Assessment of the Protection Efficiency and Comfort of Personal Protective Equipment in Real Conditions of Use

• Autorzy: Mayer A. , Korhonen E.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The lack of scientific and technical knowledge in certain complex fields, together with schedule constraints, have lead to adopting in EN standards insufficiently validated tests, relying sometimes on an empirical approach. Thus, even personal protective equipment (PPE) with positive results in tests required by the standards can nevertheless prove to be unsatisfactory when used at work. Several research projects have already been carried out on equipment, fail arresting systems, protective clothing, and gloves by several health and safety institutes in Europe. The results would suggest practical solutions to improve the representative of several European Committee for Standardization (CEN) test methods and to focus more on informing and training workers on the manner of wearing PPE, in particular respiratory protective equipment or hearing protectors.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

personal protective equipment; efficiency; ergonomics; standards

PL

ergonomia; sprzęt ochrony osobistej; wydajność; standardy

• Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Rocznik: 1999
• Tom: Vol. 5, No. 3
• Strony: 347--360
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 31 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Mayer A.

• French National Research and Safety Institute, France

autor

Korhonen E.

• Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland

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