EN ISO 12402-1:2005

Personal flotation devices - Part 1: Lifejackets for seagoing ships - Safety requirements (ISO 12402-1:2005)

ISO 12402-1:2005 specifies the safety requirements for lifejackets intended for use on seagoing ships with regard to the technical provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea.

Persönliche Auftriebsmittel - Teil 1: Rettungswesten für seegehende Schiffe - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen (ISO 12402-1:2005)

Dieser Teil der ISO 12402 legt die sicherheitstechnischen Anforderungen für Rettungswesten zum Gebrauch auf seegehenden Schiffen nach den technischen Regeln der International Convention for the Safe of Life at Sea
(SOLAS) fest.
ANMERKUNG   In diesem Teil der ISO 12402 werden auch die Resolutionen des Maritime Safety Committee MSC.48(66) und MSC.81 (70) beachtet, sofern sie auf Rettungswesten anwendbar sind.

Equipements individuels de flottabilité - Partie 1: Gilets de sauvetage pour navires de haute mer - Exigences de sécurité (ISO 12402-1:2005)

L'ISO 12402-1:2005 spécifie les exigences de sécurité relatives aux gilets de sauvetage destinés à une utilisation sur les navires de haute mer, dans le cadre des dispositions techniques de la Convention internationale pour la sauvegarde de la vie humaine en mer (SOLAS).

Osebni plavalni pripomočki – 1. del: Rešilni jopiči za morske ladje – Varnostne zahteve (ISO 12402-1:2005)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 31-Aug-2005
• Withdrawal Date: 12-May-2015
• ICS: 13.340.70 - Lifejackets, buoyancy aids and floating devices
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 162 - Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 162/WG 6 - Lifejackets
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Completion Date: 13-May-2015
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 12402-1:2005 - Personal flotation devices - Part 1: Lifejackets for seagoing ships - Safety requirements (ISO 12402-1:2005)

Standards Content (Sample)

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Persönliche Auftriebsmittel - Teil 1: Rettungswesten für seegehende Schiffe -
Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen (ISO 12402-1:2005)
Equipements individuels de flottabilité - Partie 1: Gilets de sauvetage pour navires de
haute mer - Exigences de sécurité (ISO 12402-1:2005)
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 12402-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2005
ICS 13.340.10
English Version
Personal flotation devices - Part 1: Lifejackets for seagoing
ships - Safety requirements (ISO 12402-1:2005)
Equipements individuels de flottabilité - Partie 1: Gilets de Persönliche Auftriebsmittel - Teil 1: Rettungswesten für
sauvetage pour navires de haute mer - Exigences de seegehende Schiffe - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen
sécurité (ISO 12402-1:2005) (ISO 12402-1:2005)
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Foreword
This document (EN ISO 12402-1:2005) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 162 "Protective
clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets", the secretariat of which is held by DIN, in
collaboration with Technical Committee ISO/TC 188 " Small craft".

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 March 2006, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by March 2006.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
and United Kingdom.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 12402-1
First edition
2005-09-01
Personal flotation devices —
Part 1:
Lifejackets for seagoing ships —
Safety requirements
Équipements individuels de flottabilité —
Partie 1: Gilets de sauvetage pour navires de haute mer — Exigences
de sécurité
Reference number
ISO 12402-1:2005(E)
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ISO 12402-1:2005(E)
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ISO 12402-1:2005(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope.1
2 Normative references.1
3 Terms and definitions .2
4 Classification.3
4.1 Classes.3
4.2 Performance levels.4
5 Requirements.5
5.1 General.5
5.2 Combination of lifejackets and accessories.5
5.3 Types of buoyancy .6
5.4 Conspicuousness.7
5.5 Strength.8
5.6 Performance.8
5.7 Multi-chamber buoyancy systems.10
6 Marking.10
6.1 General.10
6.2 Information on the lifejacket.10
6.3 Additional information on devices to be used for crew and other trained personnel.10
7 Information supplied by the manufacturer .11
8 Information for the operator .11
Bibliography .13

ISO 12402-1:2005(E)
Foreword
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ISO 12402-1 was prepared by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee
CEN/TC 162, Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets, in collaboration with
Technical Committee ISO/TC 188, Small craft, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation
between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
ISO 12402 consists of the following parts, under the general title Personal flotation devices:
 Part 1: Lifejackets for seagoing ships — Safety requirements
 Part 2: Lifejackets, performance level 275 — Safety requirements
 Part 3: Lifejackets, performance level 150 — Safety requirements
 Part 4: Lifejackets, performance level 100 — Safety requirements
 Part 5: Buoyancy aids (level 50) — Safety requirements
 Part 6: Special purpose lifejackets and buoyancy aids — Safety requirements and additional test methods
 Part 7: Materials and components — Safety requirements and test methods
 Part 8: Accessories — Safety requirements and test methods
 Part 9: Test methods
 Part 10: Selection and application of flotation devices and other relevant devices
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ISO 12402-1:2005(E)
Introduction
ISO 12402 has been prepared to give guidance on the design and application of personal flotation devices
(hereafter referred to as PFDs) for persons engaged in activities, whether in relation to their work or their
leisure, in or near water. PFDs manufactured, selected, and maintained to this standard should give a
reasonable assurance of safety from drowning to a person who is immersed in water.
Requirements for lifejackets on large, commercial seagoing ships are regulated by the International Maritime
Organisation (IMO) under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). ISO 12402-1
addresses lifejackets for seagoing ships.
ISO 12402 allows for the buoyancy of a PFD to be provided by a wide variety of materials or designs, some of
which may require preparation before entering the water (e.g. inflation of chambers by gas from a cylinder or
blown in orally). However, PFDs can be divided into the following two main classes:
 those which provide face up in-water support to the user regardless of physical conditions (lifejackets),
and
 those which require the user to make swimming and other postural movements to position the user with
the face out of the water (buoyancy aids).
Within these main two classes there are a number of levels of support, types of buoyancy, activation methods
for inflatable devices, and auxiliary items (such as location aids), all of which will affect the user‘s probability of
survival. Within the different types of buoyancy allowed, inflatable PFDs either provide full buoyancy without
any user intervention other than arming (i.e. PFDs inflated by a fully automatic method) or require the user to
initiate the inflation. Hybrid PFDs always provide some buoyancy but rely on the same methods as inflatable
PFDs to achieve full buoyancy. With inherently buoyant PFDs, the user only needs to put the PFD on to
achieve the performance of its class.
PFDs that do not require intervention (automatically operating PFDs) are suited to activities where persons
are likely to enter the water unexpectedly; whereas PFDs requiring intervention (e.g. manually inflated PFDs)
are only suitable for use if the user believes there will be sufficient time to produce full buoyancy, or help is
close at hand. In every circumstance, the user should ensure that the operation of the PFD is suited to the
specific application. The conformity of a PFD to this part of ISO 12402 does not imply that it is suitable for all
circumstances. The relative amount of required inspection and maintenance is another factor of paramount
importance in the choice and application of specific PFDs.
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