NEN-EN 13921-4
Personal protective equipment - Ergonomic principles - Part 4: Thermal characteristics
Organization: | NEN |
Publication Date: | 1 July 2003 |
Status: | inactive |
Page Count: | 20 |
ICS Code (Protective equipment in general): | 13.340.01 |
ICS Code (Ergonomics): | 13.180 |
scope:
This European Standard provides guidance on the generic ergonomic characteristics related to personal protective equipment (PPE). It specifies for the writers of PPE product standards, principles relating to: - anthropometric characteristics related to PPE; - the biomechanical interaction between PPE and the human body; - the thermal interaction between PPE and the human body; - the interaction between PPE and the human senses: vision; hearing; smell and taste; and skin contact. This European Standard does not cover requirements related to the specific hazard for which PPE is designed.