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Skin protection guide

Personal protection standards (PSA) Regulation: 89/686/EWG

Subdivision Into Categories

Personal protection equipment is available in 3 categories. This is dependent on the potential hazard against which they offer
protection: The CE mark is a conformity mark. For the majority of products, the manufacturer or importer marks the product and documents
that the requirements of the specific EU directive (in this case 89/686/EU for personal protection equipment) are observed.
Category 1 : Minimal Risks (Cat I)
Reduced protection requirements / consequences are reversible (can be restored) such as with domestic and gardening work
For simple gloves that offer protection at low risk level and where the consequences are reversible (can be restored). The manufacturers can test
and certificate the gloves themselves. The gloves in this category have the following CE mark:
Name/Art.-No., Company, CE, (EN 420)

Category 2 : Medium Risks (Cat II)
Protection against mechanical hazards such as when carrying out bricklaying, vehicle body working
Gloves that are designed for medium risks, i.e. gloves with mechanical protection and good performance with regards to puncturing and wear,
need to be subjected to tests and certification by independent testing institutes. Only such approved test institutes with their own identification
number can issue a CE mark, without which the gloves cannot be sold. The name and address of this approved organisation must be quoted
on the instructions for use that accompany the gloves. The gloves in this category have the following CE mark:
Name/Art.-No., Company Size, CE, (Zeichen), EN 388 (EN 407 and EN 511 also possible

Category 3: Highest Risks (Cat III)
Protection against fatal hazards or irreversible (cannot be restored) health impairment, such as when handling chemicals, electrical
power, heat, cold and radiation
The gloves that are designed for protection at the highest level of risk, e.g. protection from chemicals, must either be tested annually by an appro-
ved test institute, or the quality assurance system that the manufacturer uses to ensure homogeneity of the production must be tested indepen-
dently by an approved test institute every year. The test institute that carries out these investigations is designated by a number which must
appear next to the CE mark (in this case 0334). The gloves having a complex design have the following CE mark:
Name/ Art.-No., Company, Size, CE 0334 (ID number of the approved test institute), e.g. (Zeichen) EN 374, (Zeichen) EN 60903

Indentification of
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authorised represen
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Artikle-No.
Detail of Size
User must read the instructions
EN 388 Protection
against Mechanical for use before use
risks Mark: The gloves comply with the
requirements of the EU Directive
for personal protection

EN Standards

The user must read the instructions for use before using EN

EN 420 General Requirements for Gloves
This standard stipulates the relevant test procedure to be used for all protective gloves as well as the general requirements for structural principles,
glove manufacture and resistance of the glove material to penetration by water, lack of toxicity, comfort and performance and the mark to be used
by the manufacturer and the information to be supplied by the manufacturer..

Details of The Level of Performance

Assessment Possibility:
0: Minimum Requirement
1: Slight
2: Good
3: Very Good
4 - 5: Outstanding
x: Performance not measured
The higher the figure, the better the performance

Technical data subject to change.
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