EN ISO 20349-1:2017

Personal protective equipment - Footwear protecting against risks in foundries and welding - Part 1: Requirements and test methods for protection against risks in foundries (ISO 20349-1:2017)

ISO 20349-1:2017 specifies requirements and test methods for footwear protecting users against risks, such as those encountered in foundries.
Footwear complying with this document also offers other protection as defined in ISO 20345.
NOTE          Gaiters over boot and clothing intended to provide protection to the feet and legs against molten metal are addressed by ISO 11612.

Persönliche Schutzausrüstung - Schuhe zum Schutz gegen Risiken in Gießereien und beim Schweißen - Teil 1: Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren zum Schutz gegen Risiken in Gießereien (ISO 20349-1:2017)

Dieses Dokument legt Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Schuhe fest, die ihre Benutzer vor Risiken schützen, wie sie beispielsweise in Gießereien auftreten.
Schuhe, die diesem Dokument entsprechen, bieten auch anderen Schutz wie in ISO 20345 festgelegt.
ANMERKUNG   Gamaschen, Überschuhe und Kleidung zum Schutz der Füße und Beine vor geschmolzenem Metall werden in ISO 11612 behandelt.

Équipement de protection individuelle - Chaussures de protection contre les risques dans les fonderies et lors d'opérations de soudage - Partie 1: Exigences et méthode d'essai pour la protection contre les risques dans les fonderies (ISO 20349-1:2017)

ISO 20349-1:2017 spécifie les exigences et les méthodes d'essai applicables aux chaussures destinées à protéger les utilisateurs contre les risques comme ceux rencontrés dans les fonderies.
Les chaussures se conformant au présent document offrent aussi d'autres protections définies dans l'ISO 20345.
NOTE          Les guêtres, les couvre-chaussures et les vêtements conçus pour la protection des pieds et des jambes contre le métal fondu sont traités par l'ISO 11612.

Osebna varovalna oprema - Obutev za zaščito pred tveganji v livarnah in pri varjenju - 1. del: Zahteve in preskusne metode za zaščito pred tveganji v livarnah (ISO 20349-1:2017)

Ta dokument določa zahteve in preskusne metode za obutev, ki ščiti uporabnike pred tveganji,
kot so tveganja v livarnah.
Obutev, ki je v skladu s tem dokumentom, omogoča tudi drugo zaščito, kot je opredeljeno v standardu ISO 20345.
OPOMBA Gamaše, ki prekrivajo obutev in oblačila, namenjena zaščiti stopal in nog pred staljeno kovino, so obravnavane v standardu ISO 11612.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 22-Aug-2017
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Aug-2019
• ICS: 13.340.50 - Leg and foot protection
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 161 - Foot and leg protectors
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 161/WG 2 - Specifications for footwear for professional use
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 23-Aug-2017
• Due Date: 11-Jun-2017
• Completion Date: 23-Aug-2017
• Directive: 2016/425 - Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC
• Directive: 89/686/EEC - Council Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment
• Mandate: M/031 - Standardization mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning standards for Personal Protective Equipment
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 20349-1:2017 - Personal protective equipment - Footwear protecting against risks in foundries and welding - Part 1: Requirements and test methods for protection against risks in foundries (ISO 20349-1:2017)

Relations

• Replaces: EN ISO 20349:2010 - Personal protective equipment - Footwear protecting against thermal risks and molten metal splashes as found in foundries and welding - Requirements and test method (ISO 20349:2010)
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022
• Amended By: EN ISO 20349-1:2017/A1:2020 - Personal protective equipment - Footwear protecting against risks in foundries and welding - Part 1: Requirements and test methods for protection against risks in foundries - Amendment 1 (ISO 20349-1:2017/Amd 1:2020)
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2019

Standards Content (Sample)

