Introduction to Personal Protection Directive (89/686/EEC Personal protective equipment )


What is PPE?

PPE is a shorthand for personal protective equipment, and means PPE is any device or appliance that is worn or held by an individual to guard against one or more hazards that are harmful to health and safety. Mainly used to protect employees from serious work injuries or illnesses caused by exposure to chemical radiation, electrical equipment, manpower equipment, mechanical equipment or in some hazardous workplaces. In addition to masks, safety glasses, and safety shoes, personal protective equipment includes a large number of respiratory protection equipment, protective clothing, including helmets, goggles, hearing protectors (ear plugs), safety gloves, safety shoes, respirators, and safety belts.

Work: protective shoes, goggles protective shoes, goggles

Household: sunglasses and gardening gloves sunglasses, gardening gloves

For entertainment: helmets for biking, in-line/roller skating. Helmets for cycling and ice skating. Personal protective equipment with CE markings in accordance with the health and safety requirements of the PPE Directive and other directives.

PPE also includes

Part.1 A combined device that is assembled from the manufacturer by several devices or devices to protect individuals against one or more potential simultaneous hazards;

Part.2 A protective device or appliance that is worn or held by an individual to be detachably or inseparably assembled with a non-protective device for personal use;

Part.3 Interchangeable PPE components essential for the above-mentioned equipment to have satisfactory functionality and proprietary use.

Part.4 Any system that is placed on the market with PPE to connect the PPE to another external, add-on device, even if the system is not always worn or used throughout the hazardous environment, it should be considered a component of the device. section.

Labor protection products range


Head protection

Head protection products are personal protective equipment designed to protect the head from external objects and other factors.

At present, there are nine types of products, such as ordinary work cap, dust cap, waterproof cap, cold cap, helmet, anti-static cap, anti-high temperature cap, anti-electromagnetic radiation cap, and insect-proof cap.

Respiratory protective equipment

Respiratory protective equipment is to prevent harmful gases, vapors, dust, smoke, fog from inhaling through the respiratory tract or directly supplying oxygen or clean air to the user to ensure the normal breathing of workers in dust, poisonous or anoxic environment. appliance.

Respiratory protective equipment is mainly divided into dust masks and respirator masks according to their functions. According to the form, they can be divided into two types: filter type and isolation type.

Eye and face protection

Personal protective equipment that protects the eyes or face from smoke, dust, metal sparks and flying debris, heat, electromagnetic radiation, lasers, chemical splashes, etc. is called eye and face protection.

According to the protective function, it can be roughly divided into nine categories: dustproof, waterproof, anti-striking, anti-high temperature, anti-electromagnetic radiation, anti-ray, anti-chemical splash, sand-proof and anti-glare.

At present, there are three types of production and use in China:

(1) Welding goggles and face shields. Prevent the harm of non-ionizing radiation, metal sparks and smoke. Welding goggles are divided into three types: ordinary glasses, front hanging mirrors, and anti-side mirrors; welding masks are divided into hand-held masks, headband masks, helmet masks, helmet front glasses and other types of masks.

(2) Kiln goggles and face shields. Prevent infrared rays from the furnace and kiln mouth and a small amount of visible light and ultraviolet rays from harming the human eye. Kiln goggles and masks are divided into three types: goggles, eye masks and protective masks.

(3) Anti-impact eye protection. Prevent the impact damage of foreign objects such as iron filings, lime sand, gravel and other eyes. Anti-shock eye protection is divided into protective glasses, eye masks and masks. Protective glasses are further divided into ordinary glasses and glasses with side shields. Eye masks and masks are divided into open and closed types.

Head protection
Head protection products are personal protective equipment designed to protect the head from external objects and other factors.

At present, there are nine types of products, such as ordinary work cap, dust cap, waterproof cap, cold cap, helmet, anti-static cap, anti-high temperature cap, anti-electromagnetic radiation cap, and insect-proof cap.

Auditory organ protection
It can prevent excessive sound energy from invading the external auditory canal, so that the human ear can avoid excessive stimulation of noise, reduce hearing damage, and prevent personal protective equipment caused by noise.

Hearing organ protection products mainly include earplugs, earmuffs and anti-noise helmets.

Hand protection products
The glove that protects the hands and arms and is worn by the operator when working is called hand protection, and is often called labor protection gloves. Labor protection products classification and code standards According to the protective function, hand protection products are divided into 12 categories: ordinary protective gloves, waterproof gloves, cold gloves, anti-virus gloves, anti-static gloves, high temperature gloves, anti-X-ray gloves, acid-proof gloves , oil-proof gloves, shock-proof gloves, cut-resistant gloves, insulated gloves.

Foot protection
Foot protection products are protective gears that prevent harmful substances and energy from being damaged in the production process.

The national standard is divided into dustproof shoes, waterproof shoes, cold-proof shoes, anti-shock shoes, anti-static shoes, high-temperature shoes, acid-proof shoes, oil-proof shoes, anti-scalding shoes, non-slip shoes, anti-puncture shoes, according to the protective function. Electrically insulated shoes, shockproof shoes and other 13 categories.

Torso protection
Torso protection products are the protective clothing we usually talk about. According to protective functional protective clothing, it is divided into general protective clothing, waterproof clothing, winter clothing, anti-mite clothing, anti-virus clothing, flame-retardant clothing, anti-static clothing, high temperature clothing, anti-electromagnetic radiation clothing, acid and alkali service, oil-proof clothing. Fourteen types of products, such as water life jackets, insects and sand control.

skin care products
Skin care products are used to protect the skin (mainly exposed parts such as face and hands) from chemical and physical factors. According to the protective function, skin care products are divided into anti-virus, anti-ray, anti-paint and other

Fall protection
Fall protection products prevent the human body from falling from a height, and connect the body system of the high-level operator to a fixed object through a rope, or open the net under the edge of the work place to prevent accidental fall. This type of product is mainly safe. Both belt and safety net.

PPE classification


Class I / Simple Design

First, meet basic health and safety requirements

Second, the preparation of technical documents

Third, draft EC declaration of conformity

Fourth, apply for CE mark

Class I / Simple Design

First, meet basic health and safety requirements

Second, the preparation of technical documents

Third, EC type inspection and testing

Fourth, draft EC declaration of conformity

Class I / Simple Design

I. Product Control / Quality System in accordance with Article 11

Second, meet basic health and safety requirements

Third, EC type inspection and testing

Fourth, the preparation of technical documents

V. Formulating an EC Declaration of Conformity

Sixth, apply for CE logo

Technical documents (Class II and III)

The document must contain sufficient information to identify the product, such as the general assembly drawing, parts list, materials, and material grades. If the product is to be certified according to inconsistent standards, the documentation must state how to meet the applicable basic requirements. The technical documentation should also include a test and inspection plan.

Quality document

Class III equipment (Article 8 (4)) manufacturers must specify the management method they follow, Section 11.A or 11.B. The submitted manual should be

Product/quality system supervision

Section 11.A requires a product management system document and an annual product sample selection for independent testing.

Article 11.B requires annual evaluation and monitoring of the quality system; the general minimum standard is ISO 9001:2000.

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