NF EN ISO 20345
Personal protective equipment - Safety footwear
This document specifies basic and additional (optional) requirements for safety footwear used for general purpose. It includes, for example, mechanical risks, slip resistance, thermal risks, ergonomic behaviour. It also specifies requirements for safety footwear equipped with customized insocks, customized safety footwear or individual manufactured customized safety footwear. This standard does not cover the property of high visibility because of interaction with the clothing (e.g. trousers cover the footwear) and work area conditions (e.g. dirt, mud).Special risks are covered by complementary job-related standards (e.g. footwear for firefighters, electrical insulating footwear, protection against chain saw injuries, protection against chemicals and molten metal splash, protection for motorcycle riders).
This document specifies basic and additional (optional) requirements for safety footwear used for general purpose. It includes, for example, mechanical risks, slip resistance, thermal risks, ergonomic behaviour. It also specifies requirements for safety footwear equipped with customized insocks, customized safety footwear or individual manufactured customized safety footwear. This standard does not cover the property of high visibility because of interaction with the clothing (e.g. trousers cover the footwear) and work area conditions (e.g. dirt, mud).
Special risks are covered by complementary job-related standards (e.g. footwear for firefighters, electrical insulating footwear, protection against chain saw injuries, protection against chemicals and molten metal splash, protection for motorcycle riders).
ISO 20345:2011 specifies basic and additional (optional) requirements for safety footwear used for general purpose. It includes, for example, mechanical risks, slip resistance, thermal risks, ergonomic behaviour. Special risks are covered by complementary job-related standards, e.g. footwear for firefighters, electrical insulating footwear, footwear protecting against chain saw injuries, chemicals, molten metal splash, and protection for motor cycle riders.
- Avant-propos
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1 Domaine d'application
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2 Références normatives
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3 Termes et définitions
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4 Classification et modèles
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5 Exigences fondamentales pour les chaussures de sécurité
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6 Exigences additionnelles pour les chaussures de sécurité
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7 Marquage
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8 Instructions et informations fournies par le fabricant
- Annexe A (normative) Chaussures de sécurité personnalisées (chaussures de sécurité adaptées à un utilisateur individuel ou unité unique adaptée à un utilisateur individuel)
- Annexe B (informative) Évaluation des chaussures par le porteur
- Annexe C (informative) Résistance au glissement
- Annexe ZA (informative) Relation entre la présente Norme européenne et les exigences essentielles concernées du Règlement (UE) 2016/425 relatif aux EPI
- Bibliographie
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