering devices with hood for escape from fire – Requirements, testing, marking
EN 405
Respiratory protective devices – Valved filtering half masks to protect against gases or gases and particles – Requirements, testing, marking
WORKSHOES STANDARDS
EN 20345
Personal protective equipment – Safety footwear
EN 20347
Personal protective equipment – Occupational footwear
EN 15090
Footwear for firefighters
EN 17249
Safety footwear with resistance to chain saw cutting
ASTM
ASTM is an American standard for approval of protective equipment (American Society for Testing and Materials)
WORK GLOVES STANDARDS
EN 420
General requirements for protective gloves
EN 1149
Protection against electrostatic properties
EN 511
Protective gloves against cold
EN ISO 388:2016
Protective gloves from mechanical risks
EN ISO 374-1: 2016
Protective gloves against dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms Part 1: Terminology and performance requirements
EN ISO 374-5:2016
Terminology and performance requirements for micro-organism risks
EN 407
Protective gloves against thermal risks (heat and/or fire)
EN 12477
Protective gloves for welders