TS EN ISO 13982-1 Protective Clothing Used Against Solid Particles

The personal protective equipment directive 2016/425 published in European Union countries regulates the conditions that this equipment must have and the basic safety requirements that it must meet. If the requirements in this directive are fulfilled, CE marking is placed on the product and offered to consumers in European Union countries.

Depending on the level of risk that protective clothing is designed for, personal protective equipment falls into one of three categories:

• Category I: Simple protective clothing (low risk)
• Category II: Protective clothing that protects the wearer against hazards (other than the other two categories)
• Category III: Protective clothing (high risk) that protects the wearer against potentially fatal hazards or serious and irreversible health problems

While chemical protection is always classified as category III, it is generally classified as low-risk category I, which provides protection against solid particles, for example particle-proof protective overalls.

The ISO 13982-1 standard describes the minimum requirements for chemical protective clothing resistant to penetration of solid particles carried in air. These clothes are clothes that fully protect the body. One-piece jumpsuits or two-piece suits fall into this group. This standard applies only to airborne solid particles. This standard cannot be applied to other forms such as solid chemicals.

The standard in question has been published in our country by the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) under the following heading: TS EN ISO 13982-1 Protective clothing used against solid particles - Part 1: Performance rules for chemical protective clothing that protects the body against chemical particles emitted by air.

Within the scope of protective clothing tests, TS EN ISO 13982-1 provides protective clothing testing services used against solid particles by our organization.