PROTECTIVE CLOTHING (PSA) - WHICH STANDARDS ARE IMPORTANT?
Are you an occupational safety specialist or safety officer in a company and would like to gain a deeper understanding of protective clothing (PPE) and the associated standards? Then you've come to the right place!
As a manufacturer of PPE and protective clothing, we deal with the current standards and directives on a daily basis. In the following, we have compiled an overview of all standards that are important for our protective clothing sector.
If you have any questions about protective clothing and its areas of application in practice, please feel free to contact us here.
Relevant standards for PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
PPE standards
In the following we give you an overview of all relevant standards in connection with PPE and explain the most important terms. As these are abbreviated summaries of binding occupational health and safety standards, this article does not claim to fully reflect the requirements defined in the standards.
Although this article is regularly revised by our experts, we cannot guarantee that the information is up-to-date and correct. .
EN ISO 13688: 2013 - Protective clothing – general requirements
EN 343 - Wind and weather protection
EN 1149-5 - Antistatic protective clothing
EN 11611 - Protective clothing for welding and allied processes
EN 13034-6 - Protective clothing against liquid chemicals - Type 6
EN 14058 - Clothing for protection in cool environments
EN 14404 - Knee protection for work in a kneeling position
EN ISO 20471 - High-visibility clothing
EN 61482-2 - Protective clothing against thermal hazards from arc faults
What does multi-standard protection mean?
