EN Standards
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EN ISO 20471
High Visibility Clothing
Class 3 – highest class, typically consists of upper body and full sleeved garments or coveralls.
Class 2 – middle level, typically consists of short or no sleeve garments and some trousers.
Class 1 – lowest level, typically consists of lower body or partially fluorescent garments.
RIS-3279-TOM
Railway Group Standard – High Visibility Clothing
This Rail Group Standard is a high visibility standard that only applies to orange garments in the rail industry in the UK and garments must comply to Class 2 High Visibility.
The Standard mandates a minimum requirement for high visibility clothing to be provided for the wearing by people on line-side or on or near the line.
It applies to all high visibility clothing worn in order to meet the requirements of GE/RT8000 Rule Book.
The rail industry standard has now replaced GO/RT 3279 Issue 8. However, garments previously certified to GO/RT 3279 continue to meet the requirements of the rail industry standard.
EN 343
Protection against rain
Y – Resistance to water penetration (waterproofness) – 4
classes.
Y – Resistance to water vapour (breathability) – 4 classes.
4 – Rain Tower Test (optional test), replaced with X when not tested. Will be
written for example, Class 4.4X.
EN 14058
Protection against cold
Protection against the effects of cool environments at low
temperatures above -5 in outdoor and indoor environments, e.g. wind cooling
effect in an outdoor environment or a body cooling effect in a refrigerated
environment.
Y – Thermal Resistance (Class 1–4)
Y – Air Permeability Class (Class 1–3)
Y – Idler (Class 4 mandatory, Class 1–3 optional)
WP – Water Penetration (optional)
Y and/or WP will be replaced with X if the garment has not been tested.
EN 13758 (40+)
Solar UV protection
For textiles that provide high solar UV protection requiring garments to have an Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) of at least 40 (UPF 40+) and block harmful UVA/UVB rays.
IEC 61482
Thermal hazards of an arc flash
IEC 61482-2 is the European garment standard for the thermal
hazards of an arc flash.
The standard includes requirements for material testing and additional
information for garments constructed from the compliant materials.
Garments certified to this standard are defined as category III and are subject
to annual audits under Article 11 of the PPE Regulation.
EN ISO 11612
Clothing to protect against heat and flame
A(X): Limited Flame Spread test – A1 Face and/or A2 Edge.
Procedure A (leads to Class A1), the flame is applied horizontally.
Procedure B (leads to Class A2), the flame is applied laterally.
B(X): (B1–B3) – Performance against convective heat
C(X): (C1–C4) – Performance against radiant heat
D(X): (D1–D3) – Performance against molten aluminium splash
E(X): (E1–E3) – Performance against molten iron splash
F(X): (F1–F3) – Performance against contact heat.
EN ISO 11611
Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes
Limited Flame Spread Test.
Impact of Splatter Test.
Class 1: Manual welding operations during which small amounts of splatter of
molten metal are formed.
Class 2: Manual welding operations during which large amounts of droplets of
molten metal are formed.
EN 1149 5
Protective clothing – electrostatic properties
It specifies material and design requirements for electrostatic dissipative protection clothing used as part of a total earthed system to avoid incendiary discharge of static electricity.
The outer fabric of these garments are therefore made from antistatic materials
and components.
Antistatic PPE is certified to EN1149-5 as this standard covers the performance
requirements of the garments and refers to the choice of 2 different test
methods (EN1149-1 or EN1149-3).
Garments meeting this standard do not offer protection from mains voltage.