ISO/TS 20141:2022

Personal safety — Personal protective equipment — Guidelines on compatibility testing of PPE

This document describes compatibility for ensembles of personal protective equipment (PPE) to be used by personnel where operating situations and processes require more than one piece of PPE. Where there is more than one risk to health and safety, it is necessary to wear or use more than one item of PPE at the same time. Such equipment should be compatible and continue to be effective to minimise the risks. This document includes examples of interactions between items of PPE, between PPE and the operating environment and the effects of PPE on the correct functioning of integrated sensors and electronic devices. This document provides suggestions of test procedures to assess the effects of any interactions and identify unacceptable restrictions to safe operations. NOTE The principles of this document are also applicable to assessment of interactions with other items in an ensemble that are necessary to the work and that are not PPE, for example cap lamps, instruments, tools. This document is also intended to be a general guideline for writers of performance requirements standards and test methods for PPE. This document can also be used by PPE manufacturers, distributors, solutions providers, purchasers, wearers and employers as guidance in PPE design and selection.

Sécurité personnelle — Équipement de protection individuelle — Lignes directrices pour les essais de compatibilité des PPE

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 15-Aug-2022
• ICS: 13.340.01 - Protective equipment in general
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 94 - Personal safety -- Personal protective equipment
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 94/WG 1 - Compatibility of PPE items
• Current Stage: 6060 - International Standard published
• Start Date: 16-Aug-2022
• Due Date: 16-Aug-2022
• Completion Date: 16-Aug-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 20141
First edition
2022-08
Personal safety — Personal protective
equipment — Guidelines on
compatibility testing of PPE
Sécurité personnelle — Équipement de protection individuelle —
Lignes directrices pour les essais de compatibilité des PPE
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction . vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Compatibility . 3
4.1 General . 3
4.2 Combination of items of PPE known to create problems . 3
4.3 Multiple hazard compatibility . 5
4.4 Consideration of environmental compatibility . 5
4.5 Thermal protection compatibility . 5
4.6 Chemical protection compatibility . 5
4.7 Mechanical protection compatibility . 6
4.8 Examples of issues . . 6
4.8.1 General . 6
4.8.2 Examples of compatibility situations. 7
4.9 Applicability of test methods to ensembles .12
4.9.1 General .12
4.9.2 Specific combinations .12
4.10 Applicability of test methods for compatibility of PPE items . 15
5 Principles of compatibility testing .15
5.1 General . 15
5.1.1 Selection of the components of an ensemble . 15
5.1.2 Selection of test persons . 16
5.1.3 Reports . 18
5.2 Guidelines for setting acceptance criteria . 18
5.2.1 General . 18
5.2.2 Principal factors to be considered . 18
6 Guidelines for practical performance tests .19
6.1 General . 19
6.2 Donning and doffing items of PPE in an ensemble . 19
6.2.1 Procedure . 19
6.2.2 Observations . 19
6.2.3 Report. 19
6.3 Head bending forward/backward and left/right . 19
6.3.1 Procedure . 19
6.3.2 Observations .20
6.3.3 Report. 20
6.4 Head shaking ‘no’ and nodding ‘yes’ . 20
6.4.1 Procedure .20
6.4.2 Observations . 21
6.4.3 Report. 21
6.5 Hands reaching above the head . 21
6.5.1 Procedure . 21
6.5.2 Observations . 22
6.5.3 Report.22
6.6 Torso flexing .22
6.6.1 Procedure .22
6.6.2 Observations . 24
6.6.3 Report. 24
6.7 Repeated bending movements of the arm . 24
6.7.1 Procedure . 24
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6.7.2 Observations . 24
6.7.3 Report. 24
6.8 Lifting the upper legs .25
6.8.1 Procedure . 25
6.8.2 Observations .25
6.8.3 Report. 25
6.9 Grabbing and pinching . .25
6.9.1 Procedure . 25
6.9.2 Observations .26
6.9.3 Report. 27
6.10 Walking on a flat surface . 27
6.10.1 Procedure . 27
6.10.2 Observations . 27
6.10.3 Report. 27
6.11 Walking up and down a ladder and stairs .28
6.11.1 Procedure .28
6.11.2 Observations .28
6.11.3 Report.28
6.12 Bending over .29
6.12.1 Procedure .29
6.12.2 Observations .
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