EN ISO 11393-6:2019

Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws - Part 6: Performance requirements and test methods for upper body protectors (ISO 11393-6:2018, Corrected version 2019-11)

This document specifies the performance requirements, test methods, design requirements, identification and marking information for upper body protectors that offer protection against cutting by hand-held chainsaws.
It also specifies procedures for sampling and pre-treatment of upper body protectors, the measurement of the protective coverage, the apparatus and test methods for assessing resistance to cutting, and the practical performance test for evaluating ergonomic properties.
Guidance on chainsaw use and the selection of appropriate upper body protectors is given in Annex A.

Schutzkleidung für die Benutzer von handgeführten Kettensägen - Teil 6: Prüfverfahren und Leistungsanforderungen für Oberkörperschutzmittel (ISO 11393-6:2018, korrigierte Fassung 2019-11)

Dieses Dokument legt die Leistungsanforderungen, Prüfverfahren, Gestaltungsanforderungen sowie Identifikations- und Kennzeichnungsangaben für Oberkörperschutzmittel, die Schutz gegen Schnittver-letzungen durch eine handgeführte Kettensäge bieten, fest.
Zudem legt es Verfahren für die Probenahme und die Vorbehandlung von Oberkörperschutzmitteln, die Messung der Schutzbedeckung, die Prüfeinrichtung und Prüfverfahren zur Bewertung des Schnitt-widerstands und die praktische Leistungsprüfung zur Bewertung der ergonomischen Eigenschaften fest.
Empfehlungen zur Verwendung von Kettensägen und zur Wahl der geeigneten Oberkörperschutzmittel sind in Anhang A angegeben.

Vêtements de protection pour utilisateurs de scies à chaîne tenues à la main - Partie 6: Exigences de performance et méthodes d'essai pour protecteurs du haut du corps (ISO 11393-6:2018, Version corrigée 2019-11)

Le présent document spécifie les exigences de performance, les méthodes d'essai, les exigences de conception, l'identification et les informations de marquage relatives aux protecteurs du haut du corps qui offrent une protection contre les coupures dues aux scies à chaîne tenues à la main.
Il spécifie aussi les méthodes d'échantillonnage et de traitement préalable des protecteurs du haut du corps, le mesurage applicable à la zone de protection, l'appareillage et les méthodes d'essai utilisés pour évaluer leur résistance à la coupure, ainsi que l'essai de performance pratique destiné à l'évaluation des propriétés d'ergonomie.
L'Annexe A donne des lignes directrices pour l'utilisation de la scie à chaîne et la sélection des protecteurs du haut du corps appropriés.

Varovalna obleka za uporabnike ročnih verižnih žag - 6. del: Zahtevane lastnosti in preskusne metode za ščitnike zgornjega dela telesa (ISO 11393-6:2018, popravljena verzija 2019-11)

Ta del standarda ISO 11393 določa zahteve za zaščito, ki jo zagotavljajo ščitniki zgornjega dela telesa pred urezom z ročno verižno žago. Določa tudi postopke za vzorčenje in predobdelavo ščitnikov zgornjega dela telesa, mere zaščitnega prekrivala, aparate in preskusne metode za vrednotenje odpornosti proti urezu ter praktični preskus zmogljivosti za ocenjevanje ergonomskih lastnosti.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 23-Jul-2019
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Jan-2020
• ICS: 13.340.10 - Protective clothing
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 162 - Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 162/WG 5 - Resistance to mechanical impact of protective clothing
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 24-Jul-2019
• Due Date: 07-Feb-2019
• Completion Date: 24-Jul-2019
• 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 11393-6:2019 - Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws - Part 6: Performance requirements and test methods for upper body protectors (ISO 11393-6:2018, Corrected version 2019-11)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 381-10:2002 - Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws - Part 10: Test method for upper body protectors
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022
• Replaces: EN 381-11:2002 - Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws - Part 11: Requirements for upper body protectors
• Effective Date: 31-Jul-2019

