Personal protective equipment (PPE) is designed to protect the health and lives of workers. These are devices intended to be worn or held by the user in order to protect against one or more risks that may affect their safety and health. Providing employees with appropriate personal protective equipment is one of the most important obligations imposed on the employer by labour law. The EU Regulation 2016/425 on personal protective equipment (replacing Directive 89/686/EEC) introduced changes in the requirements for the safe design and production of PPE. Manufacturers, importers and distributors are obliged to ensure the health and safety of users. The obligations have been specified to ensure that all actors involved in the marketing of PPE are required to take appropriate steps to ensure that these measures comply with EU Regulation 2016/425. PPE must undergo a conformity assessment procedure and bear the CE marking.
The changes in the standard were made due to the inability to accurately test and classify gloves for cut resistance. The ISO 13997 TDM test recognition was considered a better test method than the Coup Test. An impact protection test has been added to the standard.
In April 2020, the new standard for heat and/or flame protection gloves EN 407:2020 came into force. This standard is a development of the previous EN 407:2004 standard.
CURRENTLY: EN ISO 374-1:2016 CHEMICAL PROTECTION GLOVES EN ISO 374-5:2016 MICROORGANISM PROTECTION GLOVES
The new standard EN ISO 21420:2020 was approved in 2020 according to the general requirements for safety gloves and applies to all safety gloves that require CE marking. It replaced EN 420:2003
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