Standards and directives
The common goal of our product managers and services is to offer reliable, sustainable, high-performance products in compliance with the regulations and/or standards of each territory where they are used.
In reference to standard EN ISO 20344, this European standard defines the basic and the additional
(optional) requirements for safety footwear for the workplace, marked «S». The safety shoe is
equipped with safety toe caps designed to withstand a maximum impact of 200 joules and crushing
up to 15 kN.
This standard defines the test methods for safety footwear, protective footwear, and occupational
shoes. It may be used only in conjunction with standards EN ISO 20345 and EN ISO 20347, which
specify the requirements for the shoes as a function of specific levels of risk involved.
Fall arrester with self-locking device and a self-retractable system for the lanyard. An energy reducer (absorber) can be built-in in the equipment.
Connection elements or equipment component. A lanyard can be in rope made of synthetic fibres, in metallic rope, in strap or in chain.
CAUTION: A lanyard without energy absorber must not be used as a fall arrest equipment.
Some of our products are accredited under the regulations of many countries.
The products concerned and / or bear the following markings:
USA |
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Argentina
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Brasil
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CA |
China
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UK standards |
Canada |
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Ukraine |
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Common Economic Space (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan) |
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United Kingdom
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Mexico |
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Taking into account the level of risk covered, the Regulation defines the PPE categories and determines the various manufacturer’s obligations:
• PPE category 1: Protection against minor risks.
• PPE category 2: All PPE that are not category 1 or 3.
• PPE category 3: Protection against disability or fatality
It contains laboratory tests to check the conformity with resistance to impacts, to temperature, to humidity and corrosive atmospheres, and with mechanical and respiratory resistance.
It contains laboratory tests and practical performance tests to check the conformity with resistance to temperature, to impacts, to flame, to thermal radiation, to traction,
resistance to cleansers and disinfectants. Furthermore, the visual inspection must concern the marking and the manufacturers’ information guide.
89/391: Identify and assess the risk, take preventive and protective measures, inform and train the workers.
2004/37: Risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work: hazard identifi cation, «limit values», respiratory protection.
89/656: Select and use the appropriate and compliant PPE, inform and train people, check and replace the PPE when necessary.
It contains laboratory tests and practical performance tests to check the conformity with resistance to impacts, to cleaners and disinfectants, to temperature, to flame and respiratory resistance.