The forestry industry offers many challenges to the worker.
Injuries are common – bruises, sprains and strains, cuts, lacerations and
fractures are among the most common of injuries in the forestry industry.
Accidents can occur such as branches falling and accidents involving forestry
equipment and machinery. Chain saws can be hazardous to work around, and the
cold weather that is often a working condition for forestry can be a hazard if
you do not have safety equipment. All Safety Gear has the line of safety
equipment that is need to have the best possible protection.
The clothing complies with the essential health and safety according to EU regulation 89/686. It should be noted on the right measure a fact, that no product can't guarantee 100% protection against injuries and accidents in consistent compliance with the manufacturer's instructions, however, eliminates the risk to the minimum possible limit, while it is necessary to comply with applicable safety and health protection at work.
The base standard norm of
personal protective equipment providing protection against risks arising from
the use of chainsaw is norm EN 381, which imposes requirements on different
parts of protective clothing as follows:
EN 381-5
Personal protective equipment for users of
hand chainsaw- requirements for leg protectors. This section specifies
equipment for leg protectors for users of handheld chainsaws. It specifies the
types A, B and C. The difference between the types is by area coverage-
protective fabers. The protective faber is a special kind of fabric, which can
clog the cutting mechanism chainsaw hand and blocked the movement of the chain.
This norm defines three different design classes of protective equipment for
legs, according to the degree of the protection that is been applied:
a) Front
protection
b) Front
and lateral protection
c) Total
Protection
In principle, Design A and B are destined to
be used in normal work of professional foresters previously well trained and
informed about the field.
Design C are destined to be used by novice person who don’t usually work with chainsaw, or in exceptional situations.
Personal protective Equipment (PPE) for
hand-held chainsaw users shall be in according to the European law EN 381 and
shall have a logo that shows EN 381 and a chainsaw. It is to be noted that in
many countries like Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden etc. wear
personal protective equipment is mandatory for professional foresters. The norm
is divided into plus shares, each of which has been dedicated to a part of the
body.
·
EN
381-1:1994 : Personal Protective
Equipment for hand-held chainsaw
·
EN
381-5:2001 : Personal Protective
Equipment to protect legs
·
EN
381-7:2001 : Requirements relating to
chainsaw protective gloves
·
EN
381-9: 1999 : Requirements relating to
chainsaw protective leggings
·
EN
381-11: 2004 : Requirements relating to upper body
The law prescribes also 4 classes corresponding to the chainsaw speed with which have been performed tests. All classes are not used necessarily for each part of the norm.
·
Class 0
: 16 m/s
·
Class 1
: 20 m/s
·
Class 2
: 24 m/s
·
Class 3
: 28 m/s
EN (V) 342
Personal Protection against cold
This standard specifies requirements for
personal protective equipment when carrying out the work in the cold at a
temperature lower than -5 ° C. Its label, the
following parameters:
·
Measured thermal insulation of the underwear
·
Air permeability (3 levels)
·
Water vapour permeability (3 layers)
EN 471
Personal protective clothing with high
visibility.
There are three classes of protective
clothing with high visibility.
They are divided according
to these parameters:
X: Visible surface of the
material and forming a reflective clothing (3 degrees).
Y: Visible quality material
(2 layers)
To indicate the reflective
material used two classes. It also uses the combined use of material-
reflective and visible together.
Class 1
|
Class 2
|
Class 3
|
|
Background material (fluorescent)
|
0-14 m2
|
0-50 m2
|
0-80 m2
|
Reflective Material (bands)
|
0-10 m2
|
0-13 m2
|
0-20 m2
|
The combination of the two materials
|
0-20 m2
|
-
|
-
|
EN (V) 343
Personal protective clothing
to rain and bad weather.
This European Standard norm
specifies requirements for protective clothing in the rain, wind and the
temperatures lower than -5 ° C.
Garments are labelled on the basis of two parameters:
X: Waterproof – waterproof (3 degrees)
Y: Permeability (3 levels)
X: Waterproof expressed in mm water column
Class 1
|
Class 2
|
Class 3
|
|
Before handling
|
>800 mm
|
-
|
-
|
Before handling and
suturing
|
>800 mm
|
>800 mm
|
>1300 mm
|
After each manipulation
|
-
|
>800 mm
|
>1300 mm
|
Manipulation: Washing,
tumble drying, scraping, poured with oil, fuel, drawing
|
|||
Y: Permeability
Class 1
|
Class 2
|
Class 3
|
|
Resistance to water vapour
|
Ret>150
|
20
|
Ret_20
|
*Ret: Resistance value (unit
m2 Pa/W)
EN 510
Personal protective clothing
for use where there is risk of entanglement with moving parts.
EN 340
General standards for
clothes
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