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Personal protective equipment - Footwear protecting against risks in foundries and
welding - Part 1: Requirements and test methods for protection against risks in foundries
(ISO 20349-1:2017)
Persönliche Schutzausrüstung - Schuhe zum Schutz gegen Risiken in Gießereien und
beim Schweißen - Teil 1: Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren zum Schutz gegen Risiken in
Gießereien (ISO 20349-1:2017)
Équipement de protection individuelle - Chaussures protegeant contre les risques dans
les fonderies et la soudure - Partie 1: Exigences et méthode d'essai pour la protection
contre les risques dans les fonderies (ISO 20349-1:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 20349-1:2017
ICS:
13.340.50 Varovanje nog in stopal Leg and foot protection
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 20349-1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 2017
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.340.50 Supersedes EN ISO 20349:2010
English Version
Personal protective equipment - Footwear protecting
against risks in foundries and welding - Part 1:
Requirements and test methods for protection against
risks in foundries (ISO 20349-1:2017)
Équipement de protection individuelle - Chaussures de Persönliche Schutzausrüstung - Schuhe zum Schutz
protection contre les risques dans les fonderies et lors gegen Risiken in Gießereien und beim Schweißen - Teil
d'opérations de soudage - Partie 1: Exigences et 1: Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren zum Schutz gegen
méthode d'essai pour la protection contre les risques Risiken in Gießereien (ISO 20349-1:2017)
dans les fonderies (ISO 20349-1:2017)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 June 2017.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
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Turkey and United Kingdom.
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© 2017 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 20349-1:2017 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC Personal Protective Equipment aimed to
be covered . 4
European foreword
This document (EN ISO 20349-1:2017) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 161 “Foot
and leg protectors” the secretariat of which is held by BSI, in collaboration with Technical Committee
ISO/TC 94 “Personal safety - Protective clothing and equipment”.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2018, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2018.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 20349:2010.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 20349-1:2017 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 20349-1:2017 without any
modification.
Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC Personal Protective
Equipment aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request M/031
Personal protective equipment to provide one voluntary means of conforming to essential]
requirements of the New Approach Directive 89/686/EEC Personal Protective Equipment.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive
89/686/EEC, compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZA.1 confers,
within the limits of the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding
essential requirements of that Directive 89/686/EEC, and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and EU Directive 89/686/EEC
Personal Protective Equipment
Essential Requirements of Clause(s)/sub-clause(s) of
Remarks/Notes
Directive 89/686/EEC this EN
1.1 Ergonomics 7.1 EN ISO 20345:2011, 5.3.4
1.2 Innocuousness of PPE 7.9
1.4 Information supplied by
the manufacturer
2.2 PPE enclosing the parts of EN ISO 20345:2011, 5.4.6 and

the body to be protected 5.5.3
EN ISO 20345:2011, 5.3.2.5,
2.4 PPE subject to ageing 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, and 7.7
6.4.1 and 6.2.3.2
2.12 PPE bearing one or more
identification or recognition
marks directly or indirectly
relating to health and safety
3.1 Protection against EN ISO 20345:2011, 5.3.2,

mechanical impact 6.2.4, 6.2.6 and 6.2.7
3.1.2.1 Protection against
EN ISO 20345:2011, 5.3.5
mechanical impact
3.2 Protection against (static)
EN ISO 20345:2011, 5.3.2.4,
compression of part of the
6.2.1 and 6.2.4
body
3.3 Protection against physical
EN ISO 20345:2011, 6.2.1 and
injury (abrasion, perforation,
6.2.8
cuts, bites)
3.6 Protection against heat 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
EN ISO 20345:2011, 6.4.1
and/or fire and 7.8
3.7 Protection against cold  EN ISO 20345:2011, 6.2.3.2
3.8 Protection against electric
EN ISO 20345:2011, 6.2.2.3
shock
WARNING 1 — Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
Standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2 — Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 20349-1
First edition
2017-07
Personal protective equipment —
Footwear protecting against risks in
foundries and welding —
Part 1:
Requirements and test methods for
protection against risks in foundries
Équipement de protection individuelle — Chaussures de protection
contre les risques dans les fonderies et lors d’opérations de soudage —
Partie 1: Exigences et méthode d’essai pour la protection contre les
risques dans les fonderies
Reference number
ISO 20349-1:2017(E)
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ISO 20349-1:2017(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Classification of footwear . 2
5 Sampling and conditioning . 2
6 Requirements . 2
7 Specific requirements . 4
7.1 Height of upper . 4
7.2 Footwear design. 4
7.3 Resistance to the effects of molten metal. 5
7.4 Resistance of upper to contact heat transmission . 5
7.5 Burning behaviour . 5
7.6 Heat insulation of sole complex . 5
7.7 Surface shrinkage of leather . 5
7.8 Footwear removal time . 7
7.9 Innocuousness . 7
8 Marking . 7
9 Information to be supplied by the manufacturer . 8
9.1 General . 8
9.2 Information regarding perforation resistant insert . 9
9.3 Electrical properties .10
9.3.1 Antistatic footwear .10
9.3.2 Electrically insulating footwear .
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