Objective
The need for Footwear protecting against chemicals and micro-organisms in special industrial situations is well known and has been officially recognized in the directive ref. 89/686 EEC, annex II basic health and safety requirements, paragraph 3.10.2. This work has already been mandated to WG1 of CEN/TC161 'Foot and leg protectors'. At the present time, this lack is prejudicial for the notified bodies, which have important problem to assess the conformity to the directive of such products. The standard publication will clarify the market and would have an important industrial benefit for the footwear industry. The EN 374 test method for gloves will be used as a starting point for the development of test procedures. However it is recognized that footwear is more complex and uses different materials compared to those of gloves and therefore considerable method development will still be required. The final aim of this work is to propose a standard improving the CEN/TC 161 (WI 161.027) : Footwear protecting against chemicals and micro-organisms. (Document submitted for public enquiry November 1999)
The major results of the project are:
Definition of lists of:
-the most important chemicals that need to be tested;
-the most frequent materials used for the PPE market.
Development of knowledge on the testing of footwear in a chemical environment.
Proposition of a set of standard (including, test method, requirement, user information) to CEN TC 161 that would improve the current document of this Committee:
-prEN 13832-1 Footwear protecting against chemicals and micro-organisms part 1: terminologie and test methods;
-prEN 13832-2 Footwear protecting against chemicals and micro-organisms part 2: Footwear protecting against chemicals spraying - requirements;
-prEN 13832-3 Footwear protecting against chemicals and micro-organisms part 3: Footwear highly protective against chemicals -requirements;
-prEN 13832-4 Footwear protecting against chemicals and micro-organisms part 4: Footwear protecting against micro-organisms - requirements.
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