Sunday, 5 February 2017

Categorising head protection

Useful section in IOSH Magazine's PPE Guide supplement categorising head protection with examples of where it may be applied:

EN812 Bump Caps

  • Vehicle manufacture and maintenance
  • Loft insulation
  • Plumbing
  • Removals

EN 397 Industrial safety helmets-Lightweight 

  • Low rise construction
  • Highway maintenance
  • Utilities

EN 397 Industrial safety helmets-Standard

  • Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • External terlecoms

EN 12492 Mountaineering helmets

  • Rigging
  • High rise construction
  • Building sites
  • Tower climbing
  • Energy and network sites

EN 14052 High-performance industrial safety helmets 
  • High rise construction
  • Mining
  • Demolition

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