Personal Protection (PPE)

Personal Protection CE marking PPE Directive

PPE is the abbreviation of personal protective equipment, the so-called PPE refers to any device or apparatus worn or held by individuals for protection against one or more hazards that impair health and safety. It is primarily used to protect employees from serious work-related injuries or illnesses caused by exposure to chemical radiation, electrical equipment, human-powered equipment, mechanical equipment, or in some hazardous workplaces. In addition to face shields, safety glasses, and safety shoes, PPE includes a wide range of respiratory protection, protective clothing, including helmets, goggles, hearing protection (ear plugs), safety gloves, safety shoes, respirators, and safety belts.

For work: protective shoes, goggles Protective shoes, goggles

Home use: sunglasses and gardening gloves sunglasses, gardening gloves

Recreational use: helmets for biking, in-line/roller skating bicycling, skating helmets PPE with CE marking declares compliance with the health and safety requirements of the PPE Directive and other directives.

Personal Protection CE marking Directive 89/686/EEC, which was adopted in 1989 by the European Community (EC-European Community), now the European Union (EU-EUROPEAN UNION) common legislation No. 686, was adopted by the European Parliament and the European Commission in 1989, the mandatory date of implementation is 1995/7/1. 1, Amendment No.: 93/68/EEC; 93/95/EEC; 96/58/EEC

The PPE Directive is a directive for personal protective equipment (PPE). It ensures that PPE on the European market is efficient in preventing hazards by imposing legal obligations. The key health and safety requirements (EHSR) and conformity assessment procedures for PPE are detailed in the Directive. Manufacturers or their authorized representatives in the EU can comply with the technical requirements either directly or through European harmonized standards.

Definition of PPE

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is defined as.

(a) Equipment designed and manufactured to protect the health or safety of a person against one or more risks.

(b) interchangeable parts of equipment described in point (a) that are essential to its protective function.

(c) (a) referred to in the connection system for equipment not held or worn by a person, designed to connect the equipment to an external device or a reliable anchorage point, not designed to be permanently fixed and not requiring fastening work before use.

PPE should also include

1. a combination of several devices or apparatus assembled as a whole by the manufacturer to protect individuals against one or more potential concurrent hazards;

2. for the performance of a specific activity, the individual wears or holds with the personal non-protective equipment can be separated or non-separable assembled in one protective device or apparatus;

3. interchangeable PPE components essential for the satisfactory function and exclusive use of the above equipment.

4. any system placed on the market with the PPE for coupling the PPE to another external, additional device, even if the system is not intended to be worn or held at all times during the entire period of the hazardous environment, shall be considered an integral part of the equipment.

Differences between the old Directive 89/686/EEC and the new Directive 2016/425

Personal Protection CE marking (PPE)

Conformity assessment modes for personal protection PPE certification

Mode A: internal production control (interanl production control)

Mode B: type test (EC type-examination)

Mode D: production quality assurance (production quality assurance)

Mode E: product quality assurance (product quality assurance)

Mode F: product verification

Mode H: full quality assurance (full quality assurance)

Mode H, D, E need to have quality system certification

Personal Protection Directive core requirements:

1. Design principles

2. Ergonomics

3. Protection level and level

4. Harmlessness

5. No hazards and other inherently harmful factors

6. Comfort and energy efficiency

7. Form and adaptability to the user

8. Lightness and design strength

9. Compatibility of different models or categories for simultaneous use

Personal protective equipment range categories

1. Head protection

2. Respiratory organ protection

3. Eye and face protection

4. Hearing organ protection

5. Hand protection

6. foot protection

7 Torso protection

8. skin care products

9. fall protection products

Personal protective equipment CE certification (PPE Directive) does not cover the scope of:

1. PPE (helmets, shields, etc.) designed and manufactured specifically for use by the armed forces or to maintain law and order.

2 PPE for self-defense (smoke canisters, self-defense weapons, etc.).

3 PPE designed and manufactured for personal protection against the following hazards: adverse atmospheric conditions (hats, seasonal clothing footwear, umbrellas, etc.); moisture and water (dishwashing gloves, etc.); heat (gloves, etc.).

4. PPE used to protect or rescue the occupants of a ship or aircraft and not always worn.

5. Helmets and goggles for two- or three-wheeled motorcycle riders.

PPE personal protective equipment standards:

BS 5883, ANSI Z87.1 Industrial goggles

EN 14120 Wheeled sports protective equipment

EN 1621 Motorcycle protective equipment

EN 13138 Buoyancy devices

FMVSS 209 Seat belts  

EN 166 Personal eye protectors

ANSI Z87.1 Eye and face protection for occupational and educational use

AS/NZS 1337 Eye protection for industrial use

CSA Z94.3 Eye and face protection for industrial use

EN 175 Eye protection for welding

EN 1731 Eye protection with mesh

EN 169 Filter goggles for welding

EN 170 Ultraviolet filters

EN 171 Infrared filters

EN 172 Daylight filters (industrial)

EN 379 Transformable filters for welding

AS/NZS 1338 Part 1, 2, 3: Filters for welding, UV filters and infrared filters

EN 207 Eye laser protection

EN 208 Protective eyeware for laser protection (commissioning work)

EN 1836 General purpose sunglasses and sun filters

ANSI Z80.3 Sunglasses and fashion eyewear

EN 174 Ski goggles for downhill skiing

ISO 8980 Part 1 and 2: Spectacle lenses with raw edges, single vision, multifocal and progressive lenses

EN 397 Industrial

EN 14052 High performance industry

ANSI Z89.1 American National Standard for Industrial Head Protective Equipment

AS/NZS 1801 Occupational protective helmets

EN 443 Firefighters' helmets

EN 812 Impact caps (head protection equipment)

EN 1384 Rider's helmet

ASTM F1163 Helmets for equestrian sports and horseback riding

EN 1078 Bicycle helmets, skateboard helmets and ice skating helmets

ASTM F1447 Bicycle helmets

ASTM F1492 Skateboard and freestyle roller skating helmets

ASTM F1751 Recreational roller skating helmets

ASTM F1898 Bicycle helmets for toddlers and toddlers

CPSC 16 CFR Part 1203: Bicycle helmets

EN 966 Air sports helmets

EN 967 Ice hockey helmets

EN 1077 Alpine ski helmets

EN 1385 Canoeing and white water sports helmets

EN 12492 Climbing helmets

EN 13484 Short sled user helmets

EN 1080 Children's play helmets

EN 352-1 Ear muffs

EN 352-2 Ear plugs

EN 352-3 Helmet fixed earmuffs

EN 352-4 Leveling (amplitude sensing) earmuffs

EN 352-5 Active noise attenuating earmuffs

EN 352-6 Ear muffs with audio communication

EN 352-7 Electro-planar earplugs

EN 24869 Part 1: Attenuation testing of hearing protection equipment

Personal protective equipment - labour gloves - CE marking - PPE Directive

EN 374:2003 (Parts 1 to 3) - Chemical protection