Standards and directives
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PROTECTIVE CLOTHING TO DISSIPATE STATIC ELECTRICITY
This European Standard specifies requirements for materials and the design of protective electrostatic dissipation clothing used in conjunction with a grounded system in order to prevent incendiary discharges. WARNING: These requirements may be insufficient in oxygen enriched flammable environments. This standard is not applicable for protection against mains voltages.
The control of undesirable static electricity on the person is often necessary.
The electrostatic potential may, indeed, have serious consequences on the charged individual, because it can be high enough to cause dangerous sparks.
After a risk assessment, the wearing of protective electrical dissipation clothing may be necessary. The use of clothing certified according to EN1149-5 is then adapted.
The ATEX Directive 1999/92/EC, in its Annex II-A-2.3, requests that workers be equipped with work clothes made of materials that do not produce electrostatic discharges that can ignite
explosive environments.
The electrostatic potential can also affect equipment sensitive to electric discharge. Antistatic clothing is often used on electronic manufacturing sites, assembling semiconductors for example. Finally, they are used on sites with controlled atmospheres such as automotive paint workshops, to avoid the emission of particles that may be deposited on the body paint.
The antistatic charge dissipation can be provided by a process limiting the build up of charge, or by adding carbon or metal wires. People wearing protective electrostatic charge dissipation clothing must always be grounded with a resistance of less than 10⁸Ω, for example, by wearing appropriate footwear such as the safety shoes stated in EN ISO 20345, or by other suitable means.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AGAINST COOL ENVIRONMENTS
This standard specifies the requirements and performance test methods for protective garments (vests, jackets, coats, trousers) against cool environments.
These garments are for use in moderate low temperatures (-5°C and over) to protect against local body cooling. Not only for outdoor use such as in the construction industry; may also be used for indoor activities, such as in the food processing industry.
These garments are not always necessarily made of air impermeable or watertight materials.
Therefore, in this European standard, these requirements are optional.
X : Class of heat resistance, Rct
X : Class of air permeability, AP
X : /cler of the garment (Optional)
X : Class of resistance to water penetration WP (Optional)
ALASKA3 | |
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EN14058 |
2 2 0,221 m². K/W X |
Insulation I cler M².K/W |
Wearer standing still, 75 W/m² | |||
Air speed | ||||
0.4 m/s | 3 m/s | |||
8h | 1h | 8h | 1h | |
0.170 | 21 | 9 | 24 | 15 |
0.265 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 7 |
0.310 | 10 | -4 | 17 | 3 |
IMPROVED VISIBILITY EQUIPMENT FOR MEDIUM RISK SITUATIONS
This standard specifies the requirements for enhanced visibility equipment in the form of a garment, or device, capable of visually signalling the presence of the user.
Enhanced Visibility Equipment is intended to provide visibility of the wearer in low or medium risk situations in all daylight conditions and/or under the illumination of vehicle headlights or headlights in the dark. This standard does not apply to high visibility equipment in high risk situations which are covered by EN ISO 20471.
TYPE A | TYPE B | TYPE AB |
Daylight |
Dark conditions |
Daylight, twilight and dark conditions |
Equipment using fluorescent material |
Equipment using retroreflective material |
Equipment using fluorescent material and retroreflective or combined performance material |
B1 (free hanging) | ||
B2 (limbs) | AB2 | |
B3 (on torso or torso and limbs) | AB3 |
Minimum surface in m² for B1 and B2 type:
B1 | B2 | |
Retroreflective material | 0,003 | 0,018 |
Minimum surface in m² for type A, B3 and AB type:
A | B3 | AB | A | B3 | AB | |
Height h of the user | h < 140 cm | h > 140 cm | ||||
Fluorescent material | 0,14 | - | 0,14 | 0,24 | - | 0,24 |
Retroreflective material | - | 0,06 | 0,06 | - | 0,08 | 0,08 |
Combined performance material | - | - | 0,14 | - | - | 0,24 |
This standard specifies the requirements and test methods for non ventilated protective clothing against radioactive contamination in the form of particles.
Clothing of this type is designed only to protect the body, the arms and the legs of the wearer, but it may be used with accessories that protect other parts of the wearer’s body (for example, boots, gloves, respiratory protective device - APR).
The garments are classified according to their nominal protection factor (ratio between the concentration of test particles in the ambient atmosphere and the concentration of test particles inside the garment), determined in relation to the total inward leakage (ratio between the concentrations of test particles insider the garment and inside the test chamber).
The classes are as follows:
CLASS | NOMINAL PROTECTION FACTOR |
3 | 500 |
2 | 50 |
1 | 5 |