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2019
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 381-10:2003
SIST EN 381-11:2003
Varovalna obleka za uporabnike ročnih verižnih žag - 6. del: Zahtevane lastnosti in
preskusne metode za ščitnike zgornjega dela telesa (ISO 11393-6:2018)
Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws - Part 6: Performance requirements
and test methods for upper body protectors (ISO 11393-6:2018)
Schutzkleidung für die Benutzer handgeführter Kettensägen - Teil 6: Prüfverfahren und
Leistungsanforderungen für Oberkörperschutzmittel (ISO 11393-6:2018)
Vêtements de protection pour utilisateurs de scies à chaîne tenues à la main - Partie 6:
Exigences de performance et méthodes d'essai pour protecteurs du haut du corps (ISO
11393-6:2018)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 11393-6:2019
ICS:
13.340.10 Varovalna obleka Protective clothing
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 11393-6
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2019
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.340.10 Supersedes EN 381-10:2002, EN 381-11:2002
English Version
Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws - Part
6: Performance requirements and test methods for upper
body protectors (ISO 11393-6:2018)
Vêtements de protection pour utilisateurs de scies à Schutzkleidung für die Benutzer handgeführter
chaîne tenues à la main - Partie 6: Exigences de Kettensägen - Teil 6: Prüfverfahren und
performance et méthodes d'essai pour protecteurs du Leistungsanforderungen für Oberkörperschutzmittel
haut du corps (ISO 11393-6:2018) (ISO 11393-6:2018)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 18 July 2019.

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
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2019 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 11393-6:2019 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Annex ZA (informative)  Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of REGULATION (EU) 2016/425 aimed to be covered . 4
European foreword
This document (EN ISO 11393-6:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 94
"Personal safety - Personal protective equipment" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC
162 “Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets” the secretariat of which is
held by DIN.
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 January 2020, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by January 2020.
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 381-11:2002 and EN 381-10:2002.
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 the 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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 11393-6:2018 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 11393-6:2019 without any
modification.
Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of REGULATION (EU) 2016/425 aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request to provide
one voluntary means of conforming to essential requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Regulation,
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 Regulation and associated EFTA regulations.

Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and and Regulation (EU)
2016/425
Essential Requirements of Clause(s)/sub-clause(s) of this Remarks/Notes
REGULATION (EU) 2016/425 EN
1.1.1. Ergonomics 4.4
1.1.2.1. Optimum level of 4.4
protection
1.1.2.2. Classes of protection
appropriate to different levels of
risk
1.2.1. Absence of inherent risks 4.4; 4.5; 4.6; 4.8
and other nuisance factors
1.2.1.1. Suitable constituent 4.2
materials
1.2.1.2. Satisfactory surface
condition of all PPE parts in
4.4
contact with the user
1.2.1.3. Maximum permissible 4.4
user impediment
1.3.1. Adaptation of PPE to user 4.4; 11.1
morphology
1.3.2. Lightness and strength 4.8
1.4. Manufacturer’s instructions 13; 15
and information
2.4. PPE subject to ageing 13 c); 15 q)
2.12. PPE bearing one or more
identification markings or
indicators directly or indirectly
relating to health and safety
3.3. Protection against 4.7
mechanical injuries
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 11393-6
Second edition
2018-09
Protective clothing for users of hand-
held chainsaws —
Part 6:
Performance requirements and test
methods for upper body protectors
Vêtements de protection pour utilisateurs de scies à chaîne tenues à
la main —
Partie 6: Exigences de performance et méthodes d'essai pour
protecteurs du haut du corps
Reference number
ISO 11393-6:2018(E)
©
ISO 2018
ISO 11393-6:2018(E)
© ISO 2018
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may
be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting
on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address
below or ISO’s member body in the country of the requester.
ISO copyright office
CP 401 • Ch. de Blandonnet 8
CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.iso.org
Published in Switzerland
ii © ISO 2018 – All rights reserved

ISO 11393-6:2018(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Performance requirements . 3
4.1 General . 3
4.2 Innocuousness . 3
4.3 Sizing . 3
4.4 Ergonomic requirements . 3
4.5 Specified minimum protective area for upper body protectors . 3
4.5.1 General. 3
4.5.2 Designs of jackets . 3
4.5.3 Front design A . 3
4.5.4 Front design B . 4
4.5.5 Rear design A and B . 5
4.5.6 Collar (optional) . 6
4.5.7 Fastenings and joins . . 6
4.6 Dimensional change and other changes . 6
4.6.1 Dimensional change . 6
4.6.2 Other changes as a consequence of cleaning . 7
4.7 Resistance to chainsaw cutting . 7
4.8 Requirements for the attachment of protective padding and the strength of closures . 7
5 Classification according to chain speed . 7
6 Test methods . 7
6.1 General . 7
6.2 Pre-treatment . 7
6.2.1 Cleaning .
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2019
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 381-10:2003
SIST EN 381-11:2003
Varovalna obleka za uporabnike ročnih verižnih žag - 6. del: Zahtevane lastnosti in
preskusne metode za ščitnike zgornjega dela telesa (ISO 11393-6:2018,
popravljena verzija 2019-11)
Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws - Part 6: Performance requirements
and test methods for upper body protectors (ISO 11393-6:2018, Corrected version 2019-
11)
Schutzkleidung für die Benutzer von handgeführten Kettensägen - Teil 6: Prüfverfahren
und Leistungsanforderungen für Oberkörperschutzmittel (ISO 11393-6:2018, korrigierte
Fassung 2019-11)
Vêtements de protection pour utilisateurs de scies à chaîne tenues à la main - Partie 6:
Exigences de performance et méthodes d'essai pour protecteurs du haut du corps (ISO
11393-6:2018, Version corrigée 2019-11)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 11393-6:2019
ICS:
13.340.10 Varovalna obleka Protective clothing
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 11393-6
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2019
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.340.10 Supersedes EN 381-10:2002, EN 381-11:2002
English Version
Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws - Part
6: Performance requirements and test methods for upper
body protectors (ISO 11393-6:2018, Corrected version
2019-11)
Vêtements de protection pour utilisateurs de scies à Schutzkleidung für die Benutzer handgeführter
chaîne tenues à la main - Partie 6: Exigences de Kettensägen - Teil 6: Prüfverfahren und
performance et méthodes d'essai pour protecteurs du Leistungsanforderungen für Oberkörperschutzmittel
haut du corps (ISO 11393-6:2018, Version corrigée (ISO 11393-6:2018, korrigierte Fassung 2019-11)
2019-11)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 18 July 2019.

This European Standard was corrected and reissued by the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre on 13 November 2019.

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
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATIO N

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUN G

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2019 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 11393-6:2019 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Annex ZA (informative)  Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of REGULATION (EU) 2016/425 aimed to be covered . 4
European foreword
This document (EN ISO 11393-6:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 94
"Personal safety - Personal protective equipment" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC
162 “Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets” the secretariat of which is
held by DIN.
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 January 2020, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by January 2020.
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 381-11:2002 and EN 381-10:2002.
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 the 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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 11393-6:2018, Corrected version 2019-11 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 11393-
6:2019 without any modification.

Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of REGULATION (EU) 2016/425 aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request to provide
one voluntary means of conforming to essential requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Regulation,
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 Regulation and associated EFTA regulations.

Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and and Regulation (EU)
2016/425
Essential Requirements of Clause(s)/sub-clause(s) of this Remarks/Notes
REGULATION (EU) 2016/425 EN
1.1.1. Ergonomics 4.4
1.1.2.1. Optimum level of 4.4
protection
1.1.2.2. Classes of protection
appropriate to different levels of
risk
1.2.1. Absence of inherent risks 4.4; 4.5; 4.6; 4.8
and other nuisance factors
1.2.1.1. Suitable constituent 4.2
materials
1.2.1.2. Satisfactory surface
condition of all PPE parts in
4.4
contact with the user
1.2.1.3. Maximum permissible 4.4
user impediment
1.3.1. Adaptation of PPE to user 4.4; 11.1
morphology
1.3.2. Lightness and strength 4.8
1.4. Manufacturer’s instructions 13; 15
and information
2.4. PPE subject to ageing 13 c); 15 q)
2.12. PPE bearing one or more
identification markings or
indicators directly or indirectly
relating to health and safety
3.3. Protection against 4.7
mechanical injuries
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 11393-6
Second edition
2018-09
Corrected version
2019-10
Protective clothing for users of hand-
held chainsaws —
Part 6:
Performance requirements and test
methods for upper body protectors
Vêtements de protection pour utilisateurs de scies à chaîne tenues à
la main —
Partie 6: Exigences de performance et méthodes d'essai pour
protecteurs du haut du corps
Reference number
ISO 11393-6:2018(E)
©
ISO 2018
ISO 11393-6:2018(E)
© ISO 2018
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may
be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting
on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address
below or ISO’s member body in the country of the requester.
ISO copyright office
CP 401 • Ch. de Blandonnet 8
CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.iso.org
Published in Switzerland
ii © ISO 2018 – All rights reserved

ISO 11393-6:2018(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Performance requirements . 3
4.1 General . 3
4.2 Innocuousness . 3
4.3 Sizing . 3
4.4 Ergonomic requirements . 3
4.5 Specified minimum protective area for upper body protectors . 3
4.5.1 General. 3
4.5.2 Designs of jackets . 3
4.5.3 Front design A . 3
4.5.4 Front design B . 4
4.5.5 Rear design A and B . 5
4.5.6 Collar (optional) . 6
4.5.7 Fastenings and joins . . 6
4.6 Dimensional change and other changes . 6
4.6.1 Dimensional change . 6
4.6.2 Other changes as a consequence of cleaning . 7
4.7 Resistance to chainsaw cutting . 7
4.8 Requirements for the attachment of protective padding and the strength of closures . 7
5 Classification according to chain speed . 7
6 Test methods . 7
6.1 General .
...