REGULATION (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on Personal Protective Equipment lays down requirements for the design and manufacture of personal protective equipment (PPE) which is to be made available on the market, in order to ensure protection of the health and safety of users and establish rules on the free movement of PPE in the Union.
This EU Regulation classifies Personal Protective Equipment into three categories of risk against which the PPE is intended to protect users.
Category I includes exclusively the following minimal risks: (a) superficial mechanical injury; (b) contact with cleaning materials of weak action or prolonged contact with water; (c) contact with hot surfaces not exceeding 50 °C; (d) damage to the eyes due to exposure to sunlight (other than during observation of the sun); (e) atmospheric conditions that are not of an extreme nature.
Category II includes risks other than those listed in Categories I and III;
Category III includes exclusively the risks that may cause very serious consequences such as death or irreversible damage to health relating to the following: (a) substances and mixtures which are hazardous to health; (b) atmospheres with oxygen deficiency; (c) harmful biological agents; (d) ionizing radiation; (e) very high-temperature environments (f) very low-temperature environments (g) falling from a height; (h) electric shock and live working; (i) drowning; (j) cuts by hand-held chainsaws; (k) high-pressure jets; (l) bullet wounds or knife stabs; (m) harmful noise.
Which category do Respiratory Protective Devices fall under?
Respiratory Protective Devices all within the definition of PPEs required to protect workers from serious risks to their health and thus fall under Category III. Devices such as “filtering face pieces” which filter the air in the working environment or those that use air supplied from cylinders or directly from non polluted environments and those which filter air through cartridges all fall under this Category.
In order to use these RPD properly, workers need to be suitably trained and informed on how to don, wear and doff them, clean them, maintain them and know when to replace them.
Kasco srl manufactures different types of Respiratory Protective Devices.
Oct 17 2016
Which Personal Protective Equipment falls under Category III?
REGULATION (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on Personal Protective Equipment lays down requirements for the design and manufacture of personal protective equipment (PPE) which is to be made available on the market, in order to ensure protection of the health and safety of users and establish rules on the free movement of PPE in the Union.
This EU Regulation classifies Personal Protective Equipment into three categories of risk against which the PPE is intended to protect users.
Category I includes exclusively the following minimal risks: (a) superficial mechanical injury; (b) contact with cleaning materials of weak action or prolonged contact with water; (c) contact with hot surfaces not exceeding 50 °C; (d) damage to the eyes due to exposure to sunlight (other than during observation of the sun); (e) atmospheric conditions that are not of an extreme nature.
Category II includes risks other than those listed in Categories I and III;
Category III includes exclusively the risks that may cause very serious consequences such as death or irreversible damage to health relating to the following: (a) substances and mixtures which are hazardous to health; (b) atmospheres with oxygen deficiency; (c) harmful biological agents; (d) ionizing radiation; (e) very high-temperature environments (f) very low-temperature environments (g) falling from a height; (h) electric shock and live working; (i) drowning; (j) cuts by hand-held chainsaws; (k) high-pressure jets; (l) bullet wounds or knife stabs; (m) harmful noise.
Which category do Respiratory Protective Devices fall under?
Respiratory Protective Devices all within the definition of PPEs required to protect workers from serious risks to their health and thus fall under Category III. Devices such as “filtering face pieces” which filter the air in the working environment or those that use air supplied from cylinders or directly from non polluted environments and those which filter air through cartridges all fall under this Category.
In order to use these RPD properly, workers need to be suitably trained and informed on how to don, wear and doff them, clean them, maintain them and know when to replace them.
Kasco srl manufactures different types of Respiratory Protective Devices.